I really hate the Democratic People's Republic of Oregon, actually the whole left coast in general. Portland is the worst and is full of sodomites, tree huggers, pot smokers, hippies, and feminazis.
I got a ticket for going 75 in a 45 in the middle of nowhere. Oregon likes to randomly place a couple of orange barrels on the side of the road and call it a "construction" zone (read speed trap). The ticket was $300. In neighboring Idaho or Nevada, 75 would be completly legal.
In addition, you can't even pump your own gas! I was in Portland a few months back and I paid $2.49/gal for gas! Cost me $45 to fill up my Nissan Maxima!
Two things:
1) You don't get reckless driving here in Oregon short of going like a bad out of hell. The reason is all the speed limits are insanely low. The population and traffic just keep getting worse, so they keep passing more and more speed laws to slow us down more and more. If they posted any lower speeds than they do now people would riot.
2) You paid $2.49 a gallon because you gassed up near or inside portland. You have to be a loony duck to get anywhere near downtown. It's overcrowded, parts are quite dangerous, and it feels like entering an insane asylum every time you go there. I live less than 10 miles from downtown, and someone has to get me to bend over backwards to go there. I would turn down a good job just to avoid the core.
They really do live in the 1960's. I'll be damn! I think it's been about 20 or 30 years since I remember my folks driving up to a gas pump and being served by a gas station attendant.