Native Californian here and definitely Washingtonians drive like crap, relatively speaking. Don’t know how much of it has to do with recent transplants, but definitely noticeable difference. I will say Washingtonians are a hell of a lot more courteous and for that, I’ll take the granny drivers any day of the week 😁

Preach! Even if it only helped safety a TINY BIT, it would be worth it. And in reality they help visibility and therefore safety quite a bit. Headlight bulbs last years even when used daily, and they cost ~$10 to replace. It’s an absolute no brainer.

Edit: I’d like to add TURN SIGNALS. They are not optional. How am I supposed to know if you’re merging or just drifting between lanes?? Because I see both every single day.

Ugh I’m so sorry. Fucking nepotism and good ol boys bullshit. And they wonder why ACAB became a thing.

Hope there was at least a civil lawsuit. Take his fucking pension

I see this on a daily basis. Most people are good with wipers but the amount of idiots I have to flash my brights at as a signal to “turn on your fucking headlights because it’s dark outside” is insane.

Agreed, it’s only prudent

Approximate year? Obviously before 1980.

I think that's the old brewery buti don't know much about it tbh.

I mean, c'mon. We get to live here??

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Ironically, not flat at all!
Nice photo, I like the composition.

There's a lot of bad drivers in wa state. Even those that think they're good drive like aff holes half the time. Not sure why but people think the speed limit is 12+ over and they'll drive like d*ks trying to keep that speed up. Come across someone doing 4-6 over and all hell brakes loose. Good lord people if you want to do 55 on surface streets just take the damn freeway!

Most if not all counties have some form/amount of subsidized housing. Not enough, generally, but some - In my county the wait time to get into one of these apartments is over 5 years. Google the county you want housing in along with "area agency on aging". You should come up with an office you can call to get a list of the subsidized housing options in that county. Although it's titled aging, most of them also serve people with disabilities as well. I worked at one, and got lots of calls from people on SSI who were having to become homeless and/or move away. It was (and still is) really sad.

Or just install infrared headlights, & drive with infrared goggles. You’ll be fine. Probably.

^/s

Trust me a lot of people are clueless around here to turn on lights.

I was taught:

Lights on = safety.

lights off = certain doom for an accident or mishap.

I commute home any where from 10p-2am and I can't tell you how many vehicles do not have any lights at all. I'm sorry people but if you get into an accident wit ha driver that has zero lights: The driver driving the no lights car is more at fault for driving an unsafe vehicle.

I’m firmly in the camp of: Lights On All the Time

Lights On during the day has apparently been shown to reduce car accidents. That’s enough for me.

And, having a non-computer car, always having the lights on means that I am in the habit of always turning the lights off when I park & get out, so I never accidentally leave my lights on.

“Computer cars” should just have the lights on all the time, day or night, IMHO. I’ve heard this is true in Canada. It’s insane to me that it’s not also true in the US.

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Amazing photo

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My car is from 98, and has automatic headlights, which are pretty good about turning on when it is the slightest bit dark... But I don't think they are also triggered by the wipers - though now I'm gonna have to check that. But in recent years I think I've been pretty good about turning them on manually, since it's an old car and some random stuff has stopped working, so I don't trust it.

Perfect

Nah, I feel ya. That's why I asked. I live just west of olympia.

Oh, maybe you would know, is that an abandoned warehouse out nearish the falls? It looks creepy.

If you have automatic headlights they come on when the wipers are engaged. Or at least that's been the case for every car I've driven since 2013.

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A lot of drivers think about, what they need to do when they get there, about family, about work, about anything except driving.

This is correct, WA state comes in last place, 50 out of 50 in last of housing shortages. Your housing dollars go nowhere here.