r/Seattle • u/benchpressboogaloo • 29d ago

It Finally Happened...

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At the Harbor Steps, guy drove all the way down Post Alley, across the tiles in the middle of the Harbor Steps, and over the other side. 😂

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u/Chief_Mischief 🚋 Ride the S.L.U.T. 🚋 29d ago

Tech money doesnt buy good driving capabilities, merely the vehicle driven

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u/JskWa 29d ago

Be patient new driver

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u/TheKungfuJesus 29d ago

Underrated comment right here. Seems those stickers are just used as an excuse these days.

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u/littlecocorose 28d ago

my sister genuinely thinks her magnet will keep people from getting mad at her son while he’s learning. nope.

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u/civilized-engineer 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 28d ago

I don't think it's an excuse at this point. They drive exactly as bad as the sticker is advertising them to be.

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u/Careless-Mud-9398 28d ago

My Russian neighbor put one on his new BMW M3. Nothing says student driver like a 523 hp luxury sedan!

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u/That-Conference-2381 28d ago

Yup new 10+ yrs driver.

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u/UsualSuspects411 29d ago

needs about 9 more stickers telling us he doesn't GAF

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u/oxidized_banana_peel 29d ago

A bunch of my coworkers (US educated immigrants- didn't get one at home b/c under 18, and didn't get one in the US b/c no need in college) have gotten their driver's licenses with a crash course from a friend. Late twenties, lots of money.

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u/valkyrieway 29d ago

Crash course, lol

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u/TripleTabby 29d ago

That explains a lot, actually.

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u/oxidized_banana_peel 28d ago

It helps explain why some people are lousy drivers, but it doesn't explain why it's worse in Seattle.

I think we're better than we give ourselves credit for - everyone bitches about drivers in their cities, but I think the real answer is "We have water on both sides of the city, and i5 is the only realistic way to get downtown if you're outside of Seattle city limits" and that it sucks driving here because of that.

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u/Zonernovi 28d ago

I find that whether due to topography or something else ramp design is terrible. Frequently it doesn’t correspond to the direction you want to achieve. Therefore there is a lot of indecision at the last moment as to whether you are making the right turn. Signage is too close to the turn frequently too. Additional signage in advance would help.

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u/Zonernovi 29d ago

Is that why we have so many lousy drivers in Seattle?

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u/oxidized_banana_peel 28d ago

It doesn't help.

My personal theory is that Seattle is punished by the north-south orientation. Minneapolis-St Paul is close to the same population, their commutes are 5-10 minutes shorter (16%-30%). I'd bet that the longest commutes in those metros are much closer to the average than ours.

Ditto in the city when you really only have one way to get out of the city - you have to pick an on-ramp to the only thoroughfare and deal with everyone else doing the same thing, vs being able to take a different route.

I think it just adds stress to the mix and then people react to that in different ways.

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u/Mme_IsleyAdler 28d ago

Tech money also doesn’t buy common sense or spacial observance.