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BajaNuts
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Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
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I agree with vag, also.
When I drive in the Seattle area, I feel like a sitting duck and usually drive "with the flow" of the middle lane which is usually about 5mph over
what's posted. Back on the dry side, in rural WA state, it's still usually 5 over what's posted in the open areas but there's NO ONE ELSE AROUND! I
also know the roads, and if I don't know the road, I drive what's posted.
There are many areas of eastern WA that are similar to MX1 in the long straight stretches. And yes, there are traffic fatalities here just like in
Baja.
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BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
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OMG- Did I just agree with a LIBERAL????
My republican mother will disown me! 
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Bajahowodd
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Registered: 12-15-2008
Location: Disneyland Adjacent and anywhere in Baja
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I must be a total dummy. I just cannot understand why the word 'liberal" seems to find itself into almost every thread. Not only didn't I think this
was a political forum, save for the designated section, but many of the world's countries, because of their liberal agenda, provide a much higher
quality of life for their citizens. Longer life expectancy, happier citizens, lower crime rates. Open your eyes!
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805gregg
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Posts: 1344
Registered: 5-21-2006
Location: Ojai, Ca
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I've driven the length of Baja enough times so the landscape is pretty much just boring. I like to find a guinea pig who is driving fast , then fall
in behind them at a safe distance back, and let them lead. If there is a radar or a truck in the wrong lane, they will clear it for me. Any
volunteers? I can easily cross at Tecate at 7:30 am and be in GN by 4:30. I do slow down in towns and always stop and donate at red cross.
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Barry A.
Select Nomad
Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Mood: optimistic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I must be a total dummy. I just cannot understand why the word 'liberal" seems to find itself into almost every thread. Not only didn't I think this
was a political forum, save for the designated section, but many of the world's countries, because of their liberal agenda, provide a much higher
quality of life for their citizens. Longer life expectancy, happier citizens, lower crime rates. Open your eyes! |
You apparently have a different scale than I for measureing happiness, etc. etc., but then that's a "given". My eyes are closed only when I sleep,
which is about 1/3 of the time.
To each his own------ I am very happy. 
Barry
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BajaGringo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3922
Registered: 8-24-2006
Location: La Chorera
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Mood: Let's have a BBQ!
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I used to drive faster on Mex 1 but after seeing a few accidents and almost lose a friend to a bad accident I have taken my foot off the gas a bit.
For some strange reason I always felt like I was in such a hurry to get somewhere. The funny thing that I have discovered is that driving a little
slower really doesn't add that much time to the trip. I also found out that you save on gas, your nerves are in better shape on arrival and your
vehicle even appreciates the kinder ride and rewards you with longer life and less repair costs.
It isn't a liberal-conservative thing to me. I guess I just finally grew up...
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Barry A.
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Location: Redding, Northern CA
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In my 50 some years of driving in Baja I have never had a really close call with another vehicle------some "pucker factor" situations have arisen, but
no really "close" calls. I attributed that mainly to driving at sane speeds which enable me to take timely evasive action.
However, I must admit that I have had MANY very close calls with horses and cows on the road, and that alone was enough to slow me down while driving
in Baja----------they seem to come from nowhere at the most inopertune times! At night it is simply crazy--------as we all know.
I never have tired of watching and looking at the fantastic things to see along Mex. 1, and it is soooooo much easier to see when just cruzeing along
at 50, or so. "the drive" is at least 20% of the great experience of Baja, to me at least. 
Barry
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Skipjack Joe
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Posts: 8088
Registered: 7-12-2004
Location: Bahia Asuncion
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Wasteland
I grew up in Socal and lived there from the late 50's to early 70's. That's about 15 years during which we never left the greater metropolitan area.
Nobody I knew did either. There was supposed to be nothing out there past Palmdale. It was considered wasteland (well, except for Palm Springs).
It wasn't until we moved out that I started to appreciate what the land around all that development had to offer. Now the prime areas for us are Anza
Borrego, Joshua Tree, and of course Death Valley. Our trips to baja are now timed so that we pass through Socal at night, waiting for first light at
the border.
I guess your values just change over time.
P.S. The bay area is the same. It takes 4 hours to get to a trout stream in the Sierras.
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JaraHurd
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Registered: 3-21-2007
Location: Los Angeles County
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Speeding and Baja Highways
Just a couple of thoughts about speed on Baja's freeways and Mordida issues. As I was driving down to TOdos Santos then back to Los Angeles this past
summer, I wondered if ANYONE obeyed the speed limit. Or stayed within 10 mph (..or whatever the equivalent kph would be..) of it. The speed limits for
most of that stretch are ridiculously low. I would mostly go around about 10 mph over whatever the posted limit was. But man, I was about the only
one. Plenty of California plates zoomed past me. Which begs the question...do the cops that patrol the freeways really have to fabricate traffic
violations on the freeways? Pretty much everyone is speeding, including me. Most people were driving atleast 20 mph over..and I am being conservative
in that estimate. It was a rare vehicle that could not be legitimately pulled over for speeding...
Just a thought. I agree with Shari..SLOW DOWN....especially on those BLIND CURVES....ridiculous..
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Sharksbaja
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5814
Registered: 9-7-2004
Location: Newport, Mulege B.C.S.
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Deja vu??
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15940
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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"be like Mike"
just do it!
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JaraHurd
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Location: Los Angeles County
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Magic Johnson saw where that philosophy gets someone...
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woody with a view
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don't hate, appreciate!
MIKE jammed on ervin every time!!!!!
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msawin
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Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: Grass Valley,Ca / Tripui
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drive beyond the "limit"
You must understand that the Mexican system for freeway speed control is something the United States of USA must adopt. It is so simple. Pull over who
you think you might want too. It is so simple.
Do not waste any time. Just get who you want.
come on guys... simple.
martin-o
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JaraHurd
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Location: Los Angeles County
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Mike jammed on Irvin because there was a slight age difference..but both were truly great...but we digress...
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woody with a view
PITA Nomad
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Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msawin
You must understand that the Mexican system for freeway speed control is something the United States of USA must adopt. It is so simple. Pull over who
you think you might want too. It is so simple.
Do not waste any time. Just get who you want.
come on guys... simple.
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don't let FISHBUCK know!  
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JaraHurd
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Location: Los Angeles County
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Well I don't know who is complaining about getting pulled over..but it is pretty much whoever u want cuz most folks passing me were speeding by a lot.
At any rate, be careful out there. Two lane highways are inherently dangerous. And TRY to be polite to one another..oh never mind..that is long gone..
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msawin
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Location: Grass Valley,Ca / Tripui
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polite..
I think most of the trucks [70%], are good guys. It is the few to look out for. And there is no flag waving.... You don't know who the s''it head is
tel he takes you off the road... God bless the 70%... Be safe on the Hi-way..
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JaraHurd
Nomad
Posts: 203
Registered: 3-21-2007
Location: Los Angeles County
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Truckers
I agree about the truckers. Most seemed like decent, helpful people.
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BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
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An incident in eastern WA involved a trucker driving a Wal-Mart truck, whacked out on speed and had been driving for I-can't-remember-how-many hours
straight, flew across the oncoming traffic lane, off the hiway, over a set of railroad tracks running parallel to the highway and into the Columbia
River. It was shallow enough the cab didn't go underwater and the guy lived, noone else involved.
You just never know what the "other guy" might do!
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