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5/3 You know, with Los Angeles traffic that makes 405, 210, and 10
look like a parking lot, 24 hours a day that totally and utterly
piss off so many commuters in a fucked up designed and poorly planned
transportation system, I'm not surprised this is happening. FUCK
LOS ANGELES TRAFFIC. Let's charge mileages like NJ Turnpike and Garden
State Highway:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155394,00.html
\_ No, the correct sentiment is FUCK THE MORONS WHO DESIGNED AND BUILT
THIS STUPID ASS "CITY". The traffic is the direct, predictable
result of moronic, pointless sprawl.
\_ I absolutely hate LA traffic as much as you, if not more, but
what's bothering you about this article? Is it that there
are highway shootings going on, because if so, read carefully
and you'll see that we're on track to have less shootings
this year compared to last. Yeah, shootings suck (and are
scary), but at least the numbers are down.
\_ "[L.A. traffic is so bad] I'm not surprised this is happening"
\_ Yeah, I made a weak link but my point was LA Traffic sucks->
it pisses off people->pissed off people do crazy things
(like the guy in Falling Down). Just a tenuous suggestion.
\_ doesn't LA rank like #45 nationally in freeway meters/capita?
IOW, the reason the traffic sucks is because there aren't enough
freeways, and there are too many people.
\_ Show me a city anywhere in the world with just as many
people, where there is less traffic. Oh yeah, all of them.
The solution is better rapid transit and higher density,
not more freeways. But if you live there and you want to
keep pushing for more freeways, go right ahead. It doesn't
bother me one bit. -smug San Franciscan
\_ Are you crazy? You think traffic in, say, NYC or London
is good? How about in Athens, where only half the
population is permitted to drive each day? In fact, I
notice when I travel that lots of smaller cities like
Seattle are rapidly converging to LA-like traffic.
-smug Angeleno
\_ Average commutes are far shorter in NYC or London.
Why is that? Because most people live nearer their
jobs and because there is good transit. I don't know
anything about Athens, so you might have me there.
Yeah, lots of places are making LA-style mistakes.
That is nothing to be happy about.
\_ I blame LA traffic on illegal immigrants driving jalopies (which
by the way account for 1/3 of the cars you see on freeways) that
break down, esp. during traffic hours. -illegal immigrant troll
\_ All right, I spent a long time googling and I can't come
up with your 45th nationally source. Some libertarian
pro-freeway sources, claim that LA is low in freeway miles
per capita, but others claim in freeway mile lanes per
capita, LA is high. Got a source for that? |
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| www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155394,00.html The state Highway Patrol said Tuesday it has crea ted an investigative task force to more quickly track down leads in rece nt freeway shootings after the eighth shooting in Southern California in two months. The new unit will work with local law enforcement agencies as troopers al so increase their patrols on the region's freeways, officials said. Four people have been killed in 11 freeway shootings this year. Even as they announced the stepped-up enforcement efforts, officials rele ased figures showing that despite media coverage in recent weeks, there have actually been two fewer freeway shootings this year than in the sam e period last year. "We don't want the public to think there's an onslaught" of shootings, Ac evedo said Monday. "We are actually on pace to have fewer shootings this year, and remember, these shootings are taking place in three counties that are heavily traveled with high populations." According to data released by authorities, there were 36 freeway shooting s, with one person killed, in 2004. search) area, when a bullet pierce d a windshield of a sport utility vehicle. The male driver, the only one in the vehicle, was not injured. The CHP also released details of a shooting early Saturday in which a 16- year-old driver and his 17-year-old passenger were targeted on Interstat e 5 in the Sun Valley area when a sedan pulled alongside the teens' Toyo ta. The driver, hit three times, drove himself to a hospital and was exp ected to survive. Authorities said the sh ooting may have been motivated by road rage. In a separate incident, a 19-year-old man shot three times early Sunday w hile driving on Interstate 405 was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medica l Center. "For no apparent reason, a vehicle, possibly a dark-colored Honda or Niss an, containing four to five males with shaved heads pulled alongside of him on the freeway and started firing at his vehicle," Lt. In the past five weeks, two men were killed in separate incidents on the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles. Two others also recently were killed in f reeway shootings in neighboring counties. "It's very frustrating because something like that is hard to predict, wh en it might happen, where it might happen," Del Vecchio said. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said there's no obvious pattern to the crimes. They're spread ove r a large area," Bratton told FOX News. The California Highway Patrol said there are some simple things drivers c an do to avoid trouble. "If you're getting shot at my feelings are get away from the situation .. the best thing I can think of is slow down and that person will probab ly maybe speed up and drive away I don't see them wanting to stick aro und," Officer Brian De Nike told FOX News. You don't want to flip them off or make any gestures," De Nike said. Marilyn Tuason, mother of victim Jake Tuason, 26, who was killed on March 12, told FOX News that she was not satisfied with the police response. He doesn't go to that area often, maybe once or twice a year." FOX News' Anita Vogel and The Associated Press contributed to this report . |