**ANGRY** Who's goddamn brilliant idea was it to work on the 5 Freeway @ 11pm on a friday night..

DanTMWTMP

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Oct 7, 2001
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Screw you Caltrans.

At first I thought "this traffic had better be caused by a fatal accident, and not some lame accident by some idiot causing thousands to suffer.." Then I hear on the radio that caltrans are working on the 5 for maintenance. WTF screw you. not now when I have to frigging sleep.

Who the hell decided it was a good idea to work on a friday evening next to 3 freeway junctions. Start working @ 2-3am on a Sat-Sun night. WTF. I was stuck the length of about 5 miles for 1+ hour on a friday night... And to the lady who doesn't know how to focus your goddamn headlights, get that sh!t fixed. And you were wondering why a couple cars was tailgating your dumb arse and high-beaming you.

GAHH.. Anyone heading northbound on the from irvine/santa ana, watch for this. I guess it's a lot better to head down Katella or those other streets off of Main until you pass the 57.


EDIT: k whew..i needed to blow off some steam. I was driving from SD to my hometown in diamond bar (where my folks live) for the weekend (and lots of free food and leftovers yummy!). they're always doing work on the 5, but it's on the waay weee hours of the morning. In all my years of driving around so. cal, this is the first time where extremely slow traffic of this magnitude was caused by maintenance. It had better been something insane like a gas leak or a sink hole.... There were periods of about 1-3 minutes of absolutely no movement. Last time i remember this happenning was when a car caught on fire.
 

compuwiz1

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ROAD RAGE MUCH?

LOL, better you, than me.

Ever thought of moving to Norcal?
 

EmperorIQ

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i hear ya man. I hate construction. I really wouldn't hate it as much if I was given more clearance. Maybe some notice about 2 miles ahead. Then I can plan ahead instead of being trapped in it!
 

Xyclone

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Better than that 405 crane accident at the Sherman Oaks Galleria a week ago. Talk about a bottleneck! :|
 

z0mb13

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Originally posted by: Xyclone
Better than that 405 crane accident at the Sherman Oaks Galleria a week ago. Talk about a bottleneck! :|

whoa what happened? they dropped a crane?
 
Feb 19, 2001
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Who the hell drives at 2-3am. Back when the 101-85 interchange was under construction, 101 was down to 1 lane (from 4) at midnight. Go figure.

Driving in Socal sucks. PERIOD. Even at rush hour, I can get to the Oakland airport in less than 30 minutes to pick up my DHL packages. As bad as east bay traffic may be in norcal, south bay traffic pwns socal traffic anyday.
 

RiDE

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I was stuck in that tonight too. Then after we got through the single lane, a couple of miles later the whole 5 was closed and made everyone go to the 91 freeway.
 

jammur21

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Waaaaaaahbulance

I have to drive 5 north from Orange county to Downtown LA 6 days a week to get to work. When else should they work on the freeways--from sunrise to sunset?
 

Jeff7

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Come to Pennsylvania. Truckers here say that PA has two seasons: Winter and Construction.
 

Whisper

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As bad as that is (and trust me, I'd be pissed, too; 10p-2a on Friday or Saturday night is just asking for a traffic jam), Georgia has absolutely no qualms about starting road work at 4pm on a Friday afternoon. The entire state also has the worst traffic light setup and timing scheme of anywhere in the continental US, although here in downtown Baton Rouge is a close second.
 

foghorn67

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Come to Pennsylvania. Truckers here say that PA has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

lol. I was only there for a week visit, and I got that impression as well.
 

AlienCraft

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Originally posted by: compuwiz1
ROAD RAGE MUCH?

LOL, better you, than me.

Ever thought of moving to Norcal?

There's enough SoCal RoadRagers up here as it is. Intarbreeding with the Flatland Farmers, noooooo, He wouldn't like it at all.
Up here, Caltrans works during daylight hours.


 

xanis

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Come to Pennsylvania. Truckers here say that PA has two seasons: Winter and Construction.

Bahahahaha... :laugh: So true.

 

mrSHEiK124

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Bah, Florida traffic/construction is by far the worst. FDOT focuses on retarded things like closing off random lanes where I-75 and I-275 split at the Pasco/Hillsborough county line to do God knows what rather than the MUCH NEEDED LANE WIDENING 5 MILES SOUTH AT THE BRUCE B DOWNS EXIT!!!

Know what's stupid? I-75 becomes 4 lanes each way past Brandon, but SB all the way down to Brandon is always backed up because there are only 2 lanes going in each direction! I HATE YOU FDOT!

EDIT: I-4/I-75 interchange FTL! It's the new malfunction junction...
 

FeuerFrei

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Who's goddamn brilliant idea was it to work on the 5 Freeway @ 11pm on a friday night.. Next to three freeway conversions..22, 55, 57.. ?
That was my idea. Sorry dude.
 

AkumaX

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DanTMWTMP, i was in that too, can't complain because there's really no better time to do it, but that was some insane road construction.

to think all the cones and off ramps, on ramps, side streets, fwy detour signs that workers had to put up (within a 5 mile radius). must have been some insane synchronization going on
 

her209

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Originally posted by: Tuktuk
You guys call it "The 5" down there? Are you referring to I-5?
Yeah, down here we don't prefix with "I", "freeway", "highway", etc.
 

Queasy

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My heart bleeds for you. No. Really. It does. I may even feel a tear coming on.
 
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