White People don't like Music.

Or are scared of offending people in the car as a driver.

I've noticed more Caucasians with their radios off or super low that you can barely hear it; its more background noise. Turn up the music, whiteys! I listened to a Rock Opera this week for Jimminy Crickets.... it's better than dead silence!

I also discovered the overflow lot yesterday. No more attempting to drive in if I'm late. Booyaa

Grumpy Old Man

I picked up Gramps today. He had a cane and didn't look happy to get into my car.

I turned up WTOP 103.5 for him louder than usual since I was dropping of a friend at the airport so I only picked up one slug.

Huge traffic jam today, 395 was a parking lot. Yay for slugging.

Rock Opera

This morning I came in late to the lot and actually drove myself to the overflow lot instead of trying to drive around town and being super late. Had a friendly car this morning, actually driving all the way to Ballston with all the passengers in the car. I've never had anyone play a Rock Opera on the stereo in the morning before but it was pretty interesting.

Also I'm glad I didn't try to drive in; there was a huge accident/back up at the Glebe Road exit. 395 was a parking lot. Slugging has saved me lots of gas money and mileage on my car. Not to mention, aggravation.



The lady that got dropped off first thought the sandwiches at Booeymongers tasted like crap too.

I've had a lot of normal cars for the past week or so. Both driving and as a passenger. Is this normal? Stay tuned.

Ford Taurus' are tiny.

My head was literally in the windshield and the headrest didn't exist or it was super tiny. I thought front seats were supposed to have space.

Nothing exciting to report today.

Great drivers both on the way there, and back.

No update today.

Alive and well. I drove in,I missed the pick up times, after 8am.

"I'd do anything to get home on a Friday..."

"and that means getting in a car with me."

Ok. Awkward answer by the driver. And creeepy. The first passenger made the comment after passing three other cars that weren't going her way. I was behind her and so I got to sit in the front seat.

The car smelled like cigarettes but not of someone that smoked in the car. But the smell was stronger than of someone that smoked but not in their car. It smelled like bar, and someone that's been in it for a while.

And it sort of made sense because the guy was swerving... He almost ran off the road three times. I thought he was going to pull off the exit ramp at all of them when it wasn't ours because he was swerving so much. We were going straight, and he was having a hard time keeping it straight. And on top of that he had the radio off, probably so he could focus.


A police car gets on the road and this guy slows down for no reason. We had three people in the car, we were going the speed limit, in the right lane, and this was a couple hundred yards before the exit. And the guy slowed down, and was making way too much effort to look behind him.

I usually block out faces when I post them but you can tell how glassy his eyes look when you zoom up on it. All I know is that I wanted to get out of the car ASAP.

This guy drives a tan 90's style Toyota. So what the hell do we do in this situation? Pray?

He looked like an extra creepy Kenny Bania from Seinfeld.

So this is what it's like...

Today must be smooth ride week, because I've ridden in some comfy cars this week; Lexus, Acura, Mercedes... After riding in a Chevy Pinto the other day, the Mercedes I rode in today was pretty money. You can see how much space I had, and on top of that, the rear of the front seats are contoured for your legs (by at least 1.5-2 inches) unlike the Chevy pinto car, that was bulky and made of plastic.



It was a pimp ride and then on top of that the Soul music was on point too. I was a little scared when the classic "Hello" by Lionel Ritchie started, but he changed it quickly. It snowed a bit this morning, and the Potomac lot was half empty/half full; however you see it. I got to the lot around 7:35ish, and the lots are usually full by then. Free ride for me!

Nothing out of the ordinary except for the awesome car and the stupid lady that didn't get in because she wanted a personal ride farther from the drop off point. Happy Friday everyone.

It's sad when crap gets more space than you.

All this baby crap, got more space than I did. This little old lady with brown hair had her seat all the way back, in this tiny little Chevy. My phone was about to die, so the only shot I got was this.

My claustrophobia sets in and my back is killing me. Because my knees are on my chest. And stupid plastic seat backs are for what? Kids puking?

Driving Gloves or Murder Gloves?

It was 50 degrees out and this guy had on driving gloves that you'd wear in the middle of winter. My thoughts quickly went to OJ Simpson and his gloves. Then my thoughts raced to whether I was going to get hacked up or not. He could be some doctor that hacked you up like Jack the Ripper.

Then I looked at the door locks and they weren't hacked off, and they were unlocked the whole time. So I felt safe taking a 10 minute nap.

He was a nice man and his car was probably the most comfortable car I've ridden in so far. I sat in a pimp BMW this morning, but I still think the 90's Lexus and Man with Driving Gloves trumped it from yesterday afternoon.

Counting Crows and Selling Polos at Flea Markets

I knew once I stepped into my morning car yesterday that it would be interesting. Two big guys in a Honda Civic, with an old school car stereo with the flashing dash on it. With Counting Crows playing on the CD player. I got a quick flashback to 1995.

They asked for advice on the best way to get to Rossyln since they usually didn't take that way and I got scared for like a brief second.

I thought they had Canadian accents before I realized they were most likely from the Midwest. Super friendly car. Every time the driver thought something was cool he'd say, "Awwwwriiiiiight!"


If any of you have seen American Movie (the documentary), I highly suggest it, and the guys reminded me of these two guys.

So anyways the conversation turn towards going to Richmond for the guy in the backseat to sell shirts, since he has a shirt business. I found out that these guys buy polo shirts bulk from Asia and sell them at flea markets. The driver suggested the backseat passenger go to the Nascar race in Richmond, VA to sell the shirts. "Awwwrighhht!" They said they would put numbers on them and put fake signatures on them to sell. Haha.

This was probably my most entertaining ride. I swore they were Canadian for like five minutes, but they never said EH. Apparently one of their friends got stuck with seven containers of bulk polo shirts that were worth $1M. So I'm guessing he spent between $300k to $500k to buy these items from Asia. These guys seriously took out loans to buy these shirts in bulk to sell at flea markets. The one guy commented how he'd rather not sell the shirts at cost to get rid of them, he'd rather "slow sell" them because he'd be more patient and would make more money that way. I admired their entrepreneurship drive and wondered how many boxes were piled up in their garage/basement.

Then the conversation turned towards buying and selling cds at record stores. Again, flashback to 1995. The driver buys cds on Craigslist for a buck, burns them on his computer and resells them to the recordstore for $2 or $3.

Now that is a smart guy. Anyways I get off at my stop, and say goodbye to the most entertaining ride thus far.

HOT LANES

Today's simple question: Who's going to enforce/regulate how much is charged on the HOT LANES? This threatens Slugging's very existence; because there is no way for them to enforce the three or more rule. If I had 3 or more people AND EZPASS, they'd charge me? They say they won't but they'll most likely take it away from what I've seen. Won't they bottleneck if they have someone manually checking?

This is stupid.



"High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes are tolled lanes that operate alongside existing highway lanes to provide users with a faster and more reliable travel option. Buses, carpools (HOV-3), motorcycles and emergency vehicles will have free access to HOT lanes. Drivers with fewer than three occupants can choose to pay to access the lanes.

Tolls for the HOT lanes will change according to traffic conditions to regulate demand for the lanes and keep them congestion free - even during peak hours. When traffic increases, tolls will go up. When traffic decreases, tolls will go down.

Fully electronic tolling on the HOT lanes will allow customers to pay tolls with E-ZPass - eliminating the need for toll booths. Electronic signs will display toll rates to help drivers decide whether to use HOT lanes. Drivers will lock in their toll rate when they enter the HOT lanes."

No updates that are worthy today.

I had two good slugs yesterday and two good slugs today. And yes I'm still alive. I haven't been kidnapped yet. I did get worried though. Picking someone up close to 8am. What if one person gets in and no one shows up and it's 9am?

Do you kick out the other person?

Yes I'm alive today.

I drove in today because the lots were full. I'm not dead. I had to metro to the corporate office from the client site to pick up some items for my new laptop. On my metro ride, I ran into the JP from Grandma's Boy. beep boop beep. I AM A GEEEEEENIUS! beeeeeep crch boop beep boop!


Metro Rider


Looks like JP.


For your entertainment, some raw footage from Grandma's Boy.

I will probably pick up some people today on the way back home. But it won't be much of a story unless they smell, have irritable bowel syndrome, or three eyes or something.

Speed Racer + No Seat Belt = Instant Death?

Well, two weeks ago someone asked me if I had gotten a Speed Racer yet, and I told the person, no. Well I got lucky today.


I first noticed the seatbelt. Unbuckled.

Then I noticed the speed bursts and tailgating from the backseat. In the picture above, I think he was switching lanes within inches from the other cars. Which I don't care about usually, since I do that sometimes, but not with other people in the car. And I was wondering if he had a death wish since his seat belt was off.

So yeah, I got my first Speed racer today, and he was a "squeezer" as well. He'll switch lanes to jump up two cars with barely any space in between cars; making the car behind slam on its brakes. And to top it all of, he was listening to some R&B family station. Oh I hate days when I forget my headphones.



And what's the etiquette for elbow space? I don't see that in the slugging etiquette page.

It's official. Snow + DC = Super Idiots.

So I fly back from Los Angeles this morning and get picked up by my friend; in my car. Apparently she was slipping and sliding all over the place and slid around the Dulles "Arrivals" turn; and refused to budge when security told her to move until I got there.



I didn't think it was that bad. Granted I have a rear wheel drive wagon with not so good traction on the back tires; and the tires have a poor rating in the snow. But either way, put it in Low gear, and drive slow. That's what I did. And no choice at that.

I fishtailed maybe 5-6 times. From going 20 mph. Going straight. Maybe it was the heavy winds that made me compensate minuscule adjustments to the steering which was just enough to push the car to the side. I almost sideswipe two buses. Two cars. I got tapped by a pick up truck that I thought was going to rear end me. I kept on driving; I knew it wasn't that bad of a tap, and the guy had his window open and I just waved him on. He was happy to oblige and took off.

I had the hazards on, going the standard 20-25 mph, that everyone else was going. The closest car behind me was a quarter mile away. It took 30 minutes to get to Reston at that speed. I was going straight; I wasn't punching the accelerator.


Country roads in the middle of nowhere had better traction than heavily trafficked Dulles Toll Road.

I knew that I would have problems if the peak of the merge at the toll road to 66, if it was stopped. OF course, there was a car up top in the left lane (one I was in), stopped at the top. So I had to slow my momentum and get over. This Honda proceeded to stay within inches of my car despite the fact that my hazards are on and he sees me slightly sliding. IT turns into a full slide. As I try to get past the parked car, I start sliding towards it. The dummy behind me; instead of giving me space, he was adamant to get closer to my car as I try to straighten the wagon on the hill, which I do.

We saw maybe eight single car wrecks or more. Half of them were Lincoln Towne cars (limo taxis); all spun out about 20 feet into the median.. We also saw 9-10 snow plows sitting on the side of the road while cars were sliding off the road. I had assumed that VDOT would take care of the snow at 7am, but they were all sitting idle instead.

My car wasn't supposed to be on the road in those conditions but then again, VDOT knew the storm was coming. And Dulles Toll Road was left untouched. Thanks Virginia.

Big thanks to the Super Idiots for rushing to work at 7:30am when everything was delayed two hours, and getting in my way to get home.