filkertom | Cranky Ass Drivin'

So I picked up a friend at the airport last night. All kindsa fun. There is no place to park to wait for someone getting off a plane. Not south of I-94. It would really help things along if the cops, who are (to a point) understandably trying to keep people from just camping out at the Passenger Pick-Up area near Baggage Claim, would in fact lay off when we're trying to get to the person we're supposed to pick up, and are in fact pointing at that person and yelling at the cop "Please let me pick up my friend, who is right there, and I promise I'll get the hell out of your way!" And the cop keeps angrily trying to wave me onward.

That's a brilliant way to keep the Passenger Pick-Up area clear: not allow passenger pick-ups.

I despise Metro Airport.

Having crashed at the friend's place, I encountered this morning what was apparently God's little revenge upon Southeastern Michigan for having an auto industry. Everywhere I went or wanted to go, every alternate -- freeway, main road, side street, you name it -- was under construction or blocked by an accident. I actually managed to make decent time, as I know the area pretty well; but I-94, I-96, I-696, I-275, I-75, Nine Mile Road, the Southfield Freeway, Plymouth Road, Dixboro Road, Washtenaw, Stadium, you name it, it was screwed up.

I want my jet-pack and I want it now.

So, besides excessive construction and people who tailgate you at ten to fifteen miles over the speed limit, what are your traffic banes?