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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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Is there a worse freeway than the 405?

Are you kidding me? I leave from Malibu to just north San Diego on Friday and it takes almost 4 hours to go 118 miles!!! The kicker is, it doesn't matter what time of day you are on that road, it is bumper to bumper!

I never saw an accident or the clean up from an accident, just tail lights the whole way! Then I would reach 30 mph and back down to a stop...errr

I cannot stand the 405! Anyone else feel this way?
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 07:58 PM
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haha damn, but FYI it was Street Scene that weekend in SD.....
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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101N to the 405S is bad. 5S at the 60E and 10 split is horrible too. Just don't drive in LA M-F between 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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101 FWY, 5 FWY and 91 FWY It's up there when it comes to bad traffic.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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I'm only 5 miles away from work and it would still take me 1/2 hour if I took the freeway.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 09:29 PM
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socal freeways are all the same.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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Well, the 405 and the 101 freeway intersection is the worst bottle neck in the country. Whenever I leave t he valley to visit my bro in SD traffic is awful, but it does clear up after LAX
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 09:39 PM
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My GF got caught in the same traffic on fri, she was driving down from South coast plaza to SD. Took her a little over 4hrs.

Aside from the usual sucky traffic, the Track and Street Scene were to blame.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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the 110 freeway around Downtown is horrible as well.

Cant they just have the cars like in back 2 the future II, where the cars fly.


Gosh
 
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 02:13 AM
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sd traffic not so bad...la traffic-nightmare...oc traffic getting bad, not there yet though...
 
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by eldy
101N to the 405S is bad. 5S at the 60E and 10 split is horrible too. Just don't drive in LA M-F between 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM and 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
Man oh man, that 5/60/10 is horrible...there's traffic on that section of road in the early AM a lot of times. I suffer through that stretch of freeway every morning commuting from Glendale to Cypress (30+ miles). Then on the way back home I get to deal with the 5/10/101 which is equally as bad.

Like everyone else said too though, the majority of LA freeways get incredibly congested at some time or other.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 03:06 AM
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I live in Glendale too. But I take the 5N at Colorado, 134W, 101N, 405S to work. Good thing I only have to go in a few days a week.

LA traffic is still a lot better than NY traffic, especially travelling east-west. Riding the "wave" of lights on the avenues can be fun at night though!
 

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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 03:45 AM
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heh u think thats bad it took me 2 hours to move 5 miles..

Train + Nogales & Valley Closed + Accident On 60 Freeway

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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 03:55 AM
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405N and 101 now got even worse. They shut down another lane, so 3 lanes become 2 and that causes SO much more traffic. The worlds largest bottleneck, just got larger. oh btw, i live RIGHT there and my dad takes 405S everyday to Huntington beach and BACK!
 
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Old Aug 2, 2005 | 04:54 AM
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maaan I take the 110S from my work(10 minz S of downtown LA) to the 405 S and get off @ huntington beach EVERYDAY! there and back omg its a freqan killer. The worse part of the whole thing is that fatigue that kicks in on the drive back home. You get soooo sleepy its rediculous! OMG man I go threw sooo many freqan packs of gum its funny. Anyway, worse than the 405... I would say the 91 E @ around 4-5pm. Thats bad but 110N by downtown is bad also
 
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