LOL at southern californians driving in the rain

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: shuttleboi

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
I lived in Davis California for two years, and I never saw so many umbrellas in my life, and that's pretty impressive since I've lived the other 35 years in Oregon and Washington. I came to the conclusion that Californians are water-soluble.

Are you saying that they don't have umbrellas in Oregon or Washington? Or have you considered the fact that since Davis is a college town, there is a higher concentration of pedestrians in a smaller area, so your perception of so many umbrellas may be a bit off?

Here in the Pacific Northwest, we're used to rain, so we don't usually even bother to put up the hoods of our jackets if it's sprinkling. Most people up here wear rain jackets when it's raining harder than that. You just don't see that many umbrellas. When you have rain all winter, it's a pain to have to pack an umbrella around. I think down in Davis, people weren't used to the rain so they would freak out and have to pack around their umbrella if it might so much as sprinkle. Another factor is that when it rains in Oregon, it's usually cool weather, so you're already wearing a light jacket or coat. Because it rains all the time in the fall/winter/spring, you tend to only buy coats with hoods.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: saymyname

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
I dont live in socal but I think its funny when people criticize people for driving cautiously in wet conditions. then when they drive fast, the same people criticize them for driving dangerously in less than ideal conditions. :roll:

The problem is that So-cal drivers are very very aggressive and tailgate even at 90 mph. When the rain hits they still tailgate and as far as I'm concerned that's what leads to most of the accidents.

Absolutely. I spent most of my life in upstate NY - it was entertaining when we received the first snowfall at college, you could tell who the out-of-state drivers were. I recall watching a ricer try to pass a semi, ended up spinning a full 180.

When I first moved to SoCal, I was a bit intimidated by the driving behaviors. They're honed for great visibility and excellent traction.

 

[jtvang125]

Just as there are overly cautious drivers in the rain there are also the dumba$$es that drive 80+ in the pouring rain. During every down pour here in Socal I always see some idiot with their car flipped on the side of the road.

 

[goodoptics]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: her209
200 car pile up on Long Beach Freeway

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[QuantumPion]

I don't understand why people in X region can't comprehend how to drive in adverse weather conditions. It's very simple people, leave plenty of distance to the car in front of you, don't slam on the breaks, accelerate very gently, etc. It's not rocket science. I thought Virginians were horrible drivers in the snow when I moved here from Pennsylvania. The fact that some people don't know how to drive when the road is simply wet is astounding to me.

 

[DannyLove]

it also doesn't help when 90% of the drivers here in So Cal are idiots and simply don't have any concept of driving (ie, braking for no reason, creating a domino effect, thus creating pointless traffic with absolutely no accidents)

ohhhhhhhh, i can't wait for the rain to start coming down.... *sigh* kill me now. I hate LA traffic.

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Just as there are overly cautious drivers in the rain there are also the dumba$$es that drive 80+ in the pouring rain. During every down pour here in Socal I always see some idiot with their car flipped on the side of the road.

Probably because he had to swerve to avoid some dumbass driving 10 mph with their 4-ways on.

If everyone would just drive near the speed limit during heavy rain, everything would be fine.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: JBT
Living in VT for the first 22 years of my life with it raining or snowing all the then moving here to Tucson AZ I must say I am unimpressed with the drivers here.
I must admit though the first couple of rain falls here in Tucson the roads are a bit slick because of all the oil that has built up is finally able to wash off.

Phoenix was the same way. Most have a hard time figuring out where the wiper switch is.

 

[j00fek]

try driving in the snow with morons in the northeast

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: JBT
Living in VT for the first 22 years of my life with it raining or snowing all the then moving here to Tucson AZ I must say I am unimpressed with the drivers here.
I must admit though the first couple of rain falls here in Tucson the roads are a bit slick because of all the oil that has built up is finally able to wash off.

Phoenix was the same way. Most have a hard time figuring out where the wiper switch is.

They don't know what a red light means either.

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: JBT
Living in VT for the first 22 years of my life with it raining or snowing all the then moving here to Tucson AZ I must say I am unimpressed with the drivers here.
I must admit though the first couple of rain falls here in Tucson the roads are a bit slick because of all the oil that has built up is finally able to wash off.

In all fairness, that's definitely a major factor. It rains a lot here in Alabama, but whenever we have a stretch of several weeks where there's little or no rain you can definitely tell how noticeably slicker the roads are the first time it rains after that. Not having much experience driving in the rain only compounds the situation if you're in the southwest.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: foghorn67

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: JBT
Living in VT for the first 22 years of my life with it raining or snowing all the then moving here to Tucson AZ I must say I am unimpressed with the drivers here.
I must admit though the first couple of rain falls here in Tucson the roads are a bit slick because of all the oil that has built up is finally able to wash off.

Phoenix was the same way. Most have a hard time figuring out where the wiper switch is.

They don't know what a red light means either.

Huh?? Red light = 2 more cars may pass

Actually I think the Phx area gets so much bad press for the red light issue is that most red lights have cameras. Easy to get big numbers when they are really catching people. (but yeah it's still bad)