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Another win for older tech?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, things must have changed in the last 10 years or so... :)

E. Washington seems to have more considerate drivers these days though. Almost everyone stays right except to pass, and there's not nearly as much traffic anyway, so I can usually cruise at whatever speed I think I can get away with.

I try to avoid driving whenever I go visit, so I guess I don't notice the self-righteous drivers as much and just chalk it up to a bad egg here and there. But every time I go back, I seem to see more of those bad eggs, so maybe the bad traffic is finally annoying enough people to change the driving culture. Or maybe it's a post-COVID thing, idk, I know drivers here in Utah got a lot worse since the pandemic (apparently shootings on the highway are now a thing??; chill people!).

We have those self-righteous people here as well, and I honestly wish the police would go out and ticket them for obstructing the flow of traffic instead of going after speeders. I think that would do a lot to help curb road rage.