What is traffic like driving from Las Vegas to Orange County at around 6 or 6:30pm on a weekday (Tuesday)?
I have driven from Las Vegas to Orange County many times, mostly in the evening. Las Vegas itself doesn’t have much of a rush hour so you won’t hit traffic until you go through the cajon pass and hit Riverside county. You do have a choice of 215 or 15 at that point, I have done both. Once there you should hit some traffic on the 91 but by the time you get there, around 9, it won’t be so bad as most of the commuters will be home. The 55 should be fine by the time you hit it and by then you should be nearly at your destination. The drive should take about 4 or 4 1/2 hours, with 4 hours being how long it takes with no traffic.I usually stop at the halfway point, Barstow, for dinner. Baker is ok but its too close to Las Vegas and all the sit down restaurants except Denny’s have closed in favor of fast food :-(. Victorville is an option.
What is the best time to drive from Los Angeles to San Diego and back on Sunday to avoid any traffic?
If you want to avoid “any” traffic, try midnight to 3AM. If you just want to not be in a jam, any time before about 7:30 works. Even then, you could be delayed a few minutes, because the Immigration people open their checkpoint at random times so that “coyotes” can’t count on a particular time to smuggle their human cargos north.
What is the best time of day to drive from Vegas to OC on a Sunday?
As early as humanly possible. The earlier the better. All the tourists head home on Sunday, and traffic starts when the hangovers stop. Noon is already late. 8 is good, 10 is tentative. After that, your 4–5 hour ride turns into a 6–8 hour one.I’ve seen the traffic coming that way in the afternoon, and it is not pretty.
What's the best time to leave when driving from San Francisco to Anaheim on a weekday?
Let’s say you’re road-tripping from SF to Disneyland, as I’ve done several times. Let’s say you intend to drive kinda fast…LA rush hour(s) traffic is awful. So is SF morning commute traffic.I like to start between 4AM and 5AM, take 280 to the south bay beating the commute, jump over to I5 via Casa de Fruta, eat lunch along the way maybe even at Pea Soup Andersen’s and roll into Anaheim around 3PM. The traffic from Ventura on down could still be stop-and-go.Get in early, check into your hotel, have a good dinner, play at Downtown Disney, and hit the parks in the morning.
What is the best time should I start driving from San Diego to Las Vegas to avoid heavy traffic hours if I am driving on Wednesday?
The biggest bottleneck is going to be from San Diego through San Bernadino County, about a 2-hour stretch. And it will get worse as you get into LA. So if you put that before rush hours, that would mean leaving at 4–5 AM.If you’re content with simply going 55–70 mph, leaving at 6 AM would be a pretty easy drive that simply requires a bit more attention to the extra drivers on the road.The other option is to leave San Diego after 9 AM, deal with average traffic and get to LV before 3 PM. Easy drive but not so fun during the summer unless you have good A/C in your car. Even a convertible top is going to be up with the A/C on during the summer!If you like night driving, leaving anytime after 6 PM will be pretty comfortable going across the desert and have you into LV by midnight. That might be the most enjoyable since LV never sleeps!
Is it crazy to commute between Orange County and Los Angeles every day?
The short answer to your question is YES! Granted every situation and specific circumstances may motivate you to commute to and from every day, but it's just insane. I speak from experience. I took on a senior level role at a highly respectable and successful think tank organization in Santa Monica while living in OC (Irvine). Although I loved my work and (most of the) people I worked with, I quickly realized that I absolutely hated the idea of having to wake up the next morning only to sit in the car for 90 mins to 2 hours to make it to Santa Monica. At the time (2011), I had figured out that the best plan was to leave Irvine and be on the 405 no later than 5:45 AM to ensure the best possible drive and arrival time; yet over and over again, my "plan" failed me due to many unforeseen events, accidents, etc., and only added to the frustration. And the drive home was even worse. It really didn't matter if I left at 4, 5, 6, or 7 PM- I was still going to sit in traffic for a minimum of 2-3 hours. Looking back, I realize that other issues led to my leaving that company, but at the time the commute was the main reason for that decision. It's just nuts to spend anywhere between 4-5 hours a day in traffic.
What is the best time to drive to Las Vegas and back from Los Angeles?
LA to Vegas. I usually like to leave in the early morning (6 a.m. or so) and have never encountered traffic. If there is traffic, it's headed in the other direction into town. You'll roll into town about 10:30 or so (depending upon how badly you break the speed limit), just in time to stretch your legs and find a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet lunch, after your weary journey. There are certain times of the year where the mountainous area just outside of Rancho Cucamonga [1] gets super foggy in the morning, but it is really unpredictable. Never leave LA during afternoon rush hour traffic and especially not during Friday rush hour traffic (which can start anytime in the afternoon). If you do, you'll be sorry. I guarantee it.Also worth noting: Three-day weekends (when everybody and their brother is trying to get out of town) make your Friday night departure twice as worse.Vegas to LA. I've left at various times of the day, but usually, I leave in the morning. Usually, it is clear sailing. However, I've gotten stuck on I-15 twice. The worst was 10 hours back to LA. The log jam started a few miles outside of Vegas and took two hours just to get to Whiskey Pete's (on the California/Nevada border), only 40 miles away. That was a nightmare, not too different from the picture below.All I could think of "How the @#$%^&* do you get stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of nowhere?" Yelling and screaming at the cars in front of me proved ineffective in clearing the traffic.No accident. No collapsed road. No snipers. No bomb. Then suddenly, as if by magic, the traffic broke free and we were moving again. That was really weird.About the only thing I can recommend is leave in the morning, so by the time you hit LA, you won't be sitting in rush hour traffic. Have a good trip. Say hi to my money for me, while you're there.[1]
Does anyone know the driving test route for Westminster DMV? Please Help!!?
The inspector knows the route, that is what matters. The inspector will direct you to follow specific roads and perform various maneuvers. Most inspectors take one of several routes which they use based on the time of day and expected traffic conditions. You will need to be able to show that you can safely and correctly operate the vehicle while following the instructions as they are given and thinking that you know ahead of time what the route will be will make it very likely that you will make additional unnecessary mistakes, not make it easier to pass the test. Keep your speed within 3 mph below to 1 mph above the posted speed limit unless conditions require a slower speed, the examiner wants to see that you can operate the car at the posted speeds and accelerate at reasonable rates and slow and brake in a smooth and reasonable manner. The best practice for this is to approach a stop sign at the legal speed and attempt to apply the brake at a moderate pressure which will bring the car to a stop within a few feet of the stop sign without noticeably varying the brake pedal pressure! It will take quite a bit of practice but it is a good driving technique to develop. While not all examiners are exactly equal in their interpretation of exactly at what point you have committed a "violation" during the road driving part of the test, each examiner is testing every candidate driver to the exact same state mandated procedure with the same number of possible faults or errors permissible in the basic handling portion and in the road driving portion of the test.