A perfect reason to blow my head off... - Page 2

z06boy · 08-25-2010, 10:52 AM

I average about 45 minutes in traffic eachway 5 days a week...sometimes it's 30 minutes and at the worst about an hour again...eachway.

I couldn't really handle much more than that. I hate stop and go traffic for the most part.

Gas Man · 08-25-2010, 12:09 PM

Are you F'in kidding me? And we won't these numbnuts making all of our products in life? F'in stupid! I would have lit my car on fire and walked away.

Trip · 08-25-2010, 02:02 PM

45 min commute, so just over 16 days a year if I went every weekday. With vacation and holidays, I probably average around 14 days or so.

z06boy · 08-25-2010, 02:07 PM

Makes me appreciate my 5 weeks of vacation a year even more....also weekends and holidays.

skiergirl · 08-25-2010, 02:10 PM

almost 10 days a year for me....kinda screwed up to think about it that way...what a waste of your life...

Rider · 08-25-2010, 02:23 PM

10 miles, 10 minutes each direction. 5 miles of highway, 5 miles of surface streets. If the highway is ever backed up there is a handful of surface routes I can take that would add no longer than 5-10 minutes to my commute.

I hate traffic with a passion. That's why I moved away from Seattle. My commute there was 45 -60 minutes each way to go 12 miles... FUCK THAT. I was ready to go postal on motherfuckers.

sherri_chickie · 08-25-2010, 02:29 PM

I have a 5 km commute to work. 5 minutes each way.
Used to have a 45 minute commute and before that for about 8 months it was an hour each way ( back in Texas)

I much prefere my current commute but don't love the side of the city I have to live on to have that commute.

z06boy · 08-25-2010, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

10 miles, 10 minutes each direction. 5 miles of highway, 5 miles of surface streets. If the highway is ever backed up there is a handful of surface routes I can take that would add no longer than 5-10 minutes to my commute.

I hate traffic with a passion. That's why I moved away from Seattle. My commute there was 45 -60 minutes each way to go 12 miles... FUCK THAT. I was ready to go postal on motherfuckers.

I would hate that too. I hate my commute some days...30-60 minutes but not quite as bad since that is for around 27 miles.

shmike · 08-25-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

10 miles, 10 minutes each direction. 5 miles of highway, 5 miles of surface streets. If the highway is ever backed up there is a handful of surface routes I can take that would add no longer than 5-10 minutes to my commute.

How is that possible?

10 miles in 10 minutes is 60mph non-stop.

No way you are doing a constant 60 mph without stopping on surface streets. If you average 45mph on the surface streets it would take almost 7 minutes from the highway.

Are you able to manage a constant 91 mph on the hwy in rush hour traffic?

Rider · 08-25-2010, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shmike

How is that possible?

10 miles in 10 minutes is 60mph non-stop.

No way you are doing a constant 60 mph without stopping on surface streets. If you average 45mph on the surface streets it would take almost 7 minutes from the highway.

Are you able to manage a constant 91 mph on the hwy in rush hour traffic?

Surface streets are a 55 mph limit, flow usually runs about 60mph. The highway is a 70mph limit and the traffic flow is 80-90mph. I spend 1/2 mile on 35mph street, that is the slowest part of the drive.

08-25-2010, 12:09 PM	#12
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Are you F'in kidding me? And we won't these numbnuts making all of our products in life? F'in stupid! I would have lit my car on fire and walked away. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

08-25-2010, 10:52 AM	#11
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	I average about 45 minutes in traffic eachway 5 days a week...sometimes it's 30 minutes and at the worst about an hour again...eachway. I couldn't really handle much more than that. I hate stop and go traffic for the most part.

08-25-2010, 02:02 PM	#13
Trip Hold mah beer! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 80 Miles South of Moto Heaven Moto: 08 R1200GS Posts: 23,268	45 min commute, so just over 16 days a year if I went every weekday. With vacation and holidays, I probably average around 14 days or so.

08-25-2010, 02:07 PM	#14
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Makes me appreciate my 5 weeks of vacation a year even more....also weekends and holidays.

08-25-2010, 02:10 PM	#15
skiergirl Gixxer Girl Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kyle, TX Moto: 05 GSXR 750 & 06 YZ250F Posts: 1,424	almost 10 days a year for me....kinda screwed up to think about it that way...what a waste of your life...

08-25-2010, 02:23 PM	#16
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	10 miles, 10 minutes each direction. 5 miles of highway, 5 miles of surface streets. If the highway is ever backed up there is a handful of surface routes I can take that would add no longer than 5-10 minutes to my commute. I hate traffic with a passion. That's why I moved away from Seattle. My commute there was 45 -60 minutes each way to go 12 miles... FUCK THAT. I was ready to go postal on motherfuckers.

08-25-2010, 02:29 PM	#17
sherri_chickie WERA Yellow Plate Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary Moto: Gs500F Posts: 683	I have a 5 km commute to work. 5 minutes each way. Used to have a 45 minute commute and before that for about 8 months it was an hour each way ( back in Texas) I much prefere my current commute but don't love the side of the city I have to live on to have that commute.