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never fun when driving in L.A. traffic when all of a sudden police bring everything to a complete halt for ten minutes in order for the presidential motorcade to pass through........ ...  

Yup.

Exactly

and you are lucky to live in LA.

I've been to DC, but only once, a long time ago and merely as a tourist.... Thoroughly enjoyed it, but I can exceedingly easily imagine your point! Cheers, Filip

Most of the time though, I am not in traffic when it comes to these situations, I barely ever 'commute'. My contracting job leaves driving decisions entirely up to me, and my stationary job is exactly 5 miles from where I live. I deliberately haven't allo... 

I do keep myself aware of that rather fortuitous circumstance .

...live in DC. Nothing but politicians and lawyers...talk about a nightmare...

Would be completely hilarious if not acutely true!! Cheers, Filip

there were only politicians! Or politicians and teachers! There, I said it. Cheers Marc

They just flew by, all I got to notice was the couple of SUVs with the seal of the president among the 20+ vehicles that drove-by in total. Cheers, Filip

vehicles at the back of the motorcade, something I hadn't seen before with presidential entourages.... Cheers, Filip

I've been in multiple presidential and foreign heads of state motorcades. From that perspective it's fun being able to go from one end of the city to another without having to make a single stop.

Cheers, Filip

I'd be looking at *it* while waiting for the motorcade to pass, lol.