No, but I grew up there. I don’t know what part you’re in, but Seattle traffic is just awful, so the HOV lane is probably actually faster.
I’m in Utah where traffic really isn’t that bad, yet people still seem to pay to go there despite it not going any faster than the other 5 lanes. Oh, and they cross the double white lines too, which is illegal. The difference for me between good and bad traffic for my 25 mile commute is about 10 minutes: 35 min on a good day, 45 min on a bad day. It’s really not an issue most of the time.
Yup, I’m in the Seattle area. It’s terrible traffic. It’s not as bad as commuting from L.A. to Orange county on the 405, but it’s pretty bad. It also gets really bad with far fewer cars on the road than Southern California, since most of the drivers up here are terrible, slow, and unattentive. That’s not just a subjective opinion either. An independent analysis put Washington driver’s as some of the worse in the nation. No amount of roadwork will fix our traffic when 80% of the drivers have their heads up their asses.
No, but I grew up there. I don’t know what part you’re in, but Seattle traffic is just awful, so the HOV lane is probably actually faster.
I’m in Utah where traffic really isn’t that bad, yet people still seem to pay to go there despite it not going any faster than the other 5 lanes. Oh, and they cross the double white lines too, which is illegal. The difference for me between good and bad traffic for my 25 mile commute is about 10 minutes: 35 min on a good day, 45 min on a bad day. It’s really not an issue most of the time.
Yup, I’m in the Seattle area. It’s terrible traffic. It’s not as bad as commuting from L.A. to Orange county on the 405, but it’s pretty bad. It also gets really bad with far fewer cars on the road than Southern California, since most of the drivers up here are terrible, slow, and unattentive. That’s not just a subjective opinion either. An independent analysis put Washington driver’s as some of the worse in the nation. No amount of roadwork will fix our traffic when 80% of the drivers have their heads up their asses.