More Than Ever, Americans Waste Time In Traffic

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  1. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Poor Nick, if only he'd only added "...to California", he would have gotten a polar opposite response.
    Diacanu, Sep 18, 2007
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  2. The Exception

    The Exception The One Who Will Be Administrator Super Moderator

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    Were you born retarded or did someone slip some lead into your food over the years?

    I'm saying, if you don't like the traffic of New York City or Jersey City, then move, it isn't going to change.
    The Exception, Sep 18, 2007
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  3. Lt. Mewa

    Lt. Mewa Rockefeller Center

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    Move away from my kid??? Not happening.
    Lt. Mewa, Sep 18, 2007
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  4. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    You know it. Some of my buds who took work in the D.C. area come to work two hours early then sleep in their cars. This cuts the one hour+
    drive down to 15 minutes.

    Seoul Korea has kick-ass traffic. Imagine New York with double the population density.
    oldfella1962, Sep 18, 2007
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  5. actormike

    actormike Okay, Connery...

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    How would Mewa be closer to his daughter if he moved to California? That's some fuzzy math, there.
    actormike, Sep 18, 2007
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  6. actormike

    actormike Okay, Connery...

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    But that's not what you said.
    actormike, Sep 18, 2007
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  7. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    When enough force is applied. :diablo:
    Uncle Albert, Sep 18, 2007
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  8. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    why not just take her with you?
    The Original Faceman, Sep 18, 2007
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  9. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    Fittingly, I ran straight into a rather icky traffic jam on my way to class this evening. :lol: Probably cost me about 15 minutes of instruction time, all told. Eh well, it could've been worse--I could've been stuck behind (or IN) whatever accident led to the jam.

    Airlines are funny like that.
    NAHTMMM, Sep 18, 2007
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  10. actormike

    actormike Okay, Connery...

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    If she's living with her mother and he doesn't have custody, isn't that kidnapping? My niece's baby momma tried that once. Did some time in the pokey for it.
    actormike, Sep 18, 2007
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  11. The Original Faceman

    The Original Faceman Lasagna Artist

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    Ooooh...so Mewa abused his children and got them taken away from him.

    I get it!
    The Original Faceman, Sep 18, 2007
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  12. Kyle

    Kyle You will regret this!

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    Traffic has been found to follow at least the basic laws of fluid dynamics. The only way to really mitigate traffic jams is that the moment the person at the head of the chain starts to move, everyone else has to start moving, whether it be one car behind the head of the chain or fifty. They have to be moving at the same rate and braking at the same rate. Essentially, every car has to be driven by one driver.

    Unfortunately, this won't be happening short of auto-driving technology like those seen in I, Robot or Minority Report. This technology is being worked on (there's a mock highway in California with a version of it), but it still doesn't...work...very well.
    Kyle, Sep 19, 2007
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