Road rage open thread | 24 comments (23 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

So... (none / 0)

...I presume you haven't driven your car in the Netherlands yet? Replace German with Dutch and your description would be just as accurate, if not more so.

And where in Germany do you drive? I haven't the same experience as you had... This was from last October, just after 5 pm:

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But let's talk about the roadworks in Germany... Man. There was not one motorway in Germany on that +2000 km trip that did not suffer from some road construction. (Then again, the Dutch have also copied this for this year.)

Or you might just baiting us into the jaws of a "Vive la France!"... since I've to agree on the superb quality of French l'autoroutes.

by Nomad (Bjinse) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 02:35:52 PM EST

Re: So... (none / 0)

The difference between freeways and tollways...

by Bernard (bernard) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 02:59:53 PM EST
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Speaking of cars/roads (none / 0)

I swear to God that I'm going to start slapping "GLOBAL WARMER" and/or "I HAVE A SMALL PENIS" stickers on the SUVs that are starting to colonize the center of Amsterdam.

What. Don't. People. Get. About...

...SMALL STREETS AND NO PARKING SPACES?

Ack, sorry to shout, but those people irritate the hell out of me.

Actually, the "small penis" sticker isn't quite the ticket here, because I mostly see yuppie women driving those monsters. It must be some sort of status symbol or something.

</rant>

by Plutonium Page (page dot vlinders at gmail dot com) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 03:35:10 PM EST
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Re: Speaking of cars/roads (none / 0)

You see an awful lot of soccer moms driving monsters in California, too.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 04:18:04 PM EST
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Hi there Page (none / 0)

I don't come much in Amsterdam (I just don't dare to), but amen to your rant. In general I find that many people here have real troubles putting their money where their mouth is. The next argument I've heard is that "in the end, there'll be SUVs on bio-diesel, so it's okay".

Argh.

by Nomad (Bjinse) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 05:57:22 PM EST
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Re: Hi there Page (none / 0)

bio-diesel = methadone?

no, methadone is more effective...

bio-diesel = positive affirmation therapy.

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 06:05:19 PM EST
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Re: Hi there Page (none / 0)

no, afterthought, positive affirmation therapy is probably more effective...

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 06:05:48 PM EST
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Road rage open thread | 24 comments (23 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)