So I have lived in North Carolina for almost six weeks now (crazy!) and my biggest complaint HAS to be the driving. These are the three things I have learned so far:
1. When a light turns green, you should count to at least 30 and then go.
2. When you approach a green light you should stop for good measure.
3. Lines in a parking lot are just there for decoration. Parking between them is a personal choice.
To get pretty much anywhere, there are a few main roads you must travel (that I know of at least) and they all have about five hundred traffic lights. This is why I must figure out how to stage an intervention to teach everyone the red light stop, green light go rules of the North. Seriously, I cannot tell you how infuriating it is to constantly be STOPPING at a GREEN light. It is green people, hit the damn gas already. Or learn to multi-task. It's not that difficult to sing along to a song (which, if you are listening to the radio is from the early 90's- and this is not considered retro), talk on the phone, or smoke a cigarette AND move your foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal. I have already had several road-rage meltdowns (Kristina has witnessed a few good ones) as I applied my break when approaching a green light.
They also have a left turn/U-turn system that is scary and quite dangerous. I sometimes fear for my life when I have to make a left or u-turn on a certain road (while U-turns where I come from are usually illegal, they are highly encouraged here). I am even more frightened when someone makes a left or U-turn onto MY road, mainly because they don't give themselves enough time to complete a turn before I catch up.
I wish I could find a highway or something without lights that runs parallel to the local roads. It's like driving on Central Avenue every time you have to run an errand, and if you have driven on Central Avenue, you know it is no bueno!
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