What are the worst cities to drive in?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Harley, Mar 9, 2008.

  1. kajidono

    kajidono Road Train Member

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    Yup. An Arrow t-600 with an empty 48 foot spread axle. You should have seen me going around the curve at 11th ave to get into the tunnel. Took up the whole road and the sidewalk. The traffic cop there just kinda shook his head and waved me on.
     
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  3. He who is called I am

    He who is called I am Medium Load Member

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    I hate Bruce Crossing michigan. The town i live in horrble traffic. One flashing yellow light and population of about 400. Its a gut wrenching experience that no one should go thruuu. LOL.:biggrin_25526:
     
  4. LuckyLady7

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    I dislike driving in Chicago....I have bad luck every time I go there and the traffic sucks....its all about 4-wheelers......if I never see that place again I will be a happy camper....:biggrin_25516:
     
  5. Allow Me.

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    :biggrin_25516:Don't worry about congested cities. As a truck driving fool, you will be in a lot of areas you don't like and you will deal with them. You will not wimp out, you will consider it an adventure and you will hold your head up high. This is what truck driving is all about. It is not a Sunday drive in the country. You will keep your wits about you at all times. Be cool, calm and collected. It's not for everyone.:biggrin_25516:
     
  6. kajidono

    kajidono Road Train Member

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    I'm trapped in the Pilot just outside Chicago. There's no room to leave. I would really like to strangle the idiot the designed these parking lots. Just for about 5 minutes, until he understands what he has done.
     
  7. brinkj23

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    Yeah driving the interstates through chicago can be interesting at times, not to bad once you've been through there about a 100 times. But driving in the city, now that sucks. Cicero ave area isnt to bad if ya know where you're going. But I had to pick up at a steel place in downtown and had to make a right hand turn where the right turn lane was against the right curb and the lane of traffic going the way I was turning was tight against the right curb as well. Sat at the light for three revolutions then finally took the whole #### road up and made a couple four wheelers back up. Downtown chicago was for surely not made for the size of trucks out there today. But ill take downtown chicago over lower manhattan or the bronx any day.
     
  8. kajidono

    kajidono Road Train Member

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    The bronx had me all messed up. I got lucky with the directions in, they were right for once, but there were no directions out. I had to follow my nose and hope for the best. I'm lucky that works so well.

    It amazed me to see people stepping right off the curb to stand in the middle of the street to look for something down the block without even glancing up to see if anything the size of a house was 10 feet away. And then they stand there while I creep right up to them and stop. NYC is an amusing place.
     
  9. brinkj23

    brinkj23 "Asphalt Cowboy"

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    Yeah NYC is for surely very amusing, just so much stuff going on, and so many people in there own little world. Same thing with me to had good directions in, but had to find my way out, didnt help that there was a detour for the construction by where the towers were cause I was like 4 blocks from there. Got lost came up on a bridge that said 12' 6" but cleared it in a 13'6" was so happy when I got outta that area.
     
  10. kajidono

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    Oh yeah, some of the bridges out there are higher than they say they are to account for packed snow under them in the winter. It's funny how scarred up they are. They must have been hit by dozens of trucks over the years.
     
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  11. He who is called I am

    He who is called I am Medium Load Member

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    I was lucky the last time i had to go to the NYC area i was still a trainer and my student was from Long Island and was a Box truck driver so he knew where everything was and where we werent allowed to go. I was lucky
     
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