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SkillsDepayNabils t1_j34n2dj wrote

why do there seem to be so many wrong way drivers in the us? is it something to do with the roads?

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TenderfootGungi t1_j34t3uv wrote

We do not have public transportation. It is the same reason the legal drinking age in the US is 21 instead of younger like most other countries. If you go somewhere, you have to drive.

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Adamweeesssttt t1_j34vbmz wrote

It’s gotten better, but there are not enough wrong way signs on highway/freeway exits. When it’s dark and you don’t know an area well or at all, it can happen. When I was in high school I went to get on a freeway and quickly realized I was heading down the off-ramp. There was no one around or exiting the freeway so I could back up without issue, but it was a formative moment in my early driving years.

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AStartIsBorn t1_j35k7lb wrote

In Los Angeles, I began seeing wrong-way drivers several years ago, after years of never seeing them before. At the time, I figured it was the influx of newcomers from other states/cities/whatever.

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