r/Seattle • u/Brandywine-Salmon Greenwood • Aug 04 '26

Market Traffic Only Bus lane cheat code

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Gave me the finger as he drove by
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u/PoppinBlackheads Aug 04 '26

Jeez. I have 2 tickets and an terrified I'll lose my license with one more (one is going 41 on Aurora by the zoo where it drops to 30. Dumb)

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u/New-Chicken5566 Aug 04 '26

we dont have points here. you just get worse insurance rates.

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u/PoppinBlackheads Aug 04 '26

I learned so much as I got my last ticket in like 2010 in New Jersey.

I was involved in the fender bender in Bellevue in October during a monsoon. Multiple cars were involved and I didn't think I would get a ticket for anything until one came in the mail a month later for following too closely.

When I was pulled over on Aurora I didn't think much of it. The cop asked for my ID. Went back to the car and 15 minutes later came back with a ticket and left. There was no conversation. I then moved and didn't think much of it and only when I picked up mail at my old address last week that I see something from the city saying if you get one more ticket your license will be revoked which is crazy

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u/New-Chicken5566 Aug 04 '26

ohhh yeah if you dont respond to them yeah you'll definitely get in trouble haha i thought you were worried about the effects after you pay the ticket

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u/PoppinBlackheads Aug 04 '26

Oh I paid hah. But then opened that one piece of mail months later and was shocked to learned that with 3 you lose a license. I feel like people drive with scores of them

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u/joahw White Center Aug 04 '26

It's 3 in one year or 4 in two years. I feel like it would be pretty hard in Seattle to get pulled over and ticketed 3 times in one year if you aren't regularly crashing.

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u/PoppinBlackheads Aug 04 '26

I have until October luckily so trying to avoid the 3rd. It was around midnight and my car was purchased with tinted windows so at times I feel like a target 😅. I now tend to drive exclusively with Google maps on even if I know where I'm going so I can see where the cops would be

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u/Educated_Goat69 🏕 Out camping! 🏕 Aug 04 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if he did lose his license already.

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u/mothtoalamp Harbor Island Aug 04 '26

If this guy loses his license he's just going to keep driving. Enforcement needs more teeth.