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Here is a can do easy. (albeit anecdotal) Track signaling (either on coming or following) for a LEFT handed turn @ a guided signal LIGHT. I consistently note app 75% NON signaling.
http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/this-is-why-you-dont-road-rage-on-two-wheels-1691454862/+Kyosuke
I wouldn't be surprised if motorcycle ridership here is among the lowest, per capita, than anywhere in the lower 48. Weather here often isn't good for it, and in cities, the local "driving" skill makes it Russian roulette.
I think per capita though, it is lower - at least compared to places I have been. Sunnier places, but most are. I live in Bellevue, still can't see risking it on weekdays here, given the quality of local motorist stock, and how it doesn't seem to be improving. I know of a few bad incidents within a short distance from me, due to local talent. And I have no wet riding desire, either. I was on a pretty big kick to get a bike, but it seems to have waned, I started worrying about storage. About a half block from me, someone has a Ducati hypermotard, and when I see it, I want it. It's always parked outside too, tempting
http://news.boldride.com/2014/12/lane-splitting-crash-video/64218/
"Officer, there was a bee or wasp in the car, I was stopped and needed to get it out of the car quickly."
One day, a huge black bumble bee got into my car while I was driving. I yanked the car off the road and I flew out the door leaving it open of course.
No bee.
So I opened the other door and waited.
No bee.
I very carefully inspected the interior and saw nothing, heard nothing.
Slowly I reentered the car and drove off leaving the windows open.
The NEXT DAY, I was driving along and out of the corner of my eye, I saw it crawl out of the passenger defrost vent! Again, at record speed I pulled over and I waited.
Ten minutes later, out it comes and it headed straight for me!
I ran like I did in high school doing my 100 yard dash!
Finally it decided to head elsewhere.
I'm sure the neighbors thought I was nuts.
I saw an M6 Gran Coupe using signals today, I was shocked. Less shocked by an S3 going a little too fast down a narrow path/road, no signal use as is typical for that class.
I nearly wrecked my Dad's 1979 F150 back when I was a senior in high school due to a bee (or, rather my reaction to it).
It was late summer, I was coming home from work with the windows down, and a bumble bee sweeps in through the open driver window, hits me in the left eye, and is instantly trapped between my eye and my glasses! I have an allergy to bumble bee stings (not necessary life-threatening, but extreme swelling and discomfort is a given), so I quickly fling my glasses off and bat the bee away from my face in near-panic.
Then, I remember I am still driving at 55 mph down the road (still pretty new to the whole driving thing at this point), look ahead, and see that I am headed off the road and into the field (narrow, no-shoulder eastern Oregon back roads aren't very forgiving to the inattentive driver). I started to over-correct, realized the error mid-way through, got control of it, and then eased it back onto the road as I came to a stop.
There was no sign of the bee or my glasses, so I rooted around for them for about five minutes until I found them tucked between the passenger door and the bench seat, resettled my nerves, and headed home with the windows rolled UP. LOL
Civic timidly merging onto an open I90 at about 42mph, hit 45mph and then veered into the left lane with no signal.
Beigegrey Lexus RX going 5 under, white Prius following far behind it randomly tapping brakes, some stuck behind.
Stereotypical late model X3 that mostly wanted to stay in the left lane, but would wander over a little - I had to honk at that one.
Oblivious young woman in a Camry blows through a red light, never a cop around of course.
Is it possible to drive a 6cyl Infiniti without launching at 4K RPM every time, and changing lanes without signals?
Also got behind an A6 that just had to jump a queue and get in front of people, then randomly hit the brakes and turned - hitting the signal well after the wheels started turning. Oh, there's the horn again.
Years ago, Top Gear claimed that Audi was attracting the flamboyant jerky drivers known to love BMWs - it seems true all too often.
CA drivers are first to launch away from a crosswalk & race each other to the next light braking hard. The bikers split lanes throwing caution to the wind. While driving 5 over the limit in the middle lane, the idiots race up to us - hugging our bumper expecting us to get out of their way while on my right is an 18 wheeler. When climbing a hill with only two lanes, it is not uncommon to see an 18 wheeler pass another. I clocked one taking 1.4 miles to slowly pass the trucker. I also noticed the truckers swing over to the center lane to allow a brother trucker to get on the freeway, but when the car wants on board, the trucker stays the course. In general, it is wise to be very alert while traversing the major highways as the Californicates don't behave any better in OR.
The most considerate drivers were noticed in Menlo Park, Walnut Creek, & Indio. They notice our WA plates and motion us to go first at the 4 way stop signs. We arrived home w/o a scratch. PTL.
This afternoon I saw a Prius blow through the new red light camera at 8th and 112th in Bellevue. He had it coming, aimlessly wandered into the intersection way too late.
Those people are crazy...
Indeed, on an anecdotal basis, I have "sampled" the commute traffic in all top ten "contenders" areas. I would add, THAT and $5.00 will get me a Starbuck's coffee and hopefully some change.
On a practical basis, a LONG commute, where a short one will do is really a defacto speed LIMITER and $$$'s fuel WASTER, In that sense the scenarios are government approved and controlled pollution generator among a plethora of other things. The real tale is in the TAPE. To,... FOLLOW the monies.
So for example, a 27 mile commute taking 60 min to 90 mins really has an AVERAGE speed of 27 mph to 18 mph. Government statistics (obviously opaque) indicate that even in the LA area, pollution from daily commuting is only 12 to 14% of pollution.
Local traffic consistently the 4th worst in the nation - and the crawlers here would definitely suffer a nervous breakdown and be eaten alive in much of CA.
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A major employer needs more space, and is moving from my backyard into an area that already has unbelievably bad congestion and poor infrastructure planning - maybe my employer will take over their old building, I could walk to work.
I honked. Her bumper sticker said "Woman for peace." Her license was pet friendly. She just raised both arms in response as if she had no opportunity to move.
When we ended up beside her at a light she was talking away, not on cell phone, but to another woman in the car. Preoccupied.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Nothing too bad lately, save for the typical slow which the area is renowned for. I did see a big semi towing a big fire truck - have fun getting behind that thing. Oh, and an E60 M5 making a poorly planned U-turn was amusing, so few can estimate their turning radius.
Just heard on the news that Oregon is thinking of increasing its hilariously underposted and widely questioned speed limits, the lowest in the entire PNW.
personally i prefer to drive the roads which are all/mostly bigrigs, they are much safer drivers than car drivers , whether cruising at 80 mph or idling at 55 mph.
personally i prefer to drive the roads which are all/mostly bigrigs, they are much safer drivers than car drivers , whether cruising at 80 mph or idling at 55 mph.
Tractors pulling triple trailers at 80 mph on I-5 is a crash to bet on. They just don't stop quickly regardless of the professional level of the ignorant drivers. If "bigrig" drivers are safer, why do they take 1.4 miles to slowly pass each other?
Oregon's speed limits are too low, trucks or no trucks. When everyone else around them does it different, one has to wonder who is right and who is wrong.
And yes, Canada doesn't have "felonies" per se. Money can solve all similar problems, no matter where it comes from.
On thread topic, took the fun drive to the south sound via 405/167 yesterday. Drive down was a breeze, drive back was more crowded - no real dangerous drivers, but more than a few LLCs - I passed on right enough to make the average Brit have an apoplectic fit due to "undertaking", I bet. Something about 167 and LLCing, it just happens there.