Thanks I worked in a mining town way out western Queensland called Mt Isa and the Bank there had a drive thru teller, a few people used it, but it gave the teller time to do other jobs
Isn't it all about the driver....no gear higher,down the hill,than you need to get up the hill! Know your vehicles capabilities and it's limitations;before you get even close to these situations.
Love those English art deco buses! not to mention the 40/50's Buicks! But would kill for just one of those split window Beetles,pre 53.
Hello, This is the grand opening of the 405 freeway as it gets to the connector junction of the 101 Ventura Freeway. When the traffic is not thick, as it usually is, this is the fastest way to get to Santa Barbara and points beyond using the freeway system in Los Angeles. For us, since we were using the Coast Highway through all of the coastal cities to get to Santa Barbara, it was a moot point. But, we did drive on it to check out the convenience of a high speed freeway without any stops from Long Beach to Santa Barbara. That did not last long. From Santa Barbara, the Conjeo Grade is one long climb that prevented an underpowered Flathead 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery from heading inland to Los Angeles freeway connections. But, once past that obstruction, the connector route heading South to the airport, Torrance and then coastal Long Beach was a simple route. If there was no traffic. Jnaki From the nice historic photo from 1962, the hills were fairly empty and green. “Sepulveda Pass” Today, there are a lot of “things” along this portion of road and the traffic is always jammed. Want a bottleneck of two intersecting freeways? This photo shows how it should be, but today, it is always jammed. After this canyon, back toward the LAX airport, the freeway has its own problems. We solved those problems with our usual coastal highway, ocean front road trips heading North/South. It may be a slower route, but the beauty and solace makes up for the missed traffic jam on the freeway system. Yes, the last time on this 405 to 101 connection was in 1998. Even when prior to the pandemic closure of everything, we used the coastal route to get to our road trips heading North and returns coming back home. For us, you can’t beat how much mother nature makes one feel about serenity and peacefulness while enjoying a nice coastal cruise. YRMV A few miles south of the original posted photo… a daily occurrence, today.
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