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driving thru Chicago Thurs. 7/12 to the Nats
#571543 June 29th 2012 9:54 am
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Just checking to see if any members will be driving thru Chicago Thursday morning July 12, after rush hour, enroute to the Nats.

Myself & Bikertrash are looking for members to drive with. We will be coming from northern Indiana. We are both 1st timers, would be cool to experience a caraVAN.


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Re: driving thru Chicago Thurs. 7/12 to the Nats
badassastro #571552 June 29th 2012 10:50 am
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rush hour starts at 4 am and ends at 359 am lol narrow window of opportunity ;)


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Re: driving thru Chicago Thurs. 7/12 to the Nats
badassastro #571560 June 29th 2012 11:45 am
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Originally Posted by badassastro
Just checking to see if any members will be driving thru Chicago Thursday morning July 12, after rush hour, enroute to the Nats.

Myself & Bikertrash are looking for members to drive with. We will be coming from northern Indiana. We are both 1st timers, would be cool to experience a caraVAN.


After 9am Central, I am thinkin probably going through around 10am, no hurry. Slow Traffic Stay To The Right!


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Re: driving thru Chicago Thurs. 7/12 to the Nats
badassastro #571871 July 01st 2012 1:43 pm
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I have an 'Avoid Chicago' setting on my GPS.


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Chicago is Really not that hard to navigate at any other time other than Rush hour. I been up there even comming south out of there on a Friday afternoon and it wasn't that Bad, unless of course there is an accident.


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Re: driving thru Chicago Thurs. 7/12 to the Nats
badassastro #571890 July 01st 2012 4:07 pm
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I drive out that way often, Rexroth headquarters is in Hoffman Estates.... Even at it's best there's a lot of traffic, and a lot of 'close calls', much like any other large city.


I wouldn't want to drive anything that I didn't want 'bumped' through there.....

Even if you try to keep some braking distance in front of you, someone will fill it, and if there is construction- well all bets are off.


To top it off, some sections of the freeway have a 45mph speed limit, which no one obeys- and lord help you if you get on a toll road and can't get in the right lane- the toll booths are not on the exits, but seemingly random along the road. I got nailed with a ticket because the GPS wanted me to stay left, and I missed a toll stop....


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