City driver or country driver to work?

femme Fatale said:
With our experience, looks like we just qualified as NASCAR drivers! :P
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NASCAR doesn't have sh*t on us girly.... :laugh2: We have to dodge the oldies.... that alone, makes us fantastic. :P Throw in being deaf, girl please.... walks of shame for them all! :laugh2:
 
I used to live in the city and work for the city, then I moved to the county and still worked for the city, Then I moved to the country and still worked for the city.
The early commute within the city wasn't so bad ( about 4 miles one way ) took me about 15 minutes on a major road straight to the door, the evening rush back home was rather congested but smooth.
The earlier commute from county to city was smooth flowing ( except any accidents and rubber neckers or bad weather ) was about 15 miles, took me about 30 minutes to get to the city on a major highway which had an exit fairly close to my employer still, the evening commute was congested and sometimes took 45 minutes to get home, longer if there was an accident.
After I moved to the country... the early commute was nothing, no one was on the highway yet, smooth flowing and calm, took about 45 minutes on the same highway to get to work, evening commute was a total disaster sometimes taking an hour or more because of assholes and old folks not getting out of the fast lane and driving 55 in a 70 zone ( over half way of the total commute ) so traffic gets backed up, accidents happen ( usually a result of road rage ) Winter months can be bad as they don't plow out here like the city does, MODOT does plow and treat the highways but we are probly last on the list as it seems they take their time to get here as well. Once you hit the county its smooth sailing into the city, but outside the county line....its a give or take deal... sometimes the commute in the winter can take up to 2 hours due to driving conditions. One reason I really like to work close to home...lol But I don't have to worry with that too much anymore.
 
I just smile everytime I see people driving south in heavy traffic in the morning as they drive to work going from country to the city while I drive to the north to work still in the countryside. Same happens in reverse as I drive back home with hardly any traffic with the opposite lane heavy with traffic.
 
If you live in country and drive to urban, it's worst. Train is awesome.
 
kokonut said:
I just smile everytime I see people driving south in heavy traffic in the morning as they drive to work going from country to the city while I drive to the north to work still in the countryside. Same happens in reverse as I drive back home with hardly any traffic with the opposite lane heavy with traffic.
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ah.... so you're not actually commuting in countryside...
 
I live in the mountains near beach. And like jiro mentioned about motorcycles ..I pass everybody who's in a parking lot 42 miles to the city where I get my truck. Then evenings the hwy is clear and is my race course to ride home however I feel eeach day. Traffic is what forced me to switch to bike over car.
 
I was in Manila for two months this summer. The commute scene there is a little different than here. I was amazed how people were able to do it with so few traffic lights. A few places have a policeman out there directing traffic during morning and evening rush hour. There is a kind of cooperation that goes on that makes it work- all at a lower speed and well developed hyperawareness. No one owns the road. Chaos but everyone goes where they need to go.
I came back to the US and it was a hard readjustment. Stop signs and stop lights are everywhere. People are emotionally attached to their piece of the road and often brain dead at the wheel.
My last job for was good driving 78 miles each way once a week at an off traffic time. Stay on site for four days, meals, lodging, work. The hazards were moose on the road, ice, and going too fast. I had an accident at three am. A station wagon pulled out of a country road coming towards me with a full five gallon water bottle on top. When they got up to speed that is when I saw it as it rolled off into my lane and I hit going 65mph. So add random 5 gallon water bottles to the list.
 
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