Hopefully this will help answer questions about moving here from across country

[irman]

Originally Posted by Tim Tim Tim

I dont expect them to move around me but it should be a mutual thing. when they dont even look over and just assume that nothing is there is when i get really pissed

I am so used to that kind of maneuver ..... especially when they then immediately take the next off ramp about 25 feet in front of me ....

[stycotl]

Originally Posted by irman

Well thank you aaron, it was meant to be funny. NO reason to be NOT that way in today's world ....

I did the math on this *phenomenon*.
The *time savings* here are so negligible, it is absolutely not worth it.
On the surface roads, I usually make a game out of this.
I sit next to a car at a traffic light, I look at him/her, and try to make eye contact. If successful, I smile and nod.
Then we take off, and I just mosey (normal take off) on down to the next light. When I get there, just an iota of a second later than the person with the rabbit start, I try to make eye contact again, and then smile and nod again.
A few times, I have even been given *the finger* ..... Oh well ....

What I do miss in *surface road* traffic :
*The Green Wave* (Aptly named so, in several countries)
I have driven in some areas where they actually post the speed limits where you can *catch* the green lights all the way down.

I can *catch a green wave* going south on Bangerter, but have never been able to do so going north ....

yeah. the sad thing is that people are willing to get in auto accidents for that 23 seconds that they saved on their trip. and then you have the einsteins of the world that watch tv while putting on their makeup while talking on the phone while driving, or the lady that i saw three or four days ago that had her toddler on the front passenger seat without a seat belt on or anything. people like that need to be sterilized.

Originally Posted by Tim Tim Tim

I dont expect them to move around me but it should be a mutual thing. when they dont even look over and just assume that nothing is there is when i get really pissed

100% agreed. people are waaaaaay too caught up in their own self importance. gotta love 'em.

[Tim Tim Tim]

I hate to say its a utah thing because it happens everywhere but man do i sure see it alot more here. I was in tampa which is quite a bit bigger of a city with a ton more traffic and I thought it was bad there. ha

[LAFrench]

Hey Tim,

Any idea of when ya'll are heading back to FL?
I hate to see you have to leave UT as you seemed to be becoming more comfortable there.

LAFrench

Originally Posted by Tim Tim Tim

I hate to say its a utah thing because it happens everywhere but man do i sure see it alot more here. I was in tampa which is quite a bit bigger of a city with a ton more traffic and I thought it was bad there. ha

[Tim Tim Tim]

plan to be back there on the 31st of this month. well be leaving the 29th and driving hard to try to make it in 2 days haha. were paying to get our stuff shipped there, not driving a rental that far again. If you do end up moving here then look at a company called ABF Upack. Basically you pack the trailer with your stuff, pay for the space you use and for me its cheaper in the end after figureing gas and the extra hotel night

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

So sorry to see you leaving. You've been a nice addition to SLC! Good luck in the future.

[Tim Tim Tim]

thank you. ill still visit here for sure. There is alot of stuff that we didnt get to do that we really wanted to do while we were here. Its getting tough too, we both just got offerd pretty sizeable increases in pay at work but honestly we both just feel that moving is the right thing to do at the time. family is more important than money. Its hard though because its almost double the income haha