Watch Driver Go to Extreme Lengths to Avoid Traffic
Driving in Russia is clearly not for the faint of heart.
Driving in Russia is clearly not for the faint of heart.
Oh, the growing pains of a growing city. Hailing from a major metropolis, I'm very familiar with traffic congestion. Anybody who's driven in Houston, San Antonio or Austin knows the joys. It's almost getting to be that bad here in Victoria, especially at certain times when driving near the mall. I'm really happy about the overpasses now open on Loop 463, but I bet it won't be too long before we're wishing they had made it 4 lanes on each side.
Check out video from a typical Saturday getting to the mall.
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There’s no denying traffic sucks. While it’s the perfect time to pluck a few nose hairs in the rearview mirror or catch a stripper on the side of the road, that stuff can get boring pretty quickly. Over in the Netherlands, we’ve discovered sitting in traffic really sucks. Literally.
I was reading in the Victoria Advocate that there were 14,200 students that started the new school year at V.I.S.D. schools yesterday, and when I was dropping off my eager student at Howell Middle School, I got the impression that about 95% of those students were going there. Needless to say, the traffic was horrible.
If you drive regularly around the Victoria area, you know we do have our share of traffic problems. From idiots who try to make turns out of the wrong lane, and inconsiderate drivers that seem to think they’re the only one on the road, to road construction, and more traffic than the road can handle, especially around Victoria Mall. If you’ve ever driven in a large city, you also know our problems are nothing compared to other cities. According to a new study, drivers in the 10 worst cities for traffic spend anywhere from 30 to 58 hours a year trapped in their cars going exactly nowhere.
Have you ever been driving along on Loop 463 or the Houston Highway and you came up on a car driving too slowly? Frustrating, isn't it? Especially if that car happens to be moseying along in the passing lane. You want to tell the driver come on, let's go! I'd like to get home before nightfall! Some of us actually have lives, dammit! I sure wish I would see the police deal with it this way.