Slugging Success Stories

I've been using the slug system for almost 5 years now and am happy to report that it's been a 95% positive experience. The even the remaining 5% were experiences no worse than raising my eyebrows and saying, "seriously? That just happened?" I've met great people, got in some good networking and heard some pretty funny snoring. Riders are usually very curteous and I strive, as a driver, to make my passengers as comfortable as I can.

One cool story- I was driving home one winter after we had had some snow, so there existed that dirty slush that sprays everywhere and makes things miserable for your windshield. I had run out of washer fluid and I had even used up what was left of my extra stuff on the way IN. Before long, my visibility was down to nada. I even tried to draft other cars to get some spray so I could use THAT liquid to see. Long story short, it became inevitable that I needed to pull over and do something about it (my passengers were getting quite nervous). I let them know that I was going to grab some snow off the side of the road to wipe my windshield. They actually got out of the vehice and helped me gather a reserve in a plastic bag so I could have some for later. It actually turned into something we all laughed about therefter and a bunch of winter horror stories were shared by all. I thought that was pretty neat.

I've been slugging since 2003, and the good has FAR outnumbered the bad or quirky experiences. I am glad tha system is in place, and can't believe that slugging is completely independent of government intervention. Fantastic!

I've been at this since October 01. Given all the other options, this is by far the best. Yeah, you get your occasional aggravations, but c'est la vie.

And I always mention slugging as a viable alternative to newcomers to our area.

I sleep during most of my rides, so if anything interesting happened, I missed it.

I've been slugging since July 1995. Had been in a carpool for 11 1/2 years and since our current carpool used to break up for the summer I just decided to quit driving and become a permanent slug. It was hard getting used to at first and the lines at Potomac Mills were all lumped together but I eventually loved not waiting for others at the end of the day.

Only bad experiences were the few times that I have had to ask drivers to stay under 80 mph. A couple drivers have gotten nasty but I never ride with any of them again.