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JayArrgh t1_iy7a07y wrote

I have the same reaction after every road trip. The only problem is that then I start cussing at Washington drivers because stay right except to pass is apparently actively ignored.

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Oregon_drivers_suck t1_iy7cw2b wrote

Yes I drive all around the country in all types of weather and once you get to Oregon or Washington driving gets frustrating. Most oblivious drivers in the country. By far. Everytime.

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[deleted] t1_iy8wobx wrote

Whatever. Spent a couple years in Texas. Way worse. Drive into flood crossings, poke along in left lane, cut in at every exit. Oh, I could go on...

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AgentOli t1_iy90fs0 wrote

I'm from Philadelphia and the driving rules there are "do whatever you want and make sure you do it before the guy who has right of way can do it." Everyone is in an enormous, angry hurry, and the law is for suckers.

Driving here is really peaceful in comparison. Though I also felt that way going cross country.

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CherCher65 t1_iy9uko4 wrote

California is the same way, very aggressive and when a light turns red expect 2 cars to roll through it.

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Montu_Walks t1_iy94j53 wrote

Some of the dumbest can be encountered on the freeway between Olympia and Vancouver. Enormously long lines of people camping in the left lane. Only place I've ever encountered such idiocy. I don't think any of them live there, I expect most are just passing through.

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MulletasticOne t1_iybpwb5 wrote

Man, I don’t know what to tell you except that’s not my experience and I’ve driven around the country and around the world.

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Calamity_Jesus t1_iy8p0aq wrote

It's a coastal thing. The majority of the East Coast is the same way.

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sassy_cheddar t1_iy8mn3o wrote

I think we might benefit from the more assertive driving style of the East Coast. Had a colleague from Boston talk about how weird our lack of honking was to her ("If you don't use your horn, how will they learn?"). Made me smile extra when she upped her Bostonian accent to say it.

Best driving I've ever had was Germany though. It's a privilege, not a right, and so the standard for your driving skill and your regard for other drivers is high. And even their two-lane country roads were gorgeously maintained.

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Thundrpigg t1_iy8v2vk wrote

It’s a privilege here too but the bar to entry is set so low it might as well be a right

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sassy_cheddar t1_iy9pzel wrote

Compared to Germany, we invested much less in infrastructure that would let us not be car dependent, especially for lower income folks. It's very expensive to live within walking/biking distance of a transit center, a grocery store, and important services like banking and healthcare in much of the United States.

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Thundrpigg t1_iy9xmgs wrote

Fully agree, I just think the testing requirements need to be overhauled in the US. Driving at road legal speeds is very easy, but we should have a better system for ensuring competency.

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NF-104 t1_iy9sz3t wrote

Traffic school in Germany is required and expensive (several thousand Euro 20 years ago) and driving infractions are expensive, so the professionalism of drivers is more on par with that of pilots. Plus Germans love to follow laws.

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TallGuyGreg13 t1_iyahzhy wrote

When I was a driver's Ed teacher, I told my students that the horn was the least used tool for most drivers. It's one of the best things to use and NEEDS to be used way more often! If they wouldn't honk, I would do it for them (if it wasn't a dangerous moment, of course). Drivers are especially apt to cut off drivers' ed cars to get in front of them, so I would warn them and tell them that they should honk if someone is making things dangerous for their driving.

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