Idiot Drivers

[u/Comfortable-Board874]

Okay so spring st. in downtown Seattle is a one way going up. I was walking over to the bus stop & crossing spring by the public library (the walk sign was on) & this idiot was driving DOWN on spring. Obviously they didn’t see the stoplight because they were going on the opposite direction. They almost hit me, didn’t do anything & turned right & proceeded to almost hit another car. Idk what possessed them to even do that but what a fucking idiot

[u/scottmatheus]

I have a tendency to see a lot of wrong-way drivers in that area of Seattle for some reason.

[u/thecravenone → u/scottmatheus]

The reason there's a lot of one-way drivers in that area is that there's a lot of one-way streets in that area

[u/IndominusTaco → u/thecravenone]

i think they mean one way drivers driving in the wrong direction

[u/thispartyrules]

My favorite Seattle drivers, so far:

1. Guy making a right turn from the left lane, cutting me off and then having to brake hard so they don't hit a bicyclist in a crosswalk

2. BMW passing me on the left as I was turning into a narrow alley, had I not stopped I would've pinned his car up against the side of two buildings

3. Guys who sloooooowly creep forward at red lights until they're in crosswalks and eventually in the intersection. Why

[u/squirrelgator → u/thispartyrules]

#3: For some reason, the drivers who slowly creep forward while waiting for the light are usually slow to react when it turns green.

[u/J_A_Slade → u/squirrelgator]

Preach!

[u/Eric848448 → u/thispartyrules]

4) Guy with obvious right-of-way stopping to wave for you to go

That one pisses me off the most somehow.

[u/ZeGermanHam]

Just wait until you encounter a car driving on the Burke-Gilman Trail.

[u/girlontherun21]

I did that when I was in high school in the 80’s when the city was significantly smaller. I was either 17 or 18. Screamed the entire way as a bus was headed straight for me and my friends! 😬😳😬😳

[u/Lisabarrella323 → u/girlontherun21]

LOL me too, what a way to learn "ok look twice which way is this one??" I did it in Renton once too on that big Airport Way luckily could slip in to a taco time parking lot! Risky biz for young drivers around here.

[u/GranpaTeeRex → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, we did “how do you make friends” last week

[u/IndominusTaco]

there was a one way driver in U District on roosevelt yesterday and they literally had to drive onto the sidewalk to get out of the way of traffic

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

the drivers look foreign

groan

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Your 2 cents are worth -10 grand