Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site floyd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!floyd!trb From: trb@floyd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Driving in Boston Message-ID: <1875@floyd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 4-Aug-83 08:33:28 EDT Article-I.D.: floyd.1875 Posted: Thu Aug 4 08:33:28 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Aug-83 17:13:39 EDT References: <85@vortex.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ Lines: 13 vortex!lauren refers to the problems of driving in Boston. Yes, Boston is full of lousy drivers, but Lauren's problem is that he was brought up in LA, allegedly land of the automobile, but truly, land of the pedestrian. The first time I drove in LA, I was astonished. I'd be tooling down the street and some loser would actually walk right in front of my car! This isn't a matter of a line of cars on a busy street, this is a matter of me going 35mph down an empty street, and the pedestrian would rather have me stop my car for him to cross rather than waiting for me to pass. Utterly ridiculous. I grew up in the Bronx, where everyone crosses the streets one lane at a time, as the cars allow. The sane way. This is not one of those ;-) articles. Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491