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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Illegal aliens from Venezuela. Have you ever driven in Caracas? This is how they drive in Caracas.[/quote]

You have never driven in Caracas, nevertheless been there.[/quote]

I'm the prior prior poster.  I have not personally driven in Caracas but I have been driven around to business appointments. Drivers in Caracas don't even pull over for ambulances. It was sad.  
I have done business in Caracas. Venezuela is a failing country.  All of my clients had large bank accounts in the US and owned properties in Miami.  They also had private security services to prevent kidnapping. [/quote]

Which is why in fact a lot of the 
Venezuelans of all SES have fled here - and figured out how to exploit a market niche (moped delivery) and also how to conduct themselves more or less to avoid getting into trouble by following traffic laws.  The root of OP’s post (that they are “sketchy” scofflaws) is factually incorrect. They’re following traffic laws as much/more than cars and likely a net safety improvement in that they replace car trips. [/quote]

I'm sure that some moped drivers do follow the laws. This post is about the ones who don't follow the laws. There are moped drivers who run red lights and drive on sidewalks. If you go to Gallery Place you can see a lot of violations, especially on H and K Street, which they apparently use for crosstown deliveries.

No one is mad at the drivers who follow the law; we just want to  the police to address the ones who clearly do nor follow the law. [b]It is indeed "sketchy" to make left turns on red at rush hour and drive on the sidewalk. If people want to drive like a Third World country, they are welcome to go back home to their home country where that is legal  and do that[/b].   It is an epidemic on H St and K Street in NW, and it's very dangerous.[/quote]

Amen![/quote]

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