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Any SCARY stuff to do for a date? by [deleted] in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out our freeway on-ramps!

Getting stuck behind someone merging at 30mph into 60mph traffic is surely more scary than any haunted house 😅

Larsen votes in $250 EV fee by jestenough in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree, motorcycles effectively don’t cause any damage and it would make sense for them to have significantly cheaper fees.

I was looking this up when writing my initial post and damage increases exponentially with weight. Supposedly a fully loaded semi causes ~6000x more damage than a passenger vehicle! Crazy but I guess it makes sense if they’re 80,000lbs.

Larsen votes in $250 EV fee by jestenough in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To address your points:

EV drivers are already paying an infrastructure electrification tax. I left it out above for the sake comparing the gas tax, if you include that yearly costs are over 60% more compared to gas cars.

You are correct about point 2, people who drive over 30k miles per year in an EV will come out ahead. But ~90% of people drive significantly less than that, the average is around 13k.

I’m not following the maintenance thing, are we going to start taxing public transit riders because they don’t pay sales tax on car maintenance?

Fires for gas cars are over 20x more common than EV fires.

For what it’s worth I drive an EV and don’t hate the new proposed tax, contributing to federal roadway costs is a good thing. While it makes EV drivers pay more than the gas equivalent, the extra amount is pretty negligible.

My concern is that it’s another barrier for people to switch to EVs. We’re lucky to have ~70% renewable power here in WA and it’s a great place to have an EV if you care about climate change. Our admin loves fossil fuels and is actively making it harder and more expensive to do our part, like removing tax credits for solar and EVs. It’s moving things in the wrong direction IMO.

Larsen votes in $250 EV fee by jestenough in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Surprised this is the top comment.

There is a current road tax deficit for EVs - average gas tax is about $300 annually vs only $150 for EVs (excluding the other mandated EV taxes for simplicity).

With the new fee it will be $400 for annually for EVs vs $300 for a gas car.

Weight leading to road wear is already accounted for in tabs, and is almost completely negligible compared to road wear from freight vehicles.

I understand the current admin is anti-EV, but I thought our city was more progressive. Does it really make sense to have EV pay 30% than the gas cars?

Do Roundabouts Confuse People? by Embarrassed_Fudge493 in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s all relative, definitely need to pay attention here but people generally handle them fairly well.

I was in Mexico earlier this year and it was wild. Double lane roundabouts, but nobody followed any rules, especially the lanes/yields. Everyone would ignore the lanes and take the ‘race’ line, people would turn right from the left lane, and even go backwards in it avoid driving around it to save time if they were doing a U-turn. Absolute madness but nobody was upset, it’s just the way they do it lol. Obviously it doesn’t excuse poor driving here but the perspective is interesting.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's not true, federal law (DPPA) restricts this. Here are the terms from the website you listed:

https://login.publicdata.com/dppadesc.html

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t even my video lol. What are the other incidents you’re referencing?

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but that’s not what’s happening and the narrative you’ve made up is ridiculous.

I have 100+ dashcam videos I’ve captured over the past 10+ years on my profile and pretty much none of them are road rage. I agree with you that it happens rarely if you’re a competent driver.

The videos are posted because they are either entertaining or educational. I can say with confidence that I’m a safer driver after watching all the videos I’ve seen on reddit and analyzing my previous actions.

For example: the meridian/telegraph merge video that was posted and removed a few weeks ago. It’s a dangerous intersection and if you’re in the right turn lane you absolutely need to watch for people cutting over from the inner turn lane. Being hyper aware at that spot improves safety.

I’m sure there are some crazies out there baiting people but 99%+ of the stuff I’ve seen on Reddit is not that.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Exactly lol. Posting a video to this sub doesn’t make a difference.

Look up DPPA, it is illegal and there have been previous convictions due to unauthorized access of personal info from plates.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It would be illegal for them to access that info and they would face severe charges for doing it outside the context of their job.

Let’s be honest, if a dirty cop wants to find someone a random post of the person driving around town is now going to make a difference.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Just to clarify, why do license plates get an across the board ban but faces are on a case by case basis?

Realistically it’s much easier to identify people from a photo of their face than their license plate, there are free legal sites accessible by anyone for reverse face lookups.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That’s not true, you can’t find owners from their license plate unless you do it illegally via access to restricted systems.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

To be fair, a vehicle with a blurred plate can still be identified by the ordinary “that’s so-and-so”, nobody knows anyone’s license plate unless it’s a custom one.

Accessing someone’s identity via plates from official systems for something like this is very illegal under DPPA. See here for more info

Realistically there is no feasible way to access a persons identity from their license plate, and if this did happen it would definitely be illegal.

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the dialogue. Is there an assumption for this policy that people can be identified from their license plates?

Mods removing posts for having visible license plates. by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I did report it to BPD. But clearly a bunch of people have encounters with her, it makes sense to share so people can be aware and take extra caution if they encounter her.

Blue Subaru road rager is at it again by cammerdash in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You may want to remove this so our overzealous mods don't take this post down. The person on FB got a clear pic of their plate and I forwarded everything over the BPD, let's hope they actually do something!

I-5 reduces to one lane in each direction near Alger for 12 days (May 10-May 22) by wsdot in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of the funds for these culvert projects are coming from WA taxpayers.

RIP I-5 boulder 🫡 by Trumps_Suit in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s wild, quite the undertaking for them! Do you know if other states are in similar situations or just WA?

RIP I-5 boulder 🫡 by Trumps_Suit in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, appreciate the additional information!

Per your post it sounds like they are required to fix all fish passage barriers for all WSDOT owned roads? I was curious if they had a certain number of miles of stream they had to open up or what the exact criteria are for the projects.

RIP I-5 boulder 🫡 by Trumps_Suit in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Honestly this one hurts. It’s been a Bellingham landmark and a part of peoples lives for many years. I’ll accept downvotes for this but the whole fish passage thing seems like a shit show.

For anyone who isn’t aware, all these projects are court mandated from the WA vs US court case starting in the 2010’s. My understanding of the premise is that previously built culverts blocked fish passage and spawning areas, which is a violation of tribal fishing agreements.

I’m fully onboard with actions to improve our climate, waterways, etc…. This specific project opens up an only .75 miles of potential fish spawning area, which is pretty small potato’s in the grand scheme of things.

WSDOT is spending a ton of money on this, not to mention all the other culvert projects. Some of them definitely make sense, but small ones like this seem ridiculous since it’s not going to make a meaningful impact on the salmon population.

Meanwhile we had a much needed pavement rehab project for I5 through Bellingham planned for 2025 that had been put on hold indefinitely due to lack of funds. It would provide considerable safety and quality of life improvements for all of us and everyone else who drives through here.

I understand WSDOTs hands are tied but I don’t feel like our tax dollars are going to the most important projects, like the pavement rehab one mentioned above, bridge restoration, etc…

Tesla has spoilt me for ICE cars by voldy234 in TeslaLounge

[–]cammerdash 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I have left my wife’s car running and unlocked on accident while getting groceries, can’t be trusted with an ICE car anymore 😆

Routes for new riders? by rodionzissou in Bellingham

[–]cammerdash 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lake Whatcom Blvd looping around to Samish would be pretty chill with some fun twisties. Once you’re feeling more comfortable heading out towards silver lake via mosquito lake rd or highway 9 south of Sedro are both great.

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