People seem to be driving faster on 270/495 now than before the pandemic

[Anonymous]

I used to commute 5 days a week before Covid. I’d usually aim for about 70 in the middle or left lane and be fine. Now I could be doing 75 and people are tailing me. As soon as I get over, they’re whizzing by me.

I feel like people are driving a lot faster on 270/495. Have others noticed that too? Do people realize that pushing 80 is really asking for a pretty serious ticket, not to mention dangerous?

[Anonymous]

Running away from covid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to commute 5 days a week before Covid. I’d usually aim for about 70 in the middle or left lane and be fine. Now I could be doing 75 and people are tailing me. As soon as I get over, they’re whizzing by me.

I feel like people are driving a lot faster on 270/495. Have others noticed that too? Do people realize that pushing 80 is really asking for a pretty serious ticket, not to mention dangerous?

70 was always too slow for the left lane. Just stay right and stop trying to play speed enforcer.

[Anonymous]

I haven't noticed that. Are you perhaps driving different hours?

[Anonymous]

I've noticed this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to commute 5 days a week before Covid. I’d usually aim for about 70 in the middle or left lane and be fine. Now I could be doing 75 and people are tailing me. As soon as I get over, they’re whizzing by me.

I feel like people are driving a lot faster on 270/495. Have others noticed that too? Do people realize that pushing 80 is really asking for a pretty serious ticket, not to mention dangerous?

70 was always too slow for the left lane. Just stay right and stop trying to play speed enforcer.

For 10 years I kept up with flow of traffic at 70 in the left lane.

[Anonymous]

How is this possible? The roads are more crowded.

[Anonymous]

Less enforcement.

[Anonymous]

America is becoming poorer, dirtier, more littered and more shabby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to commute 5 days a week before Covid. I’d usually aim for about 70 in the middle or left lane and be fine. Now I could be doing 75 and people are tailing me. As soon as I get over, they’re whizzing by me.

I feel like people are driving a lot faster on 270/495. Have others noticed that too? Do people realize that pushing 80 is really asking for a pretty serious ticket, not to mention dangerous?

70 was always too slow for the left lane. Just stay right and stop trying to play speed enforcer.

For 10 years I kept up with flow of traffic at 70 in the left lane.

Not on 495.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to commute 5 days a week before Covid. I’d usually aim for about 70 in the middle or left lane and be fine. Now I could be doing 75 and people are tailing me. As soon as I get over, they’re whizzing by me.

I feel like people are driving a lot faster on 270/495. Have others noticed that too? Do people realize that pushing 80 is really asking for a pretty serious ticket, not to mention dangerous?

70 was always too slow for the left lane. Just stay right and stop trying to play speed enforcer.

For 10 years I kept up with flow of traffic at 70 in the left lane.

Not on 495.

Yes on 495. I commuted down 270 and onto 495 for 10 years and kept a steady 70 MPH in the left lane.

[Anonymous]

I posted about Arlington county not enforcing traffic laws. Arlington Is down almost 25% of its force.

It is across the states as well as local departments are short on police everything bubbles up. Police put what patrols they can on the street; gut their back offices and try to use state resources to offset what they can.

Unfortunately now that I know all this in Arlington I no longer consider yellow lights for stopping. I blow through them because everyone else does.

[Anonymous]

I drive these roads a few times each week.

Maybe people are driving a little faster, but I'm not noticing more reckless behavior.

Are accident rates up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted about Arlington county not enforcing traffic laws. Arlington Is down almost 25% of its force.

It is across the states as well as local departments are short on police everything bubbles up. Police put what patrols they can on the street; gut their back offices and try to use state resources to offset what they can.

Unfortunately now that I know all this in Arlington I no longer consider yellow lights for stopping[b]. I blow through them because everyone else does.

Yellow has always meant "floor it."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted about Arlington county not enforcing traffic laws. Arlington Is down almost 25% of its force.

It is across the states as well as local departments are short on police everything bubbles up. Police put what patrols they can on the street; gut their back offices and try to use state resources to offset what they can.

Unfortunately now that I know all this in Arlington I no longer consider yellow lights for stopping[b]. I blow through them because everyone else does.

Yellow has always meant "floor it."

I recently moved to an area where yellow means nothing. Red doesn’t even mean stop. Everyone waits when the light turns green. I’ve seen a LOT of red light accidents and I’ve only been here a year.

I have yet to see a police traffic stop. The police force is way down.