Alex Dean wrote: > Nope, nothing steep in Denver. It's as flat as Phoenix. Must depend on where in Denver you lived. I lived off Colfax& Gaylord. I used to take the bus home from Larimer Square, and I can remember the bus wheels spinning so badly trying to get uphill past the capitol on Colfax in the snow that it would take sometimes 15 minutes to go a block. People passed the bus on foot... > The thing there is that 4WD doesn't slow you down nearly as well as it > speeds you up. So, people still drive 70mph even when there's ice and > snow all over the roads... I got trapped up in the mountains one time > because some dopes caused a pileup near the entrance to the Eisenhower > tunnel, blocking I-70 east for about 16 hours. > > Driving south on I-17 near Flagstaff last winter, I saw a truck in the > northbound lane spinning complete 360s. He recovered and headed on > his way, but it was a surreal sight at the time - like a ballet on > 4WD. Very graceful spins, if you ignore the thought that the guy was > probably about to crash/die. > > Bad drivers... they're all over. What's more, the definition of 'bad > driver' changes with our mood. When you have a crappy day at work, > everybody's a bad driver on your commute home. I am completely > convinced this is true. > > laters, > alex > > Lee Einer wrote: > >> Our most unique distinction is that we can have two of the nation's >> ten most dangerous intersections, in the winter, despite the fact >> that we have no snow. Denver has blizzards, and steep terrain. We're >> dry as a bone and flat as a pool table, and with this incredible edge >> we still can't keep control of our vehicles. >> >> Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote: >> >>> Well... I think we here in the valy still hold claim to two of the >>> nations >>> ten most dangerous intersections :) But only in the winter ;) >>> >>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005, Alex Dean wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> The place with the worst drivers is always the city/state/province >>>> you live in, as far as I can tell from 15 years of driving and >>>> talking to people about drivers. :) Anyone care to dispute with >>>> stories of the wonderful drivers in some mythical location? >>>> >>>> alex >>>> >>>> ps - Denver, Colorado wins my personal vote for 'worst drivers', >>>> based on 4 years of living there. Only in Denver do you get a 60+ >>>> car pileup about once a year. >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Lee Einer Dos Manos Jewelry http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss