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Originally Posted by phenomshel
Well, in IL's defense, (according to Chris, who is Chicago born and raised), look who we have making our traffic laws.
But drivers here are fearless and stubborn to the point of being stupid. State Rt. 2 runs through the middle of town. There are two ways to get to it. One involves a suicidal corner, and the other involves a left turn off the main road through town with no left turn lane. Anyone trying to turn left off Galena Ave. onto Rt. 2 at certain times of day can tie up traffic for half an hour. Turning left ON to Galena at certain intersections can be just as problematic.
I saw a lady turn left off Galena onto Rt. 2 the other day in front of a semi...missed her by thismuch. No one else even turned a hair. I shook for half an hour.
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I'll have you know that my father used to teach driver's education at our high school (a small town south of Chicago and north of Joliet) for 35 years.
On the last day of behind the wheel training, he used to give each student a dime and told them to give him a call when they started driving on their own so he could get his kids off the street.
He stopped doing it when toll calls went up to 25 cents.