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Old 01-25-08, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kidtwisty
morning drivers always.
tons of cramped up traffic with impatient drivers in an extreme hurry especially around the many school areas near me.
around late late night time, there's a lot less drivers on the road plus they're not in too much of a hurry to get anywhere. so they usually drive a little better (take less risks, etc.)
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In the morning people are tired/doing make up/shaving/Drinking coffee, Stressed. Plus Traffic is heavy so when your splitting lanes, and someone does not signal, its a bigger deal then when some drunk does not at 2 in the morning when neither of you in in a rush and the roads are empty. when there is no one else on the road, space for both of you, you can hear them coming and all that. in the morning there are so many cars. you have to deal with so many more bad drivers, At night in an hour of riding i will encounter 5-30 cars on the same route that i pass hundreds on during rush hours
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I worry more about the day time people as there are so many more of them they are harder to avoid.
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