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From: 2141smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Northern California driving
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 08:34:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 21 08:34:17 1985
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>   I'm from Southern California, but I imagine the driving trends are
>   similar.  Californians are more relaxed about their driving.  There
>   is no need to cut sharply in front of people because the streets are
>   nice and wide and the freeway signs give ample warning to off-ramps
>  
>   Just remember to STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS and cruise along with the flow.

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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA rduxb!2141smh

Excuse me for laughing, but Northern California only has one freeway and
that is I5.  It goes through Yreka, Weed, Dunsmuir, Redding, Red Bluff 
and down through the rice country.  Traffic is not what you call bumper-
to-bumper.  The main problem in Northern California, ( as  versus Central
and Southern) is finding good highways.  Also you have to keep from running
into people who are not used to good highways when they get on them.  Humbolt
county has many rugged areas with correspondingly difficult driving conditions.
In California a stop is slightly slowing down so that you can bring the
stop sign into clear focus.  Stopping for pedestrians is a/the virtue of
California drivers.  I think they must have a death sentence for not
yielding to pedestrians.