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I'm on vacation in Colorado right now, and you can point out the stoned drivers. They tend to drive slow and passive, they fear the merge, and spend lots of time stopped at stop signs making sure they really are stopped and not going to crash. The impression I have is that their judgement and reactions are definitely impaired, but in a stark contrast to the invincibility and carelessness of alcohol induced drivers.

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As someone who lives in Colorado, you'd be surprised how many of those people are just "Colorado drivers". I keep asking my mother in law "why are you doing 15 under; you're not even high?" "Oh, it's just so pretty, I wouldn't want to pass everything so quickly". >_<

We also call this "meditating while driving" and "'This isn't my bike!? How do I drive something with 4 wheels?'"

The old joke back in high school: Drunk drivers ignore red lights, stoned drivers wait for the stop sign to turn green.

You noticed this just on vacation eh?

As a CO resident, maybe you just haven't noticed how shitty our drivers are ;)

It's purely anecdotal, but I point them out to my sister who has lived here for several years, and she confirms "Yes - definitely stoned."

> As a CO resident, maybe you just haven't noticed how shitty our drivers are ;)

I've lived in many places, including Colorado, and let me tell you – drivers are shitty everywhere :)

The drivers stopped at the stop sign for significant periods of time are actually waiting for the stop sign to turn green.

How do you verify your assumptions?

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