Oregonian drivers are normal people, drivers in NY/NJ/MA/RI however are lunatics
Oregonian driving
Submitted 9 months ago by LodeMike@lemmy.today to [deleted]
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nifty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
canihasaccount@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Oregonians almost take pleasure in driving slowly in front of you. Maybe they’ve just gotten used to going slow because the entire state freeway system is always under construction. People driving crazily is infuriating for a completely different reason.
nifty@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well I know in the states I mentioned “slow” means 80 mph in the left lane, if they’re going 65 or 70 it’s expected. The caveat being it’s lawful to let faster drivers pass, ie if you’re in the left lane and someone’s faster behind trying to pass, you move over if you can
silentobserver@ani.social 8 months ago
I feel called out a little bit there. But you’re right.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Try the brain of a random Maga loonie, slowest thing on earth.
nickiam2@aussie.zone 8 months ago
We have speed limits for a reason, why does everyone insist on ignoring them? Serious question, as I live in a mountainous area and cars are constantly crashing because people insist on speeding. The roads are winding and narrow with lots of traffic and wildlife, so you never really know what’s around the bend.
therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Argonian?
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I don’t know if the state you’re from has anything to do with it.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You laugh but this is not a joke. Oregon drivers are too fucking courteous and drive slowly. It’s like they are so happy to live in such a beautiful place that they can’t be bothered to rush about.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Ok, so hear me out, what if instead of treating it as a race, fight or other expression of competition, we would just treat driving as a way to get from point A to point B? Speeding on a highway is a great example of diminishing returns coupled with high risk, so why not just enjoy the ride and sit back for a moment?
Shellbeach@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You can do that in the proper lane, the right one
SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I drive 3 hours round trip commuting every day. I can assure you those “diminishing returns” result in days of my life back at the end of the year.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
There are a few simples principles that would make traffic a lot better, and yielding the left lane for faster cars is one of them.
The other simple one is if you are not passing another car, stay on the right.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The gas is meant to hug the floor tightly, engine is meant to roar, adrenaline to be pumped, and zoomies to be upheld.
…in a race. However, zoomies apply everywhere.
exu@feditown.com 8 months ago
Even better would be taking the train, because it gives you time to study nature, read a book of take a short walk if you feel like it without delaying your arrival.
Maven@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Okay but I have a counterpoint…
Vroom vroom
I rest my case your honor
RHSJack@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Because you are not important. I am very important. I have places I need to be yesterday. And, yes, it IS a truck. I have never used the bed of my truck or it would get dirty. /dont drive //dont have a car ///but I DO have a DL! Has my picture and everything
Shellbeach@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Aka, niceholes.
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I will admit to being new to Oregon after getting here from DFW about 10 days ago. And I have been trying to balance driving safely while admiring the views with being mindful of other drivers and allowing them to pass on the left when a turn-out area (or whatever they’re called) presents itself in mostly-one-lane-each-direction roads.
But sometimes, man, these people wanna go 25 miles over the limit on winding mountain roads. I’ll go 10, maybe 15 mph over when it’s safe to do so and I’m going with the flow of traffic. But I’m new to the state, new to mountain driving, and have no idea the prominence of cops and staties and their speeding ticket quotas in this place. Basically, if you see my Texas plate, please don’t ride my ass…I’ll move over as soon as I can!
pingveno@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Among us bicyclists, they’re called niceholes. They’re just trying to be nice to the bicyclist, but we would rather they just follow the traffic law so that they’re predictable.
The_v@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Until the get to the other side of the Cascades. Then they turn into dumbfucks of the highest order.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Sounds like what happened to Bob Ross after he moved to Alaska