Phew! Dodged a MAJOR Bullet Tonight!!

Did your GPS system detail the traffic buildups? Or was that your eyeballs?




"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> So I'm driving back from Tucson westbound on I-8. I'm passing through
> the Laguna Mountains when I spot stopped traffic ahead. Thinking
> another Coyote rolled his pickup truck full of wetbacks all over the
> road, I duck off at Buckman Springs Road and take Old US 80. As I
> cross the bridge over I-8 near Sunrise Highway, I saw an amazing
> sight: brake lights and stopped cars as far as the eye could see in
> both directions on the westbound side.
>
> ****!!
>
> Sunrise Highway was closed due to heavy snow, but US 80 was still
> open, so I continued to follow it. At the junction with CA 79, there
> was another solid line of cars coming down from the mountain (or,
> rather, trying to). Apparently a LOT of San Diegans took their kids up
> to play in the snow. And then tried to come down all at once.
>
> **** **** ****!!!
>
> Thank God for my nav system. I saw that CA 79 meets up with CA 78
> in Julian, and CA 78 will take me to the 5 freeway in Oceanside. So I
> stayed on CA 79. Along the way, I passed an endless line of cars all
> headed towards that big jam where the 79 feeds the 8. Poor suckers! It
> looked like an hour just to get from the 79 - 80 junction to the I-8
> onramp; probably another two hours to get from there to El Cajon.
>
> With nothing to lose, I followed the 79 around Lake Comecaca (or
> whatever it's called), followed it to the 78, then took the 78 west to
> the 5. Only added 10 miles to my trip, and I got to see some really
> nice scenery and a few quaint little mountain towns. Meanwhile, there
> are a ****LOAD of people who are probably still sitting on I-8.
>
> So anyone who thinks a nav system is a waste of money and that they'll
> never use it because they always know where they're going needs to
> just STFU.
> --
> What the heck, I'll play too.
> - Dave

Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:23:33 GMT, "Latosha Washington" >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Did your GPS system detail the traffic buildups? Or was that your eyeballs?
>
>
> I eyeballed it - I don't have NavTraffic (or even XM). But having the
> nav system gave me the confidence to jump off the freeway in an
> unfamiliar area. The road through the mountains is not like driving on
> the Interstate; it dog-legs through little towns, it twists and
> turns.With a paper map I'd have to keep pulling over to work out my
> next turn. Instead I had turn-by-turn directions already calculated
> for me.
>
> P.S. Please don't top-post, Latosha - it's considered rude.

So, what system where you using ????