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goosey65 t1_iuigzor wrote

Reply to comment by Drict in Woman dead, 7 people sent to hospital after chain-reaction crash on I-95 by deathbeforeupvote

I get what you’re saying but the traffic here is not LA traffic or even NOVA traffic (thank god!) where it is literally bumper to bumper on the freeway. What I see more often then not is people tailgating despite the fact there is a fair amount of room on the road or an ability to switch to the passing lane. It feels instead that some people feel it is their god given right to go any speed they want and then are also too lazy to switch to the left, passing lane.

Also what you described in the last bit sounds like the very thing that caused this accident. An inability to stop in time either due to not enough room and/ or distracted driving.

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Drict t1_iuim2lm wrote

Not disagreeing in any way for the cause of the multiple vehicle crash.

As for the top yes 100% accurate. The issue is that as roads become objectively less crowded (what they are designed for!) people are willing to move into the areas that are connected because they have a shorter commute time.

There is a reason that NoVA is soooo terrible (same with LA). Mass transit would solve the problem, period, but that is aside.

People not following the passing lane laws is one of the most infuriating things possible to me. I ALWAYS assume the person behind me wants to go 100mph faster than I am going, if I am in the passing lane. I obviously don't cut off of the through lane or on/off lane, but I definitely avoid camping in the left lane as much as possible, when it is safe.

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