| The other day I was in a foreign city and I was | | | | miles took me only 10 minutes longer than the |
| trying to get directions at a fuel station. The | | | | first 40 miles. It seems like the freeways in the |
| directions were quite good turn left go two | | | | United States of America are more like free |
| blocks, turn right get in the left lane make a left | | | | parking lots and therefore we should change the |
| turn go three blocks and the freeway will be on | | | | name.For instance if you want to go to the |
| your right and then go two hundred miles and you | | | | grocery store simply get on the freeway wait |
| will be where you want to go. Easier said than | | | | until the traffic stops. Stop your car get out click |
| done.Indeed I did get to the freeway and get on | | | | your automatic door locks; beep, beep; hop the |
| the on ramp and start to accelerate only to hit | | | | fence, buy your groceries and come back to your |
| my brakes and then sit there for 10 minutes. | | | | car and it will still be in the exact same spot.Folks, |
| Why? Because what some people call a freeway | | | | these are not freeways these are free parking |
| is not a freeway at all. This so-called freeway was | | | | lots. So when Congress approves the |
| more like a free parking lot, as I sat in traffic for | | | | Transportation Bill; they should put some money |
| nearly 2 hours trying to get out of the | | | | in there for parking lots, lots and lots of them, |
| Metroplex.Eventually I got to the edge of the city | | | | because that's what they are. Please consider this |
| and the traffic started going again and I ended up | | | | in 2006.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum |
| at my destination 200 miles away. The last 160 | | | | board. |