Quote Originally Posted by KSH View Post
I flew into Reagan International.
We missed an exit for the freeway we needed and had to drive around town looking for another freeway to take.
It was scary.
Within 5 miles I saw two wrecks with cops on the scene.
Then, there was a broken down bus in our lane on a busy and fast moving road. We would try to swing out into traffic and the stinking driver of the bus who was behind it, kept stepping in front of our car! I think he was trying to walk around the left side of the bus for some reason.
I also saw someone stopped for a red light... who left about 3 car lengths of empty space. Saw another guy who went speeding by us, slam on his brakes... then speed by us again.
IT WAS INSANITY!
In India it was chaos, but controlled chaos. They all knew what to do. In D.C. it was uncontrolled chaos and very scary.
Not to mention we were in a BAD part of town... two white chicks with a baby in the back... I was scared of being car jacked or something.
OH! And the roads were HORRIBLE! I've never seen more HORRIBLE roads in all my life. INDIA had better roads. It's so sad that our Nation's capital is such cr@p.
I love National airport -- much easier than Dulles, but I must admit that I'm biased! Flying in and out of National is nice (the views).
I'm sorry about what happened to you. It's very confusing down there, lots of exits, merging lanes, etc. A lot of drivers are rude, impatient, distracted, and/or careless, which just makes it worse. Driving in DC proper is no fun, even if you're familiar with the city.
If you fly in there again, you might consider taking metro from the Airport and meeting your sister at a metro station in MD.