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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Best Roads
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 09:40:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 09:40:41 1985
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>Seriously though, I enjoy the northern section of the NJ Turnpike
>because it is so industrial.  I am always in awe when I pass by
>all those huge and complex structures.  How can anyone keep track
>of all those pipes and machines?  Only in America.
>
>The road I have come to be disappointed with is the Garden State
>Parkway.  Since Atlantic City gambling started, the GSP has simply
>become a conduit for smoke-emitting casino busses and speeding
>limousines.  No matter which lane I'm in, there is always
>someone who wants to cut me off or flash their lights so I'll
>speed up faster than I'm going.  Everyone's got to get to
>that slot machine in a hurry.  Some make it, and some
>take an unwanted side trip to the hospital.
>  \\\
>   \\\\                                  Art Stadlin
>    \\\\\\________!{akgua,ihnp4,houxm}!hou2h!stadlin

Come on, you can't be serious?  I know that every pot has its cover,
but taking a pleasure ride on the northern section of the NJ turnpike
is tantamount to taking a cool vacation swim in the city cesspool.
The stench from the refineries is unbearable, the roar of Newark
airport is deafening and there isn't an unpaved surface in sight.
This is the road that gives our state its undeserved reputation as an
overpopulated industrial nightmare.  It gets my vote as worst road
I've ever driven.  (Route 22 comes close, it is much more dangerous
than the turnpike, but it smells alot better)

The Parkway, though not a road I would go out of my way to drive on,
is much nicer.  It has decent landscaping, even in the most industrial
segments.  It is not straight but winds constantly to add interest to
the drive.  Commercial trucks are banned from the road.  And despite
what Mr Stadlin has said, I have seen fewer accidents on the Parkway
than on the NJ turnpike. (And I drive the parkway daily, the turnpike
only about once a month)

But for a road I can *really* enjoy, you have to leave the country.
You haven't driven until you have driven the Amalfi drive in southern
Italy.  It is a twisty mountain road, the kind you see satirized in
Saturday morning cartoons.  The view is incredible, but better save
the sightseeing 'till you are a passenger, because this road deserves
total concentration.  Next time I want to do it in a BMW, not an old
rented Fiat.

Ben Broder
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