Commuter Elbow?

Anyone want to share any injuries or other medical problems from long-distance commuting?

"Mustang Neck", also known as "Beetle Neck". What is it? Two words: back seat. [B)]

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How do you expect a serious answer for a question like that?

Slug'n till 2010 (when the HOT lanes roll in)

dickboyd, he's not a troll. Or at least there is an actual Eric Weiss traffic reporter at the Post.

This, from last week's Post Online Transportation Forum:

"Kingstowne, Va.: re: "privatizing" roads --

How many of my tax dollars will be refunded (or not have to be paid) if the state absolves itself from providing this public service? Would it be cheaper for ME in the long run to have the state build our roads or a private company? I'm assuming the company would have some rights in collecting fees and could charge what they wanted. Thanks.

Eric Weiss: Hmmm. I guess if you take a toll road, you pay twice, once in state taxes and second on a toll. If you don't take a toll road regularly, you pay lower state and gas taxes.

So the goring depends on the route your particular ox takes.

In the plans considered for the Capital Beltway and I-395/95, tolls would fluctuate based on the amount of traffic in order to keep lanes moving. In other cases, such as the Dulles Greenway, toll rate increases have to be approved by a state board."

Since slugging involves, well, riding in the passenger seat, there is not much opportunity for injury (save the occasional eardrum damage from a loud radio or an overly-talkative driver).

I have recently felt an increased level of stress when I learn how our elected representives and the appointed officials at VDOT are screwing every tax-paying VA resident out of our right to drive the very roads that our tax dollars paid to build and currently pay to maintain by selling out to toll-road developers. I can feel my blood pressure rising even now!