Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2024.08.04)

By: iserp

iserp — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 06:45:15 +0000

I’m waiting for Max to weigh in so I can decide on whether I should rent a car or not when I visit Spain this fall…

Isnt Max italian? I have never driven much outside of Spain, but as a pedestrian I feel safer than in other places in Europe. We poke fun at portuguese drivers for being reckless, but I think there is not a lot of difference, if that gives you a reference. It also depends where in Spain you go, drivers in Valencia are more aggressive and roads are designed to go fast even if it is not allowed. We also have our share of narrow mountain roads and twisty roads to get to coastal cliff beaches, which can be tricky.

Where are you going in Spain?

By: Downtown Doogie Brown

Downtown Doogie Brown — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 04:11:55 +0000

Suadi? Cool.

By: brador

brador — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:23:16 +0000

Suadi desert sports.
https://youtu.be/fLhMVYJNBIk?si=Q6YbGq6Q0xAuXpDc

By: pepper

pepper — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:48:23 +0000

ehhh…CT ain’t got nothing on the maserati/porsche/tesla housewives banging around Safeway parking lots in North Scottsdale…not even close…

By: Clarence Beeks

Clarence Beeks — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:09:42 +0000

Connecticut cops gave me the only speeding ticket I’ve ever had. I did get pulled over in Idaho but the cop understood that I was mesmerized by the sunset and distracted by how to put it in a film…

By: Raven is a Big Black Bird

Raven is a Big Black Bird — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:01:57 +0000

Jazzfunk — yes. Connecticut drivers are the most obnoxious of any state. By a long distance. There are worse drivers, but nobody on the road that I hate more. Thanks for reminding me.

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:49:51 +0000

Driving in Morocco is pretty scary. I remember driving past the worst car accident I have ever seen there on a mountain pass. Drivers in Greece are also insane but I don’t know that I fear anything more than people in Strong Island driving drunk.

What a day at the Olympics. Lyles the headliner but the women’s road race was absolute insanity also.

By: jazzfunk

jazzfunk — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:46:47 +0000

Stoned out drivers in the Hindu Kush – give me a break. Eastern Europeans – perfectly fine. Mexico – easy peazy. Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and 46 other states – piece of cake. Have any of you ever driven in Connecticut? I have had exactly 2 accidents in almost 40 years of driving, on multiple continents – both idiots’ license plates had “Connecticut” spelled out. It’s not tailgating in Connecticut until their front bumper is touching your steering wheel. I see a BMW with a Connecticut license plate coming toward me on I-684 – I get the fuck out of the way.

By: Z-man

Z-man — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:30:19 +0000

I’m waiting for Max to weigh in so I can decide on whether I should rent a car or not when I visit Spain this fall…

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:25:33 +0000

I think LA drivers are actually quite good. We get a lot of practice. There’s no other option to get anywhere.

The 110 freeway from downtown to Pasadena is an insane driving experience for two reasons: as mentioned above, the offramps are insanely short. Also, the turns of the 110 freeway are not banked. There are reasons for this: the 110 is a very old freeway, one of the first in the nation, and people had not yet figured out that you have to make the turns banked, and that the offramps have to be longer than 20 feet. Still, there are relatively few accidents on that stretch of the 110 considering how treacherous it seems.