I totally agree with that. Every time we go to Seattle we have to allow an
extra 2 hours for the inevitable wreck at Tacoma.
...
>I don't know where you live but in the Seattle/Tacoma area that is the way
> it is. My friend says she is honked at everywhere she goes. I asked her
> how fast she drives and she said the speed limit. I said well that's the
> dang problem. If you don't drive over (by at least 10 mph), you get
> honked
> at or tailgated around here. Our freeway speed is 60 so that means if you
> don't want to get run down, you best be driving 75-80. You will get the
> Nascar tap otherwise! My sister comes over from Boise and just can't
> stand
> Seattle traffic. She says she can deal with the amount of cars just not
> the
> speed. I said, oh, yeah they go about 80 everywhere. If you drive 70 (in
> a
> 60) you will have cars blowing your doors off! I was talking with my
> friend
> from Alabama and she said it is nice and slow there and they don't even
> get
> mad if you sit through a green light. I said, oh dear, you do that here
> you
> will get bumped on through if not shot! That of course is if anyone
> bothers
> to stop at a red light or a stop sign! Driving is horrendous around here!
> We do have a lot of soldiers returning from Iraq and they are having
> trouble
> adjusting -- several of them cannot get used to driving "normal". They
> just
> hit the pedal and go. My friend says they are just used to driving convoy
> and panic when they get in clusters of cars (Oh, great!) Then we have a
> lot
> of retirees and believe me those are the ones running the stop signs! So
> if
> you get the feeling you want to come to the Seattle/Tacoma area wear your
> flack jacket, helmet, body armor and come and enjoy Nascar racing at it's
> best on Interstate 5!!! :)
> --
> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> (to reply send to medlawtr...@comcast.net)
> "CindyB" <cinqu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:sdfj32hrchj5t2c1vp39j1fgdlnnjs9rmo@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:07:14 GMT, "Ed Chait"
>> <edchait4rem...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >"CindyB" <cinqu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >news:5lri325n5v380o6a0jkjefmlq90lfmj99k@4ax.com...
>> >>I don't know if they make them, but I want one that says, "I brake for
>> >> tailgaters."
>> >When someone is tailgating me, I step on my brake pedal just enough to
> make
>> >my brakelights go on and also step on the accelerator at the same time.
>> >Usually only takes doing this once or twice for people to get the
> message.
>> >ed
>> Oh, I've done that. I've even turned on my 4-way flashers! Around here
>> half the people are what my husband calls Nascar wannabes. Driving 55
>> isn't fast enough. I've been passed on a double solid line when I've
>> been doing the speed limit. In over 30 years of driving, I've never
>> had that happen until we moved here. Speed limits are not enforced and
>> there have been 4 fatal accidents in the past 16 months since we've
>> been here. I love living here, but hate to drive here.
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