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To get a fully accurate picture, one would have to know the average crashes for each exit. Some context this exit is for the Washington Convention Center and c
by bruceb 4y ago
To get a fully accurate picture, one would have to know the average crashes for each exit.
Some context this exit is for the Washington Convention Center and closest one to get to Pike Place Market.
The video in the story showing a first person perspective exiting is slightly misleading (not saying intentionally). To take this exit, one is traveling southbound and has to get over into the lane that is also a lane people who are coming on to the freeway are taking. This often slows one down as you have to often negotiate getting to that lane while someone in that lane is trying to get into your lane.
Most of the time one isn't going 60 and then going slightly right to get off. What is happening is some people are speeding up in the exit, not failing to decease speed.
- amscanne 4y agoThe rest of the lanes are also often moving slowly through that section just due to traffic volume. This is what happened in that video: the driver accelerated slightly and started passing cars once in the exit lane (nothing to do with negotiating with entering cars). If this theory is correct, then presumably you’d want the exit lane to be shorter. However, it did seem like many crashes were at night, which wouldn’t have this problem. Maybe there are just edge cases either way, and the near immediate stop light creates an situation that can’t be mitigated.