tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post5991928507222207939..comments2024-03-29T01:16:12.525-04:00Comments on The Frog and PenguINN: Who Are These People . . .Grenville T Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06643698108445885160noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-80275773091852452242011-04-17T21:38:22.942-04:002011-04-17T21:38:22.942-04:00Kjell, and sometimes they remember AFTER they have...Kjell, and sometimes they remember AFTER they have run into that car.<br /><br />Ginnie, I'm not fond of driving there either, but sometimes one must and on the plus side I also got to visit a couple of friends BUT had to drive from Plainfield to SOmerville and on Rte 22 too and it is not a fun highway at all.<br /><br />Thanks Country Mouse and nice of you to visit too!Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-84356205184288439442011-04-16T12:25:41.202-04:002011-04-16T12:25:41.202-04:00sounds scary, I'm glad you're safe.sounds scary, I'm glad you're safe.Carole Barketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068078540295273489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-87879550449166015722011-04-15T19:59:50.251-04:002011-04-15T19:59:50.251-04:00I absolutely refuse to drive in New Jersey ... eve...I absolutely refuse to drive in New Jersey ... even though I was born there years ago.<br />Rt. 22 is a death trap and the congestion is more than I can handle.<br />If traveling North from North Carolina I always go Rt. 81 and then cut across where I need to.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-81348836327412985152011-04-14T12:04:40.443-04:002011-04-14T12:04:40.443-04:00If I have a car close to my bumper I slow down, sl...If I have a car close to my bumper I slow down, sloooowly. There is one thing people forget: no matter how fast they drive, there is always a car in front of them to slow them down.Kjell T. Evensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102816406372493918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-77334638667511846772011-04-13T15:02:00.286-04:002011-04-13T15:02:00.286-04:00Hi All, thanks for all the comments and sharing yo...Hi All, thanks for all the comments and sharing you stories too. NJ is a small state but very congested which is why we are so glad not to live here anymore, but on the VA eastern shore.<br /><br />Cicero, I wish I could have pulled off and let these idiots go by. Like you, I also pick travel times and Sunday at least avoided commuters and construction workers, but not nutso drivers!<br /><br />Grenville, MISS YOU 2, and 3 and 4 more.<br /><br />Mona, we spent a month driving CA freeways when our grandson was born there 4 years ago. he was a "preemie" and had to spend the first couple of weeks in a neo-natal unit.We're glad he and his parents are now in RI. Yeah, that distrance travelling rule is really funny. It's not even followed off highway.<br /><br />Lois and Sandra, I've heard from other friends that FL driving is an experience. Glad we cancelled a road trip there this year and might be re-thinking that destination. WOW, Sandra driving a semi with hubby, you must really have some road tales. We travel the NY thruway when we head to New England and it is NOT fun.<br /><br />Elaine, travelling out of Fairbanks must be quite an experience and you have done a far amount.<br /><br />Thanks Possum, it will be good to be home and relax with a cup of tea. Odd thing is that I didn't see a single state trooper, so good question about who would they stop; good suggestion about the rear windshield wiper.<br /><br />Christer, it seems tailgating is indeed worldwide and in your quiet part of the world it seems odd that folks would be in such terrible rushes. There's a similar following rule here in the U.S. but enforcement is seemingly quite lax, undoubtedly the police are sometimes too busy with accidents resulting from tailgaters.<br /><br />Daisy, I hope getting home is less hectic too, thanks.<br /><br />Steve, you and me both and the older I get the less hurrier I go - what's the point?<br /><br />AC, seems tailgaters don't get that bit of logic. On local roads, it's always amusing to see someone who has passed you to be stuck in traffic just as you are approaching.<br /><br />Ruth, when I was living in NJ I never drove to NYC but always took mass transit - call me chicken!Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-18838203976565440322011-04-12T20:12:29.449-04:002011-04-12T20:12:29.449-04:00We drove to NYC a couple of years ago and the turn...We drove to NYC a couple of years ago and the turnpike was a frightful experience. I am used to driving on busy highways, but the speed and proximity of the other cars, especially on an road unfamiliar to us, was unpleasant.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-42463813407054551142011-04-12T19:14:29.229-04:002011-04-12T19:14:29.229-04:00Tailgating is so silly! As if you get there any fa...Tailgating is so silly! As if you get there any faster by squeezing those few inches, feet whatever.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-81743421006890078812011-04-12T17:53:45.367-04:002011-04-12T17:53:45.367-04:00I slow down a bit for these people, I am not used ...I slow down a bit for these people, I am not used to heavy traffic anymore.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-67344257632691476322011-04-12T16:36:58.220-04:002011-04-12T16:36:58.220-04:00Sounds like a nerve-wracking trip. I'm glad y...Sounds like a nerve-wracking trip. I'm glad you arrived safely. I hope the return home is a little less frantic.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865193802444007545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-65950183800130028062011-04-12T13:07:09.973-04:002011-04-12T13:07:09.973-04:00We have the same problem and the same law over her...We have the same problem and the same law over here too. I just can´t understand why they need to be so close!!! Especially on our roads where there isn´t a lot of traffic!<br /><br />We have the three seconds rule the police follows. The gap between the cars must be three seconds or more otherwise they can stop the car that is to close and fine them, I wish they did that more often!<br /><br />Have a great day now!<br />Christer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-36585906411790107162011-04-12T11:40:35.232-04:002011-04-12T11:40:35.232-04:00this story is the exact reason I hate all intersta...this story is the exact reason I hate all interstate driving that is close to a major city. When leaving town we always leave at 4 or 5 am to miss the Tampa traffic, every idiot in the state of FL tries to go to Tampa and from their to Orlando at the same time and in the same lane. add to your NJ story that about 65 percent of the population here is over the age of 65, WAY over that age, drive in a rest area, watch the driver get out of the car. it takes 10 minutes just to stand up, then get the walker/wheel chair out of the back seat. and here in FL the person tailgating you has ZERO reflex muscles. In 1980 i drove semi with my husband. we would do anything to stay off the NY turnpike YIKESMadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-52461372474817750122011-04-12T08:17:31.683-04:002011-04-12T08:17:31.683-04:00In the old days we used to pull on the headlights,...In the old days we used to pull on the headlights, which made the tail lights come on and fool the person behind you that you were braking. Doesn't work as well any more. You could hit your all flash hazard lights. Possibly the person would no longer want to be behind you. You have me thinking there should be special insurance one can take out for short periods when one muct be driving in those dangerous circumstances. Get home safely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-10347350484280249522011-04-12T07:34:42.551-04:002011-04-12T07:34:42.551-04:00This is why I refuse to drive in NJ!
But let me as...This is why I refuse to drive in NJ!<br />But let me ask a question... if there HAD BEEN a trooper - which one would he have stopped? And HOW could he have gotten thru the traffic to get the guy behind you?<br />When folks get that close behind me, I turn my windshield wipers on... the spray on their windshield ususlly makes them drop back a bit. <br />I'll be glad when you are safely home! Come by and have a cup of tea.possumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912443125826672230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-31445012738074853552011-04-12T01:33:37.775-04:002011-04-12T01:33:37.775-04:00I absolutely hate traveling on the freeways like t...I absolutely hate traveling on the freeways like that. I would much rather take the long way around if at all possible, but sometimes that just doesn't work. Whenever we travel it's a bit of a shock to the system to get onto the freeways again. Needless to say we don't have any roads like that here.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801967071649685995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-36429621532848984412011-04-11T22:43:05.639-04:002011-04-11T22:43:05.639-04:00Try driving through Jacksonville, Florida. All th...Try driving through Jacksonville, Florida. All the crazies are on the road there. Same story, just sunnier.Lois Evensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129343619065721588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-61268863329341141022011-04-11T22:03:23.918-04:002011-04-11T22:03:23.918-04:00Well, driving on the California freeways, especial...Well, driving on the California freeways, especially on the 91, tailgating is also an issue. There is supposed to be one car length for every ten miles per hour you are traveling..<br />Are you laughing??? :) Me too!!!Wsprsweetly Of Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990765326246470929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-87958981176195625412011-04-11T21:10:14.227-04:002011-04-11T21:10:14.227-04:00Well,,,, i guess you forgot to load the 'photo...Well,,,, i guess you forgot to load the 'photon torpedos' or your 'phasers' weren't charged.<br />BUT glad that you made it, and can't wait for you to get home. You forgot to tell the folks that the Turnpike is 12 lanes wide, 6 each direction. What fun!!!!!!<br />GrenvilleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1504757647826212517.post-44567581250201058372011-04-11T20:56:40.717-04:002011-04-11T20:56:40.717-04:00People are crazy fast these days and I absolutely ...People are crazy fast these days and I absolutely hate tailgaters! I pick my travel times around when there is the least traffic if at all possible. If the traffic gets too wild, I pull over and let the nutso-s by. But we don't have traffic anywhere near what you have there. Whew! I can't imagine a 4 lane freeway ... 4 lanes all going one way that is. I'd be a nervous wreck. That is why I live up here in the country. Still, I must make forays down to the big city every 6 weeks or so and face the maniacs.Cicero Singshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438108795744902961noreply@blogger.com