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10 reasons we know you’re a Seattle driver

Seattle drivers will sit in traffic and complain about it without acknowledging they're a part of the problem. You aren't in traffic. You are traffic. Fill in the blank. It's sunny: "It's too bright, I lost my sunglasses." It's raining: "It's wet, it hasn't rained in a while and the roads are slick." It's snowing: "I can drive in the snow it's everyone else's problem. Oh no! My car is sliding down the giant Seattle hill!" Drivers from Seattle are either too lazy to use the left lane to pass people or they are too self-serving and think that they should prevent you from speeding. Don't drive in the left lane like it's your job. It's not. Todd Herman is appalled at SDOT. (AP) Before and after work, you're used to crawling along the interstate. If by some miracle you're able to reach 60 miles per hour, it will be the best part of your day. You refuse to take the bus, but you have a really good reason, like: "I have to transfer buses too many times to get to work." "My clothes would get wrinkled before I get to work if I had to take the bus." "I have to pick up the kids." "Um, have you waited for a bus at Pine and 3rd?" "The buses get stuck in traffic just like the rest of us. It wouldn't make my commute any faster." "The bus stop is not right outside my house, and the walk to get to the bus stop is unmanageable." "I really enjoy my zen time the in car, blasting Foreigner and forgetting about my turn signal. Numbers from a Seattle bike survey are concerning, given how much time the City of Seattle spends on placating the small but vocal bicyclist community. (AP) Either you think it doesn't exist and someone almost always nearly hits you when you're changing lanes in traffic or you forget that it exists after you use it and it's blinking at other drivers for eternity. Whichever signaler you are, you're bad at it. If you don't politely let that person merge, (or you don't let them turn into your lane when traffic is backed up) you're a Seattle driver. But the biggest issue is that Seattle drivers refuse to acknowledge the other driver they won't make room for. If you refuse to honk at the guy not paying attention to the green light, then you are worse than the guy not going at a green light.
10 reasons we know you’re a Seattle driver