It's not the congestion or the gridlock that bothers me so much. I have worked and commuted in many major cities, here and abroad. Congestion is a necessary evil. What really bugs me is the lack of courtesy and the passive/aggressive attitude that I seem to only find in Seattle and Minneapolis. Sorry again to air out my frustrations, tried to do it with at least a little bit of humor. I realize there is nothing in this world I could do about it. What would be nice in a perfect world would be if people allowed you to merge onto the highway, allowed you to change lanes when you've done the textbook mirror/signal/blindspot check and move right if your not passing anybody. Every single day one of the above happens to me, usually more than once. I used to think it was just oblivion that caused people to drive like that here. But after about the thousandth time that you've synced your vehicle, coming off the on ramp, to make the proper merge, only to watch somebody gun it and block you at 60 on the highway, trying to force you into the wall (just for the sake of not being one more car behind), you begin to realize that the innocent, polite persona that you see everywhere else here, leaves as soon as some people get behind the wheel. I didn't mean to piss anybody off, but I'm sure there are people here who can relate, laughs on me this time.

Cheers, I'm at the ferry, the nightmares almost over for this week.