Different States

Driving in the State of Washington is a different experience than driving in the State of California. As I explained to a colleague the other day, in Washington, you signal to change lanes and if there is another car in that lane, they will slow down enough to let you come over.

In California, if you signal to change lanes, the car in the lane next to you will speed up, blocking your ability to get over. In California, you have to act like you’re perfectly content with the lane you currently inhabit, lulling the drivers next to you into a false sense of security that their lane is safe from an intruder. Then, when they least expect it, you dive bomb over without notice. It occurred to me that the California driving culture may possibly be why we have Hollywood here; people just have more experience acting.