This is your brain on Seattle traffic
“Why are Seattle drivers the worst?”
That’s a question we get a lot from listeners.
But when cities are ranked by number of accidents, speeding tickets, or DUIs, Seattle rarely comes in first.
So why do Seattleites feel like they’re surrounded by bad drivers?
Bill Radke asked someone who wrote his dissertation on aggressive driving: Dennis Donovan, professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.
They discuss what happens to our brains while in traffic and reminisce about their first cars — Volkswagens.
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Casey Martin
Reporter
Casey Martin is a general assignment reporter who has covered everything from political protests to electric scooters. He is almost always out in the field where the news happens. Casey has reported on extremism, houselessness, politics and Seattle’s nightlife.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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