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orangedrinkmcdonalds t1_j1q414r wrote

I use it every day to commute and the only accidents Ive seen are 1) folks merging on (2nd car rear ending the one in front - happens a lot at the P st NB entrance); 2) people ignoring the barriers and going the wrong way during rush hour and 3) fender benders as folks try to cut it at the last minute for the Beach Drive exit NB.

I agree that some folks speed but I also see a lot of folks just chilling at 25 in the passing lane, which imo is equally dangerous.

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tonytocar t1_j1qclbt wrote

That number three.. those bastards..

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orangedrinkmcdonalds t1_j1rqtn7 wrote

The best day of the year is the approx one day a year when Park Police decide to ticket for merging over the solid line.

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SoHowManyMore t1_j1rwwtl wrote

P St exit accidents I always think it is because it is still a left turn on Google Maps for people in the right lanes coming from Kennedy Center direction for some reason I don’t know why they do not fix that.

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ActuaryPersonal2378 OP t1_j1rnono wrote

In retrospect I'm sure mine is just a personal fear of getting side-swiped (or doing the side-swiping). My car died so I don't drive anymore for the time being but I find that a lot of uber/lyft drivers completely ignore the lanes and will drift around with no regard for cars around them. For me personally that is what I find to be the most stressful and what prompted this post lol.

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dataminimizer t1_j1t81ml wrote

It is not equally dangerous. Slow down, your time is not that important. Be safe.

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orangedrinkmcdonalds t1_j22ja54 wrote

Driving slower than traffic while sitting in the passing lane is incredibly dangerous. It then requires people to pass on the right, which means that passing and stagnating cars intermingle. Few things are more dangerous on a functioning roadway than cars going different speeds in the same lane. This is why passing lanes were established.

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