That must have been a long time ago, now those infernal walking, eating, shitting machines refuse to leave! They've turned lake shores around here into sliding ponds, I can't imagine what the kids have to put up with on the athletic fields in front of the local primary school.

Freddie Feldman may have been noted for his reference to the LIE but he didn't coin the phrase. For as long as I can remember many have referred to it and some in song as the big lie and/or the Long Island Distressway. It must have been the inspiration for ACDC's Highway To Hell. Not too bad when you get farther east but in Queens it's not worth your life driving on a roller coaster door to door with the traffic next to you.
"It's been described as the world's largest parking lot."
Not so, its 71 miles can't compare with the Garden State Parkingway's 172 that affords paid parking from the New York Thruway to Cape May.

Then there's the BQE that has its moments, that should come as no surprise. I witnessed one a few years ago and it was the timing that surprised me but then I remembered the phrase they only come out at night. Coming home late from the GF's in Queens the roads were deserted, on the elevated westbound side I was the only car on the road but not for long. I noticed headlights coming up fast behind on the inside lane, a low flying jet? Just as we reached the only exit on the left side that soon terminates in a T with a concrete support on the far side it happened, down he went at full speed... WHAM! --- Darwin Award.

Then there's a certain toll road in Westchester where they've yet to learn EZ Pass does NOT indicate a passing zone.