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saturn_returned August 14 2008, 18:09:40 UTC
I read once in Discover magazine that the more they try to improve traffic with things like stoplights and additional lanes, the worse traffic actually gets. There's some weird mathematical law involved.

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thatgirly August 14 2008, 18:25:58 UTC
Chaos theory?

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saturn_returned August 14 2008, 19:20:30 UTC
Something like that. This guy had equations that showed all of this - that traffic got worse the more they tried to improve it.

Chaos theory might be a good mathematical explanation for Oregon drivers.

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thatgirly August 14 2008, 19:34:03 UTC
Hmm.. Of all the places I've been and driven, I've always thought that, for the most part, Oregon drivers were pretty predictable. But then, it's where I'm from, so perhaps I'm just used to it.

They drive like maniacs in Florida I'm told that hitting your brakes, for any reason at all, is seen as a sign of weakness. ASs the passenger in a Floridian vehicle, this has nearly caused me to pee myself a couple of times.
Also, Washington apparently doesn't allow turn-signals on their vehicles, and California clearly requires that all passing must be done from the right lane.

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_wirehead_ August 14 2008, 19:35:20 UTC
haha. passive-aggressive law-abiding. i can dig it.

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thatgirly August 14 2008, 19:50:22 UTC
You said in 4 words what it took me a paragraph to say.

Passive-agreesive law-abiding is exactly right!

A girl's gotta have a hobby, right?

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thatgirly August 14 2008, 23:22:46 UTC
Also, chaotic neutral :)

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fourgotten August 14 2008, 20:20:03 UTC
Now, if they had machine guns...

err...

I mean...

I also get a large amount of pleasure from forcing people, though my observance of them, to follow the rules of the road. It's kinda sick.

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thatgirly August 14 2008, 20:40:02 UTC
It's important to stop and take a moment to enjoy life's little pleasures. And just because it's nice that doing so can piss somebody else, who had planned to make a poor choice, off doesn't make it sick.

Oh...

Yeah...

I guess it kinda does.

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I'd like to personally thank you... desiree_1980 August 14 2008, 20:51:01 UTC
coming from a person who was in a car accident because the other person ran the red light.

This is why I'm so freaked out by driving. Other people who can't follow the rules. =)

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Re: I'd like to personally thank you... thatgirly August 14 2008, 22:02:40 UTC
You're welcome!

Yeah, it's really too bad that people suck.

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