The yellow lights in many of the areas around Portland are way too short for certain speeds. I think they use a “one time fits all approach” and only address it if a certain number of drivers are injured or killed.
Oregon also has not mastered predictive signals, will not allow entry into bike lanes to turn, have most road signs buried behind foliage, print street names on only one side of signs, do not provide adequate signage to direct drivers to major highway entry points, and never overbuild the infrastructure to handle future increase in traffic flows.
Drivers here in Oregon are timid, dangerously polite, will fill only one lane when two are available, are unpredictable, and ignorant to their own driving behavior that will likely get them killed. They take forever to go when a light turns green and seem to be unable to perform even the slightest predictive reading of traffic patterns and flow. There is an unhealthy expectation when getting onto the freeways that everyone else will move out of their way and that the semi occupying the lane they are trying to enter will magically self divide just for them.
Is this any different than any other state? Probably not.
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“Drivers here in Oregon are timid, dangerously polite, will fill only one lane when two are available, are unpredictable, and ignorant to their own driving behavior that will likely get them killed. They take forever to go when a light turns green and seem to be unable to perform even the slightest predictive reading of traffic patterns and flow. There is an unhealthy expectation when getting onto the freeways that everyone else will move out of their way and that the semi occupying the lane they are trying to enter will magically self divide just for them.”
Scary how perfectly you described Oregon drivers. I would add ignorant passive aggressiveness to that unpredictability. A lot of trouble understanding how to proceed with 2 lanes merging into one...any merging for that matter.
Yellow lights too short? We have some lights here that change nearly before your vehicle moves. You are in the middle of the intersection when it turns red. It is very dangerous. Thankfully there isn’t a camera there.