Another Baby Seat in the Middle And Tourrette's

This lady almost hit a bus. She had a mild form of Tourrette's. This is the second person with Tourrette's I've ridden with. She drove a minivan. Seriously, we veered towards a bus and she stared at it, as if it would magically move over for her. She should not be driving.



This lady left her baby seat in the middle (it has happened before). I barely fit back there, if she had to sit back there you'd know she'd throw a hissy fit; she's not as tiny as me. She was definitely the slowest driver to date. Pushing 60 top speed, it took us 35 minutes with a little traffic instead of 20-25 minutes.


My shoulder to the door.



Other shoulder to gross baby seat.

NON HOV tips

Well if you get stuck driving down 95 after HOV hours like I did yesterday in rush hour... Here are some tips. I drove for two years from Georgetown to Woodbridge so I'm used to the patterns.

People start cheating about 10 minutes till 6pm. You could try that. But it'll bottleneck down by Springfield at the multiple exit/entry points as everyone gets on at 6pm. So if you get on at the Pentagon at 5:50pm you're still going to get stuck at Springfield.

Or you could wait 15 minutes and wait for the bottlenecking to get better at 6:15pm. It'll get bad at the entry points at the Pentagon though and be bad until you get to the Little River Turnpike exit. Then HOV starts moving and regular 95 lanes start backing up.

But, it opens up again at Edsall Road as everyone is jumping off onto HOV.... So if you are patient then go regular 95. There are three lanes vs. two, and everyone is jumping on HOV so it clears up non HOV lanes. As with the case yesterday, after the mixing bowl I hit no traffic to my exit; it starts to get backed right at the 156 exit right where the rest area is.

That's good for Mondays thru Wednesdays. Thursdays are just a pain in the butt to drive for some reason so try not to drive in non HOV lanes or Friday afternoons.

It's a gamble once you get down to the mixing bowl as to which route you should go. I used to jump on HOV, then jump off at Springfield. There are three entry points which really backs everything up and it's a lot faster in non HOV from Monday-Wednesdays.

If you are traveling by yourself south on 95 on Friday, I would suggest picking up a slug or two and dropping them off at Potomac Mills. Then jump on Route 1 and get off where 234 is back to 95. It's always backed up b/c of the HOV merge (ends), and thest fastest lane is the right lane. If you come off the exit it's right there.

When Speed Racer listens to Slow Music

I don't understand how people can be a fast driver but listen to slow music. There was an accident in the HOV lane so the car I was in pulled out into regular traffic. Yes, illegally. Which is fine, only if he had jumped back on HOV after it was visible that traffic ahead was bad, and HOV was clear.

We passed the accident but he still stayed in regular traffic. The whole time Speed Racer was gunning it and then slamming on the brakes while listening to I Love Jesus music. Awesome.

Turdsday...

I think the people at Crystal City slug spot are the most organized. The ones at Rosslyn are the most weird, but proactive. The ones at the Pentagon are the most disorganized.

There's no confusion at Crystal City. People stand in their lines and are quick. At the Rosslyn one, people are proactive in finding rides and won't hesitate to walk up the line to find their ride. At the Pentagon, people stand there when there are 20 cars back. WAITING for the cars to come to them. It's as if the turn lane is a moat filled with dragons that they can't cross to expedite the process.

I was about six cars back and flabbergasted that this old guy just sat there instead of walking 15 feet to see if he could find a ride. Apparently the car next to him wasn't going his way. But instead of moving up, he sat there until that car went away; with eight cars in line. That is why a lot of times the Pentagon is 30 cars back and it takes 15 minutes or more to get to the front. And that's why I don't pick up at the Pentaagon that often. I had a meeting there and got out at 4 so it wasn't that bad, but even at six cars back it was still painful to watch the slowness that I almost drove to Crystal City to pick up a slug.

Bad. At least tomorrow is Friday.

Randomness...

I drove and picked up the same woman in the same day... and then the next day. Then today she rode in the same car with me and also in the same car back. I have a stalker!

Just kidding.

It was just a funny coincidence, that someone has a similar schedule for a couple of days that would make that happen.

I got into a Ford F-150 today and thought how cool it was. Then I was getting motion sickness from how he was driving. Things have been somewhat normal lately... I haven't had any incidents as of late. Other than the slugs freaking out in Rosslyn in line. People get so scared when they see 10 cars and are too impatient to wait that they start walking up to the cars to see where they go. But if a car isn't going their way they lose their spot so it gets all hectic.

What's Worse than a Big Ego in a Corvette?

A bigger ego in a piece of sh*t hybrid car.

What is it with people that always have to be ahead? You know the people I'm talking about.

• Trying to merge into an exit lane while in the middle lane; instead of braking slightly to ease behind the car they are next to, they speed up, slam on the brakes
  
• The drivers that speed up in the slow lanes for merging traffic so other drivers can't merge onto the highway. Oh wait that's why mornings suck so bad from Dale City to Lorton because people don't know how to merge!

Well PADG1 (license plate of morning douche), the award goes to you this morning. You had a slow car in front of you, (both of you in the left lane) which you didn't attempt to pass for several miles.

When I passed both cars (this was after a metro bus passed both cars on the right), little penishead tailgates the bus and is trying to get over back to the left lane. This is half a mile before the Memorial Bridge exit (which is what, a whole 30 seconds away)?

Since his car was so small he gunned it and fit into the small space just as the exit popped up and was maybe six inches from me when he pulled the move and popped into the left exit lane, which I was getting of at as well.

1. You were 30 seconds away from your exit.
2. You didn't attempt to pass until a bus pass you and three other cars.
3. There was plenty of space behind my car and the car you passed.
4. You risked hitting my car within inches to prove that what again? That you are the man.
   
5. You were driving slow in the passing lane then decided it was Speed Racer time before your exit.
   

If someone can install a need a cow plow for my car I'll be happy.