Portland Traffic/Drivers Sucks
I will be the first to admit I am a fast driver. But also a safe driver. The people in Portland are either one or the other, but not both. In the last week, I have seen my life flash before my eyes at least once a day - never being my fault. Here is my reasoning:
- when it rains, it pours
- i drive a lot for work - at least an hour a day
- people in northest portland drive like a semi-blinded dustin hoffman from rainman.
- the # of people on the roads has increased
- its the holidays
An image better illustrates my point. This is traffic on a Wednesday, in Portland.
I get so riled up when people don’t drive well. Not when there’s traffic- I’ve sat in traffic for hours with no problem. It’s when people make poor decisions on the road that endanger themselves and others that I get upset. I’ve had people try to merge into me on the freeway, cut me off (then flip me off) on the streets (I had to drive on the sidewalk for one of them), and almost hit me as I was helping push a friend’s car off the road. This week.
I love google maps for traffic stuff, I know there are other sites out there but its my go-to.
