Washington drivers suck.* Apparently these folks don't have the same rules regarding fast lane usage as everyone else in the United States of America. Inevitably, when you reach a long line o' cars in the fast lane while traveling on I-5 (north or south) and the cars aren't moving as fast as you would expect given that they are driving in the fast lane (read: far left lane), it is because a Washington driver is at the front of the line poking along at 65 mph. This in and of itself isn't the worst part. There are times we all hop to the fast lane, forget ourselves, and accidentally allow our speed to decrease. What makes the Washington driver reach such a high level of suckitude is that he refuses to get over when you come up behind him and he has an opening in the slower moving lane to his right. No. The Washington driver continues to poke along oblivious to the line of cars forming behind him.
*I write this knowing full well that some day this blog may be discovered by someone reviewing applications for admittance into the Bar and that I may have to answer for my comments regarding Washington drivers in front of a review board.
4 comments:
When Craig and I were in Toronto recently, we discovered that they have this same problem. They will zoom along and pass you so they can get in the left lane.... and then slow down to 5km/h under the speed limit. If you try to pass them, they will speed up again.
Eh?
We have seen this exact thing recently, having been burning rubber on I-5 and other highways around the state this summer. Only, I don't think it's synonymous with Washington drivers. California has their share as well.
Umm, no offense to those north and south of me...........
Firstly, make a mental note to only go pro hac in Washington -- don't try for the bar exam there.
Secondly, You're saying this acid-tongued harangue based in Oregon, home of some of the most fervent bloody speed Nazis on the planet and a place where the population of doofuses (doofii?) are guaranteed employment 'cuz you can't pump your own bloody gas.
What good is a fast lane when the whole damned freeway is poking along at or below the speed limit because officer Goebbels is leading a vehicular bolus?
Ah, the 101 SJC to SF on a good day in exhilarating indeed. We do poke along here in the big O, comparatively.
Thing is, we poke along ... cooperatively. W's come down and drive around all day in their little world -(perhaps thinking they're in one big speed trap?)
Punks.
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