Things you should know

I thought I'd make a silly post about "The more you know" about driving in Tallahassee.

Since movie to Florida, it has come to my attention that drivers here, are above the rules and common courtesies of the road. Yes, they don't need to follow any of them. Also, there are just some odd quirks about the place too. For example:

Did you know that almost every parking lot here are made of up aisles that are both up and down at the same time. Now, we have some of these aisles back in Indiana, but that means they make them extra wide so that two lanes of traffic can drive through them. Not here. Nope, they're skinny as heck.

Also, if you're in Tally, you don't follow the slower traffic keep right rule. (and I'm not even talking about letting the speeders go in the left lane). No, Tallahassee rules dictate that everyone should go at least 5-10 under the speed limit in every single lane.

Things like going at the green light and stopping at the red light are completely optional.

So is pulling up at the green light if you're in the turn lane and have to yield. You should just stay behind the line and completely wait so that no one in the lane gets through the green. Weird!

U turns are completely normal. In fact, the roads are made so that you cannot see any businesses that you need to get to and that makes turning is nearly impossible. This means the constant U turn by the whole of the population becomes actually necessary. (Now that explains why they're poor drivers!)

The streets here are in a wheel/spoke system going around the city and at diagonals and not a grid. Giving directions is nearly impossible. The fact that the streets have several different names based on where they run through town, also makes this difficult.

You have a GPS? Forget it working in Tallahassee. Tally is like a GPS black hole. I've gotten mostly used to the fact that getting around just isn't going to be easy. The way I fix this is that I just don't get out much. haha.