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re: Had an appointment in Lafayette the other day

Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:36 am to
Posted by Klondikekajun
Member since Jun 2020
1440 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:36 am to
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Boston was the absolute worst for terrible drivers.


Worst part up there is that it is considered normal to drive on the shoulder at highway speeds.
Make sure you look over your right shoulder when exiting the interstate…
Posted by Adajax
Member since Nov 2015
8242 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:37 am to
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We live in south Shreveport off Southern Loop and she teaches in Haughton. It'll likely finish up right before she retires in May...it's been an absolute Charlie Foxtrot.


Idk. I live in Haughton and worked downtown Shreveport until my retirement last May. I can count on three fingers the number of times construction or traffic delayed my commute to work and back. It's really not that bad. Hopefully theyll be done within a couple of months.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
148257 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:38 am to
If the tallest Baw in your paternal history is 5’8 you’d probably drive angry at the world too
Posted by BitBuster
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2017
1626 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:38 am to
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Lafayette is where you go if you want to watch a pathetic class of elites waste every single dime you pump into the system.


This right here. I've spent some time with New Orleans "elites." They're old-school, blue blood, they've got theirs and there's plenty to go around.
I've spent some time with BR "elites". A bunch of drunks who feel like they can do anything with impunity. The law doesn't apply to them.
Lafayette "elites"are truly pathetic in comparison. They think they're top tier, but they wouldn't sniff BR or NOLA's jockstrap. Their focus is on their family and friends making the money. Their flex is getting your garbage picked up twice a week, or making sure to put in a good word at that private school. They're small time.
Posted by Macavity92
Member since Dec 2004
6316 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:53 am to
Lafayette was laid out by a drunk man on a drunk horse.

The layout is complicated by the fact that the Vermilion splits it. There are 3 or 4 main roads running parallel and 3 or 4 running across the river. If you're going more than a few blocks you will probably be on one of those roads.

As for the drivers, well, that's a problem with no solution.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
28228 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:55 am to
Arent you from Alec?

I get it nobody lives there but in other parts of the state there are people.
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
24654 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:56 am to
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Lafayette was laid out by a drunk man on a drunk horse.



This is pretty close. I am friends with one of the city's engineers who worked on the J-turn idea. He is drunk most of the time I see him.
Posted by BabyDraco1499
Hellexandria
Member since Nov 2025
714 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 8:57 am to
That interstate passing through Atlanta is genuinely the craziest driving I have ever seen.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
52117 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:47 am to
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My brother too drives all over the country. He said Boston was the absolute worst for terrible drivers.

Manhattan for my money.
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
63045 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 9:52 am to
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I've been around this country, I've never seen people drive more aggressively and with blatant disregard for traffic flow. Even in BR.

Have you never been to Houston or DC? LA?

Get out more.
Posted by DrewTheEngineer
Baton Rouge (Oak Hills)
Member since Jun 2006
1231 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:01 am to
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The layout is complicated by the fact that the Vermilion splits it.


100%

It was even worse before the Camilla bridge was built.
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
19779 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:02 am to
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Lafayette
quote:

I've also never seen a more poorly laid out city

Travel 60 miles to the east and you'll rethink that
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27451 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:04 am to
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BR is the worst in the state imo


Baton Rouge, and maybe Orlando, is the worst traffic I've dealt with on the Gulf Coast. Baton Rouge makes Houston look awesome.
Posted by Demonbengal
Ruston
Member since May 2015
4876 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:06 am to
I used to complain about I-10 and 20, but since traveling g for work I have a new appreciation. I-40 between Little Rock and Me phis is the absolute worst. The road itself is not in great shape, and the amount of 18 wheelers is terrible. You can get caught in a clog of trucks for thirty miles not able to go over 55. It’s terrible.
Posted by Tiger Ike
SW Louisiana
Member since Aug 2013
1661 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:12 am to
Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but there are no longer any orange barrels between Vidor and Orange. The 30-year project has finally finished.
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
46348 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:14 am to
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Or an interstate in Florida


I-75 is a racetrack, at times
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
2048 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 10:35 am to
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I12 is like a nascar track if all the drivers were retarded.


Agree except in my opinion it's traveling westbound from Slidell to Denham Springs. Once you get to BR it settles down.
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3851 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 11:11 am to
And they all live downtown.
Posted by jennyjones
New Orleans Saints Fan
Member since Apr 2006
9892 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:08 pm to
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Somebody's brother in law runs the red light synchronization program. But if that wasn't bad enough, because of the city/state issue - redlights cannot be syncronized properly due to differing laws.


Whoever is in charge of that needs to be replaced
Posted by Herschal
Land of the Free
Member since Sep 2011
2113 posts
Posted on 12/12/25 at 12:11 pm to
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I've also never seen a more poorly laid out city




The growth south of the RR is where the lack of grid becomes apparent.

Verm cutting through the middle doesn't help.

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