Mulholland Drive.....

[Fozzer]

..on a Thursday night....
...or any other time...anywhere!... ...>>>

http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/l ... california

Nightmare Traffic in the LA Valley....and it can only get worse!

What is it like where you are?

Paul.....squeezing past on a Motor Bike!.... ...!

P.S....no problems in the Flight Sim...I just sit up here watching it down below!.... ...!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive

[Anthindelahunt]

Imagine what it is going to be like in twenty years.

Anthin.

[Steve M]

I remember commuting to Chicago from the north side. What a mess back then, but they've been building roads constantly since then so I can't speak for roads now..

[Anthindelahunt]

People complain here in the ACT if they are delayed for five minutes
durig rush hour. Poor babies.

Anthin.

[Webb]

We have a solution here.

All those roads that your taxes paid for aren't going to be free anymore.

Lexus lanes

[PhantomTweak]

When I was stationed at El Toro (yes, it was an active MCAS at one time!) My friend Bill Baily (no not THAT one) and I would go out riding on the freeways just for the fun of it, and if a cop decided we were doing something wrong (yeah, yeah, 75 may be a TAD over the speedlimit...) we would let them chase us just long enough to find the nearest traffic jam. There was always one someplace in LA no matter the day or time. Once we lost the initial officer it was a small matter to take a random offramp and park behind a strip mall or supermarket and just wait a half hour or so, then back to base on the "Surface" streets as they are called (a non-freeway, basically). I learned a lot of LA that way! Had a lot of fun too.
Especially nice not having to wait to get gas, either. Cars would have to wait for the right odd or even day to fuel up, bikes could get gas anytime the station had it. Bill (a heavily muscled African-American, or as we called them, dark-green Marines) would put on a thick Jamaican accent (he spoke American same as I do, no accent at all) and tell them he wasn't going to pay them twice what was shown on the pump, they were trying to steal from him, Mon, and so on...Worked great. I stuck with him any time we needed gas, I can tell you that!
We rode Mulholland Drive more than once, too. Great ride, back then. Up in the hills overlooking LA at night, hairpin turns....FUN on a bike! Great, romantic spots for taking the young ladies after a nice dinner, movie, or whatever, too! The tighter the corners, the tighter they hold on!

Anyway, good drives to all, and even better flights!
Pat☺

[Fozzer]

Mulholland Drive on a Bike...>>>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKbaT57SdjQ

Mulholland Riders....Bring back memories, Pat?.... ....!

A favourite race course for Bikers, the old Mulholland road, near Malibu...some living..some now dead.... ...!

The old Mulholland road was a lot different then to what it is nowadays...now the San Diego 405 multi-carriageway....jammed with stationary traffic..that road is a nightmare now!!

Paul.... ...!

The sad end to a bike on Mulholland Drive!...>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1UYkrxFls4

[PhantomTweak]

Mulholland Drive on a Bike...>>>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKbaT57SdjQ

Mulholland Riders....Bring back memories, Pat?.... ....!

A favourite race course for Bikers, the old Mulholland road, near Malibu...some living..some now dead.... ...!

The old Mulholland road was a lot different then to what it is nowadays...now the San Diego 405 multi-carriageway....jammed with stationary traffic..that road is a nightmare now!!

Paul.... ...!

The sad end to a bike on Mulholland Drive!...>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1UYkrxFls4

Sad the it's both the 405 now, and chok-a-block (correct phrase?) full of non-moving traffic, and for a Biker's end! Saw unbelievable numbers of ambulance runs during our times up there.
Lotta bikers (and auto drivers too!) met untimely ends on that road. Of course, this deterred none, since we were all young, and full of the "I'm indestructable!" attitude I think it's a part of a Marine's normal make-up And NO! Marines don't wear make-up (I saw that one coming!). It's what we are made up OF...
Naturally, most Bikers have the same attitude...We see an accident and all we think is "Poor son-uv-a-gun, that could never happen to me, of course!" Much like Military pilots...

Safe runs, and safer flights to all, since we all know that "it can't possibly happen to me!"
Pat?