HOW TO DRIVE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ( Archived) (8)

I visited Southern California last July and noticed a few things....


In case you want to visit, here are a few reminders you will find helpful!!!

1.. You must first learn to pronounce the city name:
It's not Berdoo ~ It's San Bernardino.

2. The morning rush hour is from 4:00 am to noon. The evening rush hour is from noon to 10:00 PM. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday
morning.

3. The minimum acceptable speed on most freeways is 85 mph.
On the 15, 215 or the 10, your speed is expected to match the highway number. Anything less is considered "Wussy." (This is particularly true on the 10!)

4. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. San Bernardino has its own version of traffic rules. For example, cars/trucks with the
loudest muffler go first at a four-way stop; the trucks with the biggest tires go second. However, in Chino Hills and Rancho Cucamonga
SUV-driving, cell phone-talking moms ALWAYS have the right of way.

5. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear ended ~ cussed out ~ and possibly shot.

6. Never honk at anyone ~ Ever ~ Seriously ~
It's another offense that can get you shot.

7. Road construction is permanent and continuous in all of areas of
San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Detour barrels are moved around for your entertainment pleasure during the middle of the night
to make the next day's driving a bit more exciting.

8. Watch carefully for road hazards such as drunks, skunks, dogs, cats, barrels, cones, celebs, rubberneckers, shredded tires, cell phoners, deer and other road kill and the coyotes feeding on any of
these items.

9. Mapquest does not work there. None of the roads are where they say they are or go where they say they do all the freeway off and on ramps are moved each night.

10. If someone actually has their turn signal on, wave them to the shoulder immediately let them know it has been "accidentally activated."

11. If you are in the left lane and only driving 70 in a 55-65 mph zone you are considered a road hazard and will be "flipped off" accordingly. If you return the flip ~ you'll be shot.

12. Do not try to estimate travel time ~
leave Monday afternoon for Tuesday appointments, by noon Thursday for Friday right after church on Sunday for anything on Monday morning.

LOL I used to live in San Berdoo... went to Pacific HS.... Anyone else on this wonderful site been to Pacific HS?




Give me a P I R A T E S... lol

My ex's Mom lives near there. Up near Crestline, Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs. Toured around that area for a few days and it was beautiful

I have been driving truck for 22 years and have done most of it in California on a weekly basis. LOL, these things you have posted are really TRUE!!! I love it!

Thanks for the Grins!

Yeah i know! That's the scary thing about it. They are all true

I went to warm springs Elementary, then I went to Highland jr. High, we then moved to Corona, I attended corona High. I spent my child hood in San Bernardino., my Uncle went to Pacific High.

You drove a car in San Bernardino. Try driving a bus there like I do. You can go through there to get to Las Vegas as I have had to. What he says is true. People are absolute idiots and they have no care whether you drive something big or small. it is big and getting bigger and more of a pain in the butt to drive in. Take it from someone who does it for a living.