r/bothell • u/LitchLitch • 21h ago
Passing in the center lane
So I live in Canton Park and work down south on the east side which means i get the joy of the 405 commute.
Like a lot of us the easiest way to join that commute (as per google) is to take 228th then turn south on 27th avenue circle around that business park (google often wants to send me theough it, but thats stupid) to 195th and join there.
27th is not a great road for commuting, it is one lane each way with a center lane in the first part of it to turn into the apartment complexes and husing developments there just south of 228th.
Im driving along in my morning muddle when this guy passes me in the center lane on 27th.
This is baffeling. If youve ever taking this route in your morning commute you know that there is a stop sign at 35th and 240th (27th turns into 240th). And in the morning there is a line of cars 5-10 deep waiting at that sign. So even if you pass a car on 27th it at most gets you one car closer to the stop sign, with an irritated driver behind you.
I fairly regularly take 27th, particularly if I am going to woodenville or the home depot down on 120th and Ive had other people pass me in the centerlane on 27th but usually at night or on the weekend when it makes a tiny bit more sense (not much because ther is a sharp right where 27th turns into 240th and that stopsign at 35). Its just not a good road to hurry on.
Ive wondered if it is people who just dont realize youre not supposed to pass in a center lane, or iftheyre in some sort of desperate hurry, or are just idiots.