And 45 attorneys are going to enjoy an influx of cash next Christmas or even the one after. Gotta say, though, that many drivers is an insurance nightmare. It's going to take years to sort through it all.
There was a time where I used to drive really fast and aggressively, but that was only during my first few years of driving. Learned better ways of handling my daily frustration then driving on the road like a maniac.
@@NeonEclipse910passing lane is for passing only, being aggressive towards other drivers and driving aggressive in a good manner is two different definitions
@@NeonEclipse910I drive fast because of slow NPC blocking passing lane and blocking zipper merging lanes when zipper merging onto highway, but I drive fast in a good aggressive manner. Learn to drive fast and learn laws your life will be different
@craigmartin-r3z that's the number 1 reason. You're supposed to leave a car length for every 10mph. People drive like 6 inches from the person in front of them
Gosh! The road is slick and I can't see! I think I'll keep tailgating at 85mph, but just lean forward in my seat and make a funny face over the steering wheel.
Well said, well said. Most will get ticketed for driving too fast for conditions. Following too closely is really problematic. A bad day for a lot of people.
Fastdriver...you sound like an absolute ass who drives unsafely just because you think you can. Better post a pic so we can all stay the hell away from you on the road!
This is in my neck of the woods. Lots of worn, groved roads in that area. That means standing water. And that means hydroplaning. Many people REFUSE to slow down in the rain....even when visibility is virtually zero. And many follow way too closely. Morons.
That's why newer cars are being manufactured with "Collision Avoidance"... And the "Hands Free"... All the new technologies... To make it safer on the roadways... My 2022 Lincoln Navigator L Black Label... Has all that cool stuff... It saved itself one time when a guy in a Newer BMW SUV... Tried to brake check me... My guess is he couldn't afford his new toy... Tried to do an insurance scam on me... My Lincoln was better than his BMW... It stopped and avoided the idiots attempt to have me rear end him... DOH!!!
I would say most people don’t slow down and they certainly don’t agree with ensuring they keep their distance from the car in front….please that’s too much to ask.
FOLLOWING. F___ING. DISTANCE. Almost every single one of these drivers was to blame. Are you incapable of transcending your animal natures? Be better. Be rational. Stop putting the lives of your own passengers and other people at risk.
@@CatWhiskering I fully understand. I'm not calling out "bad drivers", I'm calling out most people on the road. Almost all of you are stupid and are putting lives at risk every time you get behind the wheel. If you all added as little a half a second to your following distance on the freeway, accidents like this would be nearly nonexistent. The fact that "everyone does it" doesn't mean you shouldn't be called out for it when you are endangering everyone including yourselves.
Seattle drivers are some of the worst that I’ve ever seen.. never have I seen people block the intersection and think it’s OK like I have in Seattle!! right hand turn from the middle lane. It’s crazy.
If washington in areas hasn't had rain in awhile, the water makes the oil that has dried on the road slick. Its not just the rain itself making people slide. I do agree people need to drive slower in the rain in general btw.
It's funny how people try to drive fast in the rain on god knows who knows how bald their tires are. But become a complete bitch when it comes to snow. Seriously, drivers here are extremely special. Either way if I'm heading to kent, I'd rather take i5 than go on 167.
No snow. No ice. No fog. Just 45 drivers not keeping 3 car lengths between their car and the car directly in front of them, while driving too fast ... Tailgaters.
The following distance is “supposed” to be 1 car length per 10 mph of speed. Example- 70mph= 7 car lengths. It’ll never happen, but that’s what we were taught many decades ago, and it should still hold true.
@@clydesuckfinger8068 At 70mph, you're automatically at fault at east partially because you broke the speed limit. It does not matter if you kept an objectively safe distance at 70mph - your speeding contributed to the accident and its severity.
@@thedarkslide I didn’t say 70 was correct, or even prudent along that stretch. I was using 70 as a point of reference. I could have easily used 50mph= 5, 80= 8. The speed limit has nothing to do with proper following distance. BTW, I routinely tow a 20,000 fifth wheel, and there is absolutely no way I could follow proper distance. In most places, if there’s a small opening some other driver will think (no matter what the traffic flow is) that they can get in front of me, and my 30,000 combined weight can stop on a dime. Physics rule, hence the proper following distance rule.
I commute to work from Tacoma to Renton on a daily basis. You have to leave your house two hours early. If you're lucky enough to use the carpool lane. You are the lucky 1%. I can't find anyone who is interested in vanpool either.
Yep I stay back that 60feet And the guy behind me passes on the right And tailgate the next car I slow down ... foot off the gas. If you use your brakes on the freeway ??? Learn how to drive
@@DurkMcGerkI can prove from my dashcam that's a lie. I'm gonna start posting all of my videos soon from my dashcam how truckers tailgate cars inches from bumper and tailgating each other. You are NPC that only looks one way when driving 😂
Totally embarrassing. I was taught 1 car length of space for every 10MPH. 6 car lengths at 60 MPH etc. Is that what you see driving around? People need to keep distance and not drive adjacent to other vehicles. Especially in inclement weather. God forbid the left lane is used as a passing lane and the right lane is for slower vehicles around here. That's too much to ask for in WA but space is for safety not for dive-bombing for a "better"position in traffic.
1 car length per 10 mph is pretty stupid. When you drive in an overly defensive manner like that, you create more problems than you avoid. Seriously...think about it. Perhaps just stay off your phone and be alert while you drive.
As a professional driver. The bare minimum is 3 car lengths on the freeway at freeway speeds. In ideal conditions. What is stupid is a 45 car pile up. Maintaining a safe distance is just good driving. It takes at least 160-180 feet for the average car to stop from 60mph, under ideal conditions. For those of you bad at math, that's more than 6 car lengths. @danros6530
I am sick of the way people drive in Washington!! Will they ever learn?!?!?! It’s not the weather! People are in patient, they leave no room between them and the cars around them, then definitely don’t pay attention, texting, talking on their phone, checking social media! When does all this stop! They are accountable, hold them to it!
Car crashes, road rage, entitled drivers who ignore traffic laws and safety. How long are we going to keep pretending like cars and traffic aren't a major problem?
Like repealing the 2nd amendment,the 💰💰 lobbies that depend on cars would revolt,80 yrs old big 💰💰interests won't even talk about motorized vehicles " issues"
If 40k+ Americans died from air or rail travel annually, we'd lose our collective shit, but with cars, it's just an annual cost we've collectively agreed is acceptable? Wild shit.
@@leifgiering and oregon and washington are close behind because of all the california transplants that moved there. how much more evidence does anyone need that these drivers aren't from the PNW?
@@leifgieringCalifornia? At least they don't have accidents every fucking day on the same stretch of freeway and when they do, it gets cleared out way faster. Typical WA resident entitlement 🤡😂
No sympathy for any of them. Having followed the speed limit doing 60 mi an hour on I-5 in that area people have passed me doing well over 80. Now they can all explained it to their insurance companies.
@oceanicusstorm Yeah people in the US don't know how to get out of the passing lane when they are not passing people. This wasn't just speed, some people just cannot drive. If it's not really hard to see I do 80 in medium traffic but that's because my car has racing all season tires that work decent in the rain along with great brakes that stop me from 60 in the wet in 4 seconds. I also don't get close to peoples bumper ethier even if they are going slow, most people drive way to close to the bumper of another car while going fast and also most of them are distracted and have bad tires since most people never do maintenance on their cars.
Yikes, sir. Did you not see the person who said, "I didn't hit anyone and no one hit me," clearly not everyone was driving recklessly. This could happen to you.
@@SemiSweetest I agree. I think people need to have four years of driving classes in school in order to get their license. You need to take classes to fly a plane, and driving is just as dangerous, if not as complicated.
Yeah, thanks for stating the obvious. 3 crashes in federalway and the constant fight of going straight at 50 mph. Exiting was the smarter move then driving in the freeway with speeding cars.
Some of the worst drivers in Washington. The law is keep right to pass. The left lane isnt a "fast lane" its a passing lane in order to pass slower moving vehicles. If your a semi or towing you should be in the right 2 lanes. Simple laws and rules people here cant seem to follow.
Two things: speed limit and keeping a safe distance. Drivers are so aggressive here, basically glued to my rear bumper. I've had it, I just now got a rear facing dash cam too.
@@ffjsb Respect the speed limit and keep a safe distance. That trumps anything else. Anyone going the legal maximum speed limit on ANY lane is not the problem -- given that nobody can pass that driver on any lane without breaking the speed limit.
This isn’t Seattle specific. Also, after 2 years, you don’t have a say in anything about Seattle. You have not lived in Seattle long enough to know anything about it. PS this isn’t Seattle 🤡
This area is notorious and is under construction. Speed limit is like 50MPH and no one actually does 50MPH. I also know the area when raining can be very sight distance shortened as tires kick up the rain.
I agree, but “don’t speed” should be swapped for “go with the flow of traffic”. Driving significantly slower than all other vehicles on the road is just as dangerous and entitled as speeding is.
What? You mean there was a massive pileup on the Autobahn between downtown Seattle and Kent? The average speed there is around 75 with some speeding into the upper 80s/low 90s.
That’s probably what happened. Some selfish/unaware driver was not going with the flow of traffic. (Could have been speeding OR GOING SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER)
I’m a native Californian, still live here and been driving for darn near 60 years. I visit the Seattle area often and in my opinion Washington state has the worse traffic, worse freeways, and worse drivers. I’ve never been involved in an an accident. My secret isn’t really a secret. Pace yourself slightly slower than the flow of traffic, drive in the right hand lane, and leave yourself plenty of distance between you and the guy in front of you. That way, if he has to jam on his brakes you can apply yours in a moderate manner giving the fellow behind you plenty of time to react to your brake lights.
I lived up there for 25 years and never hit anyone, nor was I ever hit. I tried to drive as prudently as possible. Now I live North of San Diego. Doctor George Whitehead
American NPC follow speed limit you are aggressive Americans seeing a sign Keep Right Except To Pass, I do not follow that rule of a road Americans seeing zipper merging sign the lane becoming one they blocking the lane, I do not follow zipper merging signs 😂
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 Yeah well people are driving thinking about a million different things in their heads so its mostly a lack of attention, also I find older people have a hard time switching back to the right, I am not sure why but seems to be an issue with age. I see many old guys hogging the left most lane but I don't think its on purpose but rather a mental issue. Don't take the road personally and let emotions win, see it for what it is, I treat others with respect, I keep up with traffic at any speed, and keep good distances. I have seen deer and coyote cross I5 I have seen old cars come to a immediate stop, maybe a blown transmission? I just flow with hoard, keep distance and keep ego out of it. And have respect for others even if they are doing stupid things.
I'm a truck driver and I see a lot of people on their phones texting and driving more recently now these days I don't understand why there's so many people out in the roads now these days everybody's saying that they're not surviving but why is there so many cars out on the road
The Book of Daniel says , " Many shall run to and fro , and knowledge shall increase " . Fast cars , fast drivers , high technology . No common sense .
WSP is AWOL when it comes to speeders. WSP has enabled drivers to believe they will never be ticketed for speeding. And WSP never pulls them over. Pure negligence on the part of WSP. WSP doesnt care at all about safety on I-5.
Maybe you should vote for different politicians in your state? Law enforcement is no longer allowed to follow vehicles that refuse to stop. So…drivers have not been stopping because they are aware of this…therefore WSP doesn’t bother. Why would they? You all caused this
@@MrEvtmazdaThere’s been no “de-funding the police”, Trumpscab. The cops everywhere are just butthurt and boo-boo lipped about being held to account after the George Floyd murder. Which, as we know, along with the Rittenhouse killings, Trumpscab Nation was all in favor of.
@@CatWhiskering LOL many immigrants come from countries with worse driving situations than Seattle. If anything, they'd be the ones who KNOW how to drive in all kinds of situations. Nice try.
The big problem is the reckless drivers and trust thats normal from southern California as far as Washington state...guys if it rains 🌧 for the firts time you guys best believe it will be slippery stop been ignorant and reckless
I moved out of the Seattle area in 1990. Don't miss it. I-5 is often a parking lot. I now live in Eastern Washington State.... In the country. So nice. You can't experience the good if you haven't experienced bad (Seattle).
I always try to keep a minimum 2 car distance during rainy weather, there's always some idiots cutting in front of me and going super fast next to me for no reason.
FOLLOWING DISTANCE REMINDER This is exactly the reason why you must maintain at least a 100 foot following distance in wet conditions (80ft otherwise) at freeway speeds. There is no excuse for being 10-50 ft behind someone at freeway speed.
@@Kyle-ut4jg Thank you for your comment. There are far too many people like you with a modern vehicle and a prehistoric brain out there driving like there are no repercussions or rules. NEWSFLASH bucko, this shit is real. Are you aware we have 20,000 excess road deaths per year in the USA, out of 40,000 total yearly? Something tells me you didn't know that. You want to be one of those numbers? Keep driving selfishly and without thought.
I-5 up in Washington State needs to lower the speed limit to 45 mph especially around Tacoma to Seattle and back around. This stretch has been a hazard since 1985. When are they DOT in Washington State will ever learn. Don’t blame the rain this time. ☝️☝️☝️
All of them are at fault, had they been at a safe follow distance they'd been able to stop in time. But this is not to be expected by most drivers these days even in the best of conditions.
It never ceases to amaze me how people will not allow for weather conditions. They'll drive just as fast and just as aggressively on a slick fast road is on a dry road.
THEY ARE NOT FROM SEATTLE, THEY ALL DESTROYED CALIFORNIA ALONG WITH OTHER SOUTHERN STATES AND BROUGHT THEIR GARBAGE WITH THEM, INCLUDING THEIR ENTITLEMENT THEY ARE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS! GO BACK!!!!
I bet everyone of them were less than 1 second apart from each other. Simply not enough distance to react. They hit the 'send button' before the brakes.
I drove through there about an hour earlier and the roads were wet and slick but the sun was shining through the clouds. It was shining on the pavement and reflecting in the eyes so it was hard to see other people around you. I got off ASAP and drove to my parent’s house to watch the game with my Mom. I hope everyone will be alright.
This is why I Always drive In the outside lane I dont want to be stuck in the middle! After I saw the semis smashing the smaller cars in front of them during a snow storm I prefer to be able to have the grass to head towards not getting hemmed in
I saw a car today in a lane where we were all moving maybe 10 mi per hour with the light, the car had four people in it, and the windshield was already cracked. A young woman who was driving was looking down at her cell phone, I’m thinking, couldn’t one of your passengers do that for you?
You can't blame everyone though; like the guy who got hit in the back and that pushed him to collide with the car in front. Getting hit at high speed, that can propell your vehicle and the insurance company takes that into consideration.
@@americanbeauty4015 if by “too fast” you are referring to the design speed of the roadway, I agree. If you are referring to the speed limit, which in the USA is frequently much lower than the roads original design speed, I disagree.
Drivers today seem to drive incredibly fast, ignoring weather conditions and following other cars too closely. I now feel scared to drive in the far-left lane because there’s always someone tailgating me, flashing their lights, and honking at me from behind. Even with a 60 mph speed limit, I’m already driving between 65-70 mph, following the flow of traffic with about ten cars ahead of me. I really don’t understand what the driver behind me wants. Flashing lights and honking are such rude behaviors.
I remember my dad told i ,my brother when driving in winter season always keep gas full , keep both hands , eyes on road , leave radio off , slow down , even when its very icy road its very scary , take your time get to your where you going , specially driving at nite time no fun driving in winter time ,its very serious thing , i had accident long time ago in icy road , im glad i was still alive be safe out there
Im not surprised. Native resident of the area and that stretch of I-5 has very poor traction, even when its dry. Has vertically grooved concrete versus pavement and my tires fight me a lot more driving that section over other roads
Im going with road mist from car tires. I drive this area and it is an issue I see plenty when or after it rains. however people still drive like its a dry sunny day.
If the roads are unfamiliar or very winding, drive 5mph slower. If the roads are wet or slippery (rain, ice, snow, etc), drive 5mph slower. If the visibility is low (night, fog, rain spray, snow), drive 5mph slower. *THESE ARE ACCUMULATIVE.* If it's nighttime, raining, and you aren't familiar with the road, *yes* you may *actually need* to drive up to 15mph slower than the posted speed limit, folks!
was in one of those once and I remember it was lightly raining, the road was slick then the sun came out and it was blinding. I felt blessed that day for not being impacted even as a semi was swerving into my lane. PNW weather is for real imo.
Tow truck company just made its Christmas bonuses this year.
😂😂😂😂😂
Auto body shops too
The auto body repair shops too
And 45 attorneys are going to enjoy an influx of cash next Christmas or even the one after. Gotta say, though, that many drivers is an insurance nightmare. It's going to take years to sort through it all.
Indeed
The way people drive on 5, I'm not even slightly surprised this happened.
There was a time where I used to drive really fast and aggressively, but that was only during my first few years of driving. Learned better ways of handling my daily frustration then driving on the road like a maniac.
@@NeonEclipse910passing lane is for passing only, being aggressive towards other drivers and driving aggressive in a good manner is two different definitions
@@NeonEclipse910I drive fast because of slow NPC blocking passing lane and blocking zipper merging lanes when zipper merging onto highway, but I drive fast in a good aggressive manner. Learn to drive fast and learn laws your life will be different
You’d think people in PNW would know how to drive in the rain since it rains 9 months in the year. This place has some of the worst drivers.
And for some reason half the folks in Seattle can't drive in the rain.
All preventable. People drive too fast, distracted, and inpatient.
Agreed 👍💯👍
& DRUUUUGS
also too close too eachother......
Women drivers
@craigmartin-r3z that's the number 1 reason. You're supposed to leave a car length for every 10mph. People drive like 6 inches from the person in front of them
Gosh! The road is slick and I can't see! I think I'll keep tailgating at 85mph, but just lean forward in my seat and make a funny face over the steering wheel.
Well said, well said. Most will get ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.
Following too closely is really problematic. A bad day for a lot of people.
I do that but go very very slow, but yes, somehow leaning into it is me when I'm worried...
@@colleennobbs7218it's easy dismissable ticket for the lawyers. The troopers can't prove they were tailgating it's just bla bla bla
Fastdriver...you sound like an absolute ass who drives unsafely just because you think you can. Better post a pic so we can all stay the hell away from you on the road!
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 hmmm.
But rear ending someone is pretty evident . That will NOT be excused.
Driving faster than conditions allow is not a mark of increased skill. It just demonstrates a willingness to take risk.
Very few people will comprehend that.
Shall we also add, not valuing one life or the lives of others besides the thousands of dollars spent on a vehicle they no longer have..?
and not giving a damn about others, who may not WANT to be subjected to risk.
@@Thewritingisonthewallforusall Oh, they'll get it. It's not exactly brilliance. It's indifference.
if the first thing you do before leaving isn't turning off abs/stability, then you probably shouldn't have a license to begin with.
This is in my neck of the woods. Lots of worn, groved roads in that area. That means standing water. And that means hydroplaning. Many people REFUSE to slow down in the rain....even when visibility is virtually zero. And many follow way too closely. Morons.
agreed. I also wish idiots would turn off their damn high beams when coming up on another driver.
@@wolffriendinussame happens to me everywhere I go if they can’t see where some dam glasses or get off the road shouldn’t be driving
That's why newer cars are being manufactured with "Collision Avoidance"... And the "Hands Free"... All the new technologies... To make it safer on the roadways... My 2022 Lincoln Navigator L Black Label... Has all that cool stuff... It saved itself one time when a guy in a Newer BMW SUV... Tried to brake check me... My guess is he couldn't afford his new toy... Tried to do an insurance scam on me... My Lincoln was better than his BMW... It stopped and avoided the idiots attempt to have me rear end him...
DOH!!!
I would say most people don’t slow down and they certainly don’t agree with ensuring they keep their distance from the car in front….please that’s too much to ask.
This is generally the way people drive, morons is right.
FOLLOWING. F___ING. DISTANCE. Almost every single one of these drivers was to blame. Are you incapable of transcending your animal natures? Be better. Be rational. Stop putting the lives of your own passengers and other people at risk.
But-but-but you have to understand, in their home countries this is how everyone drives.
@@CatWhiskering I fully understand. I'm not calling out "bad drivers", I'm calling out most people on the road. Almost all of you are stupid and are putting lives at risk every time you get behind the wheel. If you all added as little a half a second to your following distance on the freeway, accidents like this would be nearly nonexistent. The fact that "everyone does it" doesn't mean you shouldn't be called out for it when you are endangering everyone including yourselves.
Why is nobody talking about the dummy at the front? Why are you stopping on the highway?
@@jamesjazz3395 Because if you're maintaining a reasonable following distance, you'll have time to stop.
for REAL
This is transportation at the end of the day. A to B safely should be the ONLY concern.
No ice or snow, just some rain and they all crash into each other? These people should all be forced to take driver's education again.
Seattle drivers are some of the worst that I’ve ever seen.. never have I seen people block the intersection and think it’s OK like I have in Seattle!! right hand turn from the middle lane. It’s crazy.
If washington in areas hasn't had rain in awhile, the water makes the oil that has dried on the road slick. Its not just the rain itself making people slide. I do agree people need to drive slower in the rain in general btw.
It's funny how people try to drive fast in the rain on god knows who knows how bald their tires are. But become a complete bitch when it comes to snow.
Seriously, drivers here are extremely special.
Either way if I'm heading to kent, I'd rather take i5 than go on 167.
Yep just a little sprinkle and it caused all this….. feel like a keyboard warrior now 🤡🤡🤡🤡
State of Washington especially western washington needs extensive driving lessons. Just imagine it was a little bit of snow. It will chaos.
Good on the reporter giving a live report and it's pissing down rain. Well done.
I used to live in Kent in the 70s. Glad to be gone. Hyde Park NY is way better IMO. I never thought I would be saying that.
No snow. No ice. No fog. Just 45 drivers not keeping 3 car lengths between their car and the car directly in front of them, while driving too fast ... Tailgaters.
Add bad tires with too much wear and much longer break distances - three car lengths at 60mph on a wet surface is not enough. Not nearly enough.
The following distance is “supposed” to be 1 car length per 10 mph of speed. Example- 70mph= 7 car lengths. It’ll never happen, but that’s what we were taught many decades ago, and it should still hold true.
@@clydesuckfinger8068 At 70mph, you're automatically at fault at east partially because you broke the speed limit. It does not matter if you kept an objectively safe distance at 70mph - your speeding contributed to the accident and its severity.
@@thedarkslide I didn’t say 70 was correct, or even prudent along that stretch. I was using 70 as a point of reference. I could have easily used 50mph= 5, 80= 8. The speed limit has nothing to do with proper following distance. BTW, I routinely tow a 20,000 fifth wheel, and there is absolutely no way I could follow proper distance. In most places, if there’s a small opening some other driver will think (no matter what the traffic flow is) that they can get in front of me, and my 30,000 combined weight can stop on a dime. Physics rule, hence the proper following distance rule.
If you don't want to be tailgated, get out of the way
45 people calling out of work tomorrow.
Less cars on the road 😅
Traffic should be light. Boeing workers are on strike for a month now.
Plus all of the passengers😳
The odds are that one of them is unemployed or self employed.
😂Are you sure there is only one passenger in each car?
Yes, I commute from Lynnwood to Mt Vernon a couple of times a week & literally start to pray as I see people tailgating drivers at 70 MPH!
Unfortunately that has become standard operating procedure on I-5.
Until the start ticketing tailgaters...
I commute to work from Tacoma to Renton on a daily basis. You have to leave your house two hours early. If you're lucky enough to use the carpool lane. You are the lucky 1%. I can't find anyone who is interested in vanpool either.
Yep I stay back that 60feet
And the guy behind me passes on the right
And tailgate the next car
I slow down ... foot off the gas.
If you use your brakes on the freeway ???
Learn how to drive
@PerspectiveEngineer I'll bet the person at the front missed their exit and slammed on the brakes.
i feel bad for the truckers having to deal with this mess while en route
Had a couple buddies get stuck for hours and were told to come back before hitting OT. 😂 that’s ridiculous
Truckers are the ones that (usually) leave room in front of them in bad conditions. And people still cut them off.
@@DurkMcGerkI can prove from my dashcam that's a lie. I'm gonna start posting all of my videos soon from my dashcam how truckers tailgate cars inches from bumper and tailgating each other. You are NPC that only looks one way when driving 😂
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 Please link your post when you get it uploaded.
@@DurkMcGerktruckers are some of the worse when it comes to tailgating and driving too fast, especially in bad weather.
Totally embarrassing. I was taught 1 car length of space for every 10MPH. 6 car lengths at 60 MPH etc. Is that what you see driving around? People need to keep distance and not drive adjacent to other vehicles. Especially in inclement weather. God forbid the left lane is used as a passing lane and the right lane is for slower vehicles around here. That's too much to ask for in WA but space is for safety not for dive-bombing for a "better"position in traffic.
1 car length per 10 mph is pretty stupid.
When you drive in an overly defensive manner like that, you create more problems than you avoid.
Seriously...think about it.
Perhaps just stay off your phone and be alert while you drive.
No one maintains proper following distance anymore. It's crazy.
As a professional driver. The bare minimum is 3 car lengths on the freeway at freeway speeds. In ideal conditions. What is stupid is a 45 car pile up. Maintaining a safe distance is just good driving. It takes at least 160-180 feet for the average car to stop from 60mph, under ideal conditions. For those of you bad at math, that's more than 6 car lengths.
@danros6530
@@danros6530 I don't know the math but just leave enough space to stop without hitting anyone, it's not that hard. I've been doing it for 40 years.
In Texas you get a ticket for going slow in the passing lane. 😂
I am sick of the way people drive in Washington!! Will they ever learn?!?!?! It’s not the weather! People are in patient, they leave no room between them and the cars around them, then definitely don’t pay attention, texting, talking on their phone, checking social media! When does all this stop! They are accountable, hold them to it!
Try driving in San Diego - even in the slow lane going 10 over people tailgate 😅 Lots of young people and Mexicans who don’t know how to drive at all
And all of our car insurance policies keep going up and up
@@Jleed989 yes we pay for other people and their BS!
What's Washington got to do with it? I have seen maroons driving from coast to coast.
It's 'impatient' not 'in patient'.
Car crashes, road rage, entitled drivers who ignore traffic laws and safety. How long are we going to keep pretending like cars and traffic aren't a major problem?
Like repealing the 2nd amendment,the 💰💰 lobbies that depend on cars would revolt,80 yrs old big 💰💰interests won't even talk about motorized vehicles " issues"
If 40k+ Americans died from air or rail travel annually, we'd lose our collective shit, but with cars, it's just an annual cost we've collectively agreed is acceptable? Wild shit.
@@lablaine1981 Yeah, I'm an idealist, but for a lot of people cars are like boats, they're just a big hole that you throw your money into.
No one is pretending it's not a problem. What you gonna do about it. I gotta go to work.
@@lablaine1981Seems that each of the items you referred to all have one common thread, humans. Maybe, just maybe, human actions are the problem.
Safety starts with drivers, and that's all that needs to be said.
A preventable disaster. Unbelievable.
😮😮
Western Washington has the worst drivers in the entire country .
UH. I'd have to give that award to Oregon
No, that's California. We're close though.
@@leifgiering and oregon and washington are close behind because of all the california transplants that moved there. how much more evidence does anyone need that these drivers aren't from the PNW?
You need to check out Atlanta
@@leifgieringCalifornia? At least they don't have accidents every fucking day on the same stretch of freeway and when they do, it gets cleared out way faster. Typical WA resident entitlement 🤡😂
No sympathy for any of them. Having followed the speed limit doing 60 mi an hour on I-5 in that area people have passed me doing well over 80. Now they can all explained it to their insurance companies.
@@oceanicusstorm That's usually the case, they fear they may fall off the face of the earth if they use the right lane.
Not all of them were speeding, there was oil on the road.
@oceanicusstorm Yeah people in the US don't know how to get out of the passing lane when they are not passing people. This wasn't just speed, some people just cannot drive. If it's not really hard to see I do 80 in medium traffic but that's because my car has racing all season tires that work decent in the rain along with great brakes that stop me from 60 in the wet in 4 seconds. I also don't get close to peoples bumper ethier even if they are going slow, most people drive way to close to the bumper of another car while going fast and also most of them are distracted and have bad tires since most people never do maintenance on their cars.
U look like you're lonely. Conditions or not, there's oil on the ground. Sit at home while u wither away.
Yikes, sir. Did you not see the person who said, "I didn't hit anyone and no one hit me," clearly not everyone was driving recklessly. This could happen to you.
Entitled drivers on their phones, speeding, cutting people off. See it in town all the time with speeders.
Try L.A.
Exactly. Same. 🫤
What state do are their license plates from and why is it always California?
Welcome to the war on cars!
Nah, I blame it on the people at the front. Why are you stopping on the highway? A bunch of slow people scared to drive.
You would think people in that area would be accustomed to driving in rain, but here we are
too many transplants who don't know how to drive in the rain.
As a species, we aren't that bright.
Too many new residents from drier climates.
People drive way too fast also.
Nothing new
@@lah67 There are plenty of locals around here that don't drive any better.
I think 80% of this state is originally from California and elsewhere
Everyone drives too close to each other. Everyone.
I wish there was as much police focus on tailgating as there is on speeding.
@@SemiSweetest I agree. I think people need to have four years of driving classes in school in order to get their license. You need to take classes to fly a plane, and driving is just as dangerous, if not as complicated.
I was on i5 last night, tires are pretty new and the car still hydroplane. I immediately got off the freeway and took the back roads home.
Then you were provided a real world lesson in physics which stated, "Drive Slower!"
You were too fast then.
Yeah, thanks for stating the obvious. 3 crashes in federalway and the constant fight of going straight at 50 mph. Exiting was the smarter move then driving in the freeway with speeding cars.
You can hydroplane at even 30mph. It happened to me a couple years ago because my tire got stuck in a puddle
Did you buy cheap tires
Put down the phone, slow down, stop tailgating and maybe you'll get where you're going in one piece.
If you are lucky
Well ya, no one gives proper stopping distance these days! It’s ridiculous how many tailgaters I see EVERY day
To ,many people coming from California they can't drive in the rain
Out of 45 drivers how many got busted for no license or insurance, what a nightmare.
Thank God no one was hurt seriously 🙏🏼
Some of the worst drivers in Washington. The law is keep right to pass. The left lane isnt a "fast lane" its a passing lane in order to pass slower moving vehicles. If your a semi or towing you should be in the right 2 lanes. Simple laws and rules people here cant seem to follow.
Two things: speed limit and keeping a safe distance. Drivers are so aggressive here, basically glued to my rear bumper. I've had it, I just now got a rear facing dash cam too.
Keep right EXCEPT to pass is what you meant to say..
If you're a slower car, don't hog the left lane because people can't pass.
@@ffjsb Respect the speed limit and keep a safe distance. That trumps anything else. Anyone going the legal maximum speed limit on ANY lane is not the problem -- given that nobody can pass that driver on any lane without breaking the speed limit.
@@LaoSoftware If you can't pass without breaking the speed limit, don't pass. It's THAT easy.
I will never miss the 2 years I lived in Seattle !
This isn’t Seattle specific. Also, after 2 years, you don’t have a say in anything about Seattle. You have not lived in Seattle long enough to know anything about it. PS this isn’t Seattle 🤡
This is Kent, genius 😂🤡
@@LB-ie7rb LOL you're mad huh? 2 years is long enough btw.
Good comment, you got 2 libs salty.
What does Seattle have to do with a car crash in Kent?
I bet they were all going 70+ in the rain.
I can confirm these idiots on I-5 go 80+ in heavy rain.
Except for the one person in front doing 50.
This area is notorious and is under construction. Speed limit is like 50MPH and no one actually does 50MPH. I also know the area when raining can be very sight distance shortened as tires kick up the rain.
Don't tailgate! Don't speed!
I agree, but “don’t speed” should be swapped for “go with the flow of traffic”.
Driving significantly slower than all other vehicles on the road is just as dangerous and entitled as speeding is.
What? You mean there was a massive pileup on the Autobahn between downtown Seattle and Kent? The average speed there is around 75 with some speeding into the upper 80s/low 90s.
I do 100+ when I'm pretty sure there's no troopers hiding
That’s probably what happened. Some selfish/unaware driver was not going with the flow of traffic. (Could have been speeding OR GOING SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER)
Driving involves a math concept that few seem to understand. Space between cars ahead doesn't mean they're going slower.
Poor driving !
I’m a native Californian, still live here and been driving for darn near 60 years. I visit the Seattle area often and in my opinion Washington state has the worse traffic, worse freeways, and worse drivers. I’ve never been involved in an an accident. My secret isn’t really a secret. Pace yourself slightly slower than the flow of traffic, drive in the right hand lane, and leave yourself plenty of distance between you and the guy in front of you. That way, if he has to jam on his brakes you can apply yours in a moderate manner giving the fellow behind you plenty of time to react to your brake lights.
Like lemmings following each other over a cliff.
Yup. Weather almost never causes accidents; rather people driving too fast or unaware for the weather conditions cause accidents.
That's 1 innocent driver and 44 idiots.
I lived up there for 25 years and never hit anyone, nor was I ever hit. I tried to drive as prudently as possible. Now I live North of San Diego. Doctor George Whitehead
Americans: raining, snowing, slick roads, low visibility, still driving 75 mph.
American NPC follow speed limit you are aggressive
Americans seeing a sign Keep Right Except To Pass, I do not follow that rule of a road
Americans seeing zipper merging sign the lane becoming one they blocking the lane, I do not follow zipper merging signs 😂
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 Yeah well people are driving thinking about a million different things in their heads so its mostly a lack of attention, also I find older people have a hard time switching back to the right, I am not sure why but seems to be an issue with age. I see many old guys hogging the left most lane but I don't think its on purpose but rather a mental issue. Don't take the road personally and let emotions win, see it for what it is, I treat others with respect, I keep up with traffic at any speed, and keep good distances. I have seen deer and coyote cross I5 I have seen old cars come to a immediate stop, maybe a blown transmission? I just flow with hoard, keep distance and keep ego out of it. And have respect for others even if they are doing stupid things.
People drive too f'ing close.
That and in such rainy conditions don't go faster than 80 km/h (maybe 50 miles/h ?). That's when aquaplaning starts to become seriously relevant.
Meanwhile the cars behind the reporter are speeding by following waty too close!
I'm a truck driver and I see a lot of people on their phones texting and driving more recently now these days I don't understand why there's so many people out in the roads now these days everybody's saying that they're not surviving but why is there so many cars out on the road
The Book of Daniel says , " Many shall run to and fro , and knowledge shall increase " . Fast cars , fast drivers , high technology . No common sense .
The people are going to and from work. That's why.
i'm driving now on i-5 and responding to your comment. its because i can
@@Chris-fq4xz At 10:00 AM ? Guess again .
@@Chris-fq4xz At 10:00 AM ? Guess again .
Too fast and people following too close
Thank you and the police for not making it ‘the weather’s’ fault!!!!
WSP is AWOL when it comes to speeders. WSP has enabled drivers to believe they will never be ticketed for speeding. And WSP never pulls them over. Pure negligence on the part of WSP. WSP doesnt care at all about safety on I-5.
They ignore I-90 as well.
So maybe "defunding the police" was a bad idea? The people in this state are voting for this chaos
I believe WA has fewer State Patrol officers per capita than any other state. If true we need to change that with more hires.
Maybe you should vote for different politicians in your state? Law enforcement is no longer allowed to follow vehicles that refuse to stop. So…drivers have not been stopping because they are aware of this…therefore WSP doesn’t bother. Why would they? You all caused this
@@MrEvtmazdaThere’s been no “de-funding the police”, Trumpscab. The cops everywhere are just butthurt and boo-boo lipped about being held to account after the George Floyd murder. Which, as we know, along with the Rittenhouse killings, Trumpscab Nation was all in favor of.
That is absolutely ridiculous!!
Seattleites are supposed to know how to drive in the rain. Must be a lot of newbues up there now.
I bet mostly immigrants.
Less than 30% of people in Seattle are from WA. That's why the city has gone down the tubes.
illegals. Look at all the expired tags.
@@CatWhiskering LOL many immigrants come from countries with worse driving situations than Seattle. If anything, they'd be the ones who KNOW how to drive in all kinds of situations. Nice try.
Are you kidding.. they can't drive when it's 85 degrees outside!
The big problem is the reckless drivers and trust thats normal from southern California as far as Washington state...guys if it rains 🌧 for the firts time you guys best believe it will be slippery stop been ignorant and reckless
I think some people miss driving in California ... bumper to bumper, way too fast and one guy taps his brakes and the fun begins.
I moved out of the Seattle area in 1990. Don't miss it. I-5 is often a parking lot. I now live in Eastern Washington State.... In the country. So nice. You can't experience the good if you haven't experienced bad (Seattle).
I always try to keep a minimum 2 car distance during rainy weather, there's always some idiots cutting in front of me and going super fast next to me for no reason.
Yes. It’s almost impossible to drive safely when so many aren’t.
Damn you are the most clueless person on the planet 😂
@@Kyle-ut4jg ndmmqsl
Beeee sure to wear a mask to protect yourself
Lol!!!!!! Masks my gosh 😢seriously
FOLLOWING DISTANCE REMINDER
This is exactly the reason why you must maintain at least a 100 foot following distance in wet conditions (80ft otherwise) at freeway speeds. There is no excuse for being 10-50 ft behind someone at freeway speed.
Damn you are the most clueless person on the planet 😂
@@Kyle-ut4jg Thank you for your comment.
There are far too many people like you with a modern vehicle and a prehistoric brain out there driving like there are no repercussions or rules.
NEWSFLASH bucko, this shit is real.
Are you aware we have 20,000 excess road deaths per year in the USA, out of 40,000 total yearly? Something tells me you didn't know that.
You want to be one of those numbers? Keep driving selfishly and without thought.
@palbi how about you use your tiny brain and learn what the actual minimum safe following distance is before you crash into a innocent child.
Action is faster than reaction. Reaction time when driving is really important especially going over 40 mph. But 100 feet is excessive imo.
@barbeshoes3715
And I bet you would have been involved in that wreck if you were on that road.
I-5 up in Washington State needs to lower the speed limit to 45 mph especially around Tacoma to Seattle and back around. This stretch has been a hazard since 1985. When are they DOT in Washington State will ever learn. Don’t blame the rain this time. ☝️☝️☝️
Not a terrible idea.
Curious, how insurance companies sort out this kind of mess. I feel like it would be hard to prove who is at fault
there are cameras recording all the time.
This has happened to me before with like 20+ cars. I just claimed my own insurance. Let them sort it out themself since I have the police report.
The vehicle dash cams will sort it out along with archived video from WSDOT freeway cams.
usually the ones who hit the rear of a vehicle are at fault because they fail to maintain their distance/speed.
All of them are at fault, had they been at a safe follow distance they'd been able to stop in time. But this is not to be expected by most drivers these days even in the best of conditions.
I came for the news, but stayed for Lauren. ❤
Weather is never the cause of accidents.
It never ceases to amaze me how people will not allow for weather conditions. They'll drive just as fast and just as aggressively on a slick fast road is on a dry road.
Tow company hits a jackpot today, meanwhile, insurance employees are going to have a lot of paperwork and calls to make
seriously, running a towing or glass repair business, must be so profitable in WA lol.
And our rates all go up
It always amazes me. You live in the Seattle area, driving in the rain should be part of your toolkit by default.
THEY ARE NOT FROM SEATTLE, THEY ALL DESTROYED CALIFORNIA ALONG WITH OTHER SOUTHERN STATES AND BROUGHT THEIR GARBAGE WITH THEM, INCLUDING THEIR ENTITLEMENT THEY ARE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS! GO BACK!!!!
I bet every one of them were texting and driving 😂
I bet everyone of them were less than 1 second apart from each other. Simply not enough distance to react. They hit the 'send button' before the brakes.
This is tradition here. No one can drive anymore.
Meanwhile...all insurance companies have left the area
I drove through there about an hour earlier and the roads were wet and slick but the sun was shining through the clouds. It was shining on the pavement and reflecting in the eyes so it was hard to see other people around you. I got off ASAP and drove to my parent’s house to watch the game with my Mom. I hope everyone will be alright.
All the best too everyone involved in the accident ✝️ God bless you all in your recovery ✝️🕊️🇺🇸
Idiots!!!
It might not have been raining at the time. But that damn road spray blinds you.
"It wasn't the wet weather... it was the driver's going way too fast for conditions"? Huh? Hint: The 'wet weather' WAS the conditions.
There are too many idiots like this!
This is why I Always drive In the outside lane I dont want to be stuck in the middle! After I saw the semis smashing the smaller cars in front of them during a snow storm I prefer to be able to have the grass to head towards not getting hemmed in
Everyone was on their phone checking facebook, tik tok, twitter and instagram.
While following too closely
I saw a car today in a lane where we were all moving maybe 10 mi per hour with the light, the car had four people in it, and the windshield was already cracked. A young woman who was driving was looking down at her cell phone, I’m thinking, couldn’t one of your passengers do that for you?
The hive is getting dumber
How many Tesla?
Tesla drivers are the old Prius drivers. No one wants to be behind them
And Subarus.......
I drove to the area almost every week for years. I'm retired now and am so glad I'm done with that miserable area..
Someone post some dash cam videos!
Following too close as usual
They drive as well as they vote.
You can't blame everyone though; like the guy who got hit in the back and that pushed him to collide with the car in front. Getting hit at high speed, that can propell your vehicle and the insurance company takes that into consideration.
Being the Seattle area, several drivers with TDS had a rare MAGA hat sighting and freeked out, and the rest is history
@@Alvan81 They are a cute gay couple.
Why is it that cops always blame wrecks on 'going too fast' when it's really caused by stupidity.
honestly going too fast falls under 'stupidity'
And I imagine sitting in a median looking for a speeder is much easier than pulling over those without lights on or other similar offenses.
@@americanbeauty4015 if by “too fast” you are referring to the design speed of the roadway, I agree. If you are referring to the speed limit, which in the USA is frequently much lower than the roads original design speed, I disagree.
Morale of the story...don't tailgate.
A bunch of teslas going to scrapyard yet again😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
Amazed and grateful no one was hurt. This isn't California, people! Slow down in bad weather.
What happens when most in Seattle aren't even from WA. Can't drive in the rain, let alone snow. Johnny come lately's, the lot.
Not always the case. A lot of natives that have grown complacent
It's crazy that people in Washington dont know how to drive in the rain.
Too many just moved here.
Man. Washington really does have npcs.
Drivers today seem to drive incredibly fast, ignoring weather conditions and following other cars too closely. I now feel scared to drive in the far-left lane because there’s always someone tailgating me, flashing their lights, and honking at me from behind. Even with a 60 mph speed limit, I’m already driving between 65-70 mph, following the flow of traffic with about ten cars ahead of me. I really don’t understand what the driver behind me wants. Flashing lights and honking are such rude behaviors.
With all due respect I feel sorry for everyone involved but wtf is that thing at 2:13?
Same thing I thought, probably a man in drag.
It’s a female, I think.
It's a he - she .
@@mattdelany6799 With that baritone voice?
Transplants (mostly from California)….I’ll bet you anything.
Most common accident: rear end. Cause: tailgating...
I remember my dad told i ,my brother when driving in winter season always keep gas full , keep both hands , eyes on road , leave radio off , slow down , even when its very icy road its very scary , take your time get to your where you going , specially driving at nite time no fun driving in winter time ,its very serious thing , i had accident long time ago in icy road , im glad i was still alive be safe out there
finally... recognizing that drivers going too fast for conditions was the real problem.
From the other side of the state. I haven't been over to Seatown in over ten years. I can only imagine the traffic situation has gotten worse.
Im not surprised. Native resident of the area and that stretch of I-5 has very poor traction, even when its dry. Has vertically grooved concrete versus pavement and my tires fight me a lot more driving that section over other roads
Don't blame the drivers , instead blame the truck that spilled the oil . Make sense ?
Im going with road mist from car tires. I drive this area and it is an issue I see plenty when or after it rains. however people still drive like its a dry sunny day.
In that area they drive fast and close. This is the inevitable outcome...
If the roads are unfamiliar or very winding, drive 5mph slower. If the roads are wet or slippery (rain, ice, snow, etc), drive 5mph slower. If the visibility is low (night, fog, rain spray, snow), drive 5mph slower.
*THESE ARE ACCUMULATIVE.* If it's nighttime, raining, and you aren't familiar with the road, *yes* you may *actually need* to drive up to 15mph slower than the posted speed limit, folks!
was in one of those once and I remember it was lightly raining, the road was slick then the sun came out and it was blinding. I felt blessed that day for not being impacted even as a semi was swerving into my lane. PNW weather is for real imo.
Too fast. Too close