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08-20-2010, 09:22 PM
Does that "Miami" include the entire SouFla tri-county megalopolis? Or is it just the very fun city & county where running red lights is now being debated as a constitutional right & beeping the horn at stop signs gives you the right of way to go on through at speed?
And, as you say, then there's the heat. And we ain't talkin' basketball here, folks....;)
NJL (...not to mention the invasion of the Burmese pythons....:wideeyes:....still not talkin' sports, just everyday livin' in paradise .....:biggrinbo...)
Eh. Miami can certainly be considered the kernel of the whole So. Fla. Megalopolis but if you head up to Palm Beach, or even just Ft. Lauderdale, it's still like a different world. So, I'd consider it the city/Miami-Dade County where as you say running red lights is considered by some to be a right. :)
Miami at #6. Should be higher.
The drivers here are unreal. A lot of them are uninsured and/or illegal so hit and runs are common, depending on what area you're driving in. You also have people who have NO BUSINESS having a license. I know of them..her rap sheet is two pages long, she's been arrested for a suspended license..and yet..they give her a hardship license. *sigh*
I've had to use the skills I learned in my defensive driving course to avoid wrecks that would have a)killed me or b) severely injured me. This happens at least once a month. I am not exaggerating. I hate I-95 and the Palmetto (know as the Crawlmetto).
Recently in the Miami Herald newspaper, they had a big to-do over cameras being installed at intersections. I want one at every corner timed to ticket anyone who blows through a red light ( a full red..not a yellow like these cameras have unfortunately been doing). Just doing that would get this county out of its 400 million dollar deficit.
Oh, and save a few lives.
Then i could talk about the lack of transit service..our bus system needs an overhaul. Our metro-rail is a joke and basically the city is NOT built for mass transit, hence the reason why "rush hour" lasts about 4 hours every morning and afternoon.
Whew! Okay I'm done :)
The Dolphin Expressway, 836, is scarier for me than I-95, but the Palmetto does always seem to be accident-central. The problem too is large sun-belt growth into the burbs and the highway/road system has not kept up with the demand for higher volume roads leading out of town.
Don't get me started on public transport.
As I understand it this was accepted practice in Cuba, pre-Castro. Just the way things were done there. Maybe it still is. Many of the Cubans that came to Miami brought the practice with them and continued to do it in the heavily Cuban parts of the City of Miami. As they've moved to the suburbs & they and their kids, grand kids, etc have become more Americanized - or the older folks have died out - the practice has become quite rare. Personally I've never seen it done anywhere other than downtown Miami or it's near vicinity. It was exciting to watch. Somewhat akin to a figure - 8 race...:wideeyes:.
As for running red lights; I think that that is seen as a right by many here now. Most of us wait several seconds when a light turns green before we proceed. It's safer that way. It seems there is always at least one horse's ass that will go zooming through seconds after a light turns.
NJL
Many Cubans have left neighborhoods and been replaced by Central Americans, Haitians, South Americans who bring their own on-the-road philosophy to Miami ;)
And, as you say, then there's the heat. And we ain't talkin' basketball here, folks....;)
NJL (...not to mention the invasion of the Burmese pythons....:wideeyes:....still not talkin' sports, just everyday livin' in paradise .....:biggrinbo...)
Eh. Miami can certainly be considered the kernel of the whole So. Fla. Megalopolis but if you head up to Palm Beach, or even just Ft. Lauderdale, it's still like a different world. So, I'd consider it the city/Miami-Dade County where as you say running red lights is considered by some to be a right. :)
Miami at #6. Should be higher.
The drivers here are unreal. A lot of them are uninsured and/or illegal so hit and runs are common, depending on what area you're driving in. You also have people who have NO BUSINESS having a license. I know of them..her rap sheet is two pages long, she's been arrested for a suspended license..and yet..they give her a hardship license. *sigh*
I've had to use the skills I learned in my defensive driving course to avoid wrecks that would have a)killed me or b) severely injured me. This happens at least once a month. I am not exaggerating. I hate I-95 and the Palmetto (know as the Crawlmetto).
Recently in the Miami Herald newspaper, they had a big to-do over cameras being installed at intersections. I want one at every corner timed to ticket anyone who blows through a red light ( a full red..not a yellow like these cameras have unfortunately been doing). Just doing that would get this county out of its 400 million dollar deficit.
Oh, and save a few lives.
Then i could talk about the lack of transit service..our bus system needs an overhaul. Our metro-rail is a joke and basically the city is NOT built for mass transit, hence the reason why "rush hour" lasts about 4 hours every morning and afternoon.
Whew! Okay I'm done :)
The Dolphin Expressway, 836, is scarier for me than I-95, but the Palmetto does always seem to be accident-central. The problem too is large sun-belt growth into the burbs and the highway/road system has not kept up with the demand for higher volume roads leading out of town.
Don't get me started on public transport.
As I understand it this was accepted practice in Cuba, pre-Castro. Just the way things were done there. Maybe it still is. Many of the Cubans that came to Miami brought the practice with them and continued to do it in the heavily Cuban parts of the City of Miami. As they've moved to the suburbs & they and their kids, grand kids, etc have become more Americanized - or the older folks have died out - the practice has become quite rare. Personally I've never seen it done anywhere other than downtown Miami or it's near vicinity. It was exciting to watch. Somewhat akin to a figure - 8 race...:wideeyes:.
As for running red lights; I think that that is seen as a right by many here now. Most of us wait several seconds when a light turns green before we proceed. It's safer that way. It seems there is always at least one horse's ass that will go zooming through seconds after a light turns.
NJL
Many Cubans have left neighborhoods and been replaced by Central Americans, Haitians, South Americans who bring their own on-the-road philosophy to Miami ;)