Merry Xmas!

Once the speed limit hits 70 it’s the thunderdome

I once saw an SUV with a front facing baby car seat with a small child in the front seat. It keeps swerving in it’s lane and into others and I caught a glimpse through the side mirror of a hand holding a novel as they were driving. Yeah, there are some really terrible people driving that.

I’ve driven all over the country, and I’ve noticed Washingtonians are notorious for that “driving one speed then speeding up when you’re passing them” behavior we all know.

My work commute takes me from Hwy 512 to chehalis and back, so I definitely see examples of the psychotic behavior your describing all the time. It often feels like there’s an inverse relationship between the number of lanes on the road and irrational driving, like the more the lanes there are, the less crazy driving you notice. As soon as it becomes two or three lanes, some drivers start making things personal on the road.

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So you bomb up to everyone in front of you doing 90mph and wonder why people don't like you? People forget that cars have a body language of their own, and if you acted like this while walking on a sidewalk, then you'd be the Ahole. Merry Christmas!

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Stay right except to pass.

I agree there are a lot of psychopaths on the road. The worst to me are the road bullies who ride inches from your bumper as though you’re going to slow or need to get over even though you’re in traffic and everyone is going the same speed. They weave through traffic, cutting people off, forcing themselves in where there is no room to merge, only to go right back because the left lane car got 2 feet farther.

Honestly, if you’re going 80-90 (left lane or not) and come up on me hot and then drive too close, I would assume you were one of those psychopath road bullies.

I’ve got a baby in my car now, and this driving makes my blood boil. Leave on time so that you don’t have to stress yourself and everyone else out. It’s nobody else’s fault/problem if you’re in a hurry. Don’t endanger my child’s life! (Not you literally, just speaking people in general.)

There are a lot of truly psychopathic drivers on I-5 between Vancouver to Olympia.

I've definitely been known to cruise at 85-90mph

i totally hear what you’re saying that your speeding doesn’t make it okay for folks to brake check you. but, shit. 90mph is still dangerous as fuck. and selfish, and kinda dickish. it immediately fills me with adrenaline and anxiety when someone whizzes past me at that speed, and i’m guessing that’s fairly normal for most people. and it can cause accidents, even if you believe yourself to be a “safe driver”. plus, at 90mph, you have very little chance to survive an accident. and worse, it makes it more unlikely that those traveling at a responsible speed who are involved in the accident will survive. so regardless who is at fault, you’re reducing their chances of surviving the accident.

those that are fucking with you are simply recognizing your risky behavior as being on par with theirs. this should tell you something about how your driving is perceived by others.

slow the fuck down.

PNW is the most infuriating place to drive in the country. People driving under the speed limits constantly and they don't move out of the left lane. Then they want to act like everyone else is the problem on the road when really they are driving like they're retarded. Absolutely clueless.

It’s not just you and it’s a dangerous game.

There ARE ordinances on shrubbery and line of sight. They are only haphazardly enforced.

That’s good to hear, here’s hoping they got them all

Try Vancouver (BC) to San Ysidro, CA with a few patches of nothing in between.

Because Reddit is an echo chamber and doesn’t represent the real world.

I don't know what it is, as I haven't driven that section since before the pandemic, but every time I drove through there, some yahoo or other had to be a complete dillweed. So yeah, I feel ya.

Maybe it's because Castle Rock really has a Stephen King-style haunting? Can't name it the same thing without some of the fictional evil becoming real?

I once got a flat tire right outside Vancouver. Not one single person bothered getting in the other lane when passing me. There I am a mere 2 ft from the road. 2 kids screaming and crying in the backseat... and cars flying by me like I'm not even there. I had that thing changed and back on the road in record time.

It's not just Vancouver to Olympia you drive on that pathetic the psychos. Its bad in the TriCities as well. Some people have had guns fired at them. Scary.

Please Stay Safe Everyone!

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When problems that could be resolved by government spending come to pass, it's pretty embarrassing.

And it doesn't matter if your taxes are low if you work a brutal, unsafe labor job for pennies.

And the fact that there isn't a modern issue today that isn't caused or exacerbated by republicans and their donors. Which seems absurd to say but it's true.

It’s a woodsprite from the sacred tree on Pandora.

If you’re seeing it, it means Eywa has heard you!

I personally feel like I have seen it more north of Seattle on 5/405, but yeah, especially at night/early morning, people seem to play weird games on the highway.

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That's because it IS the PNW way :) Merry Xmas!!!

> its’ because the US is a Republic

The US would still be a Republic without the EC. Most countries are some form of a Republic. Washington State itself is also a Republic.