Maryland morons driving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:statistics show that VA drivers are actually the worse.

I find MD drivers are way too cautious.

VA drivers are way too aggressive and discourteous.

Only someone from MD would write this. MD drivers are by far the worst. VA drivers are the ones doing 55 in the left lane of the highway.

shrug... statistics back me up. Your backup is just anecdotes. But yes, MD does also have bad drivers. I'm originally from out west

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-drivers-among-worst-in-the-country-survey-says/65-6ed48360-aef9-4ec0-981a-ede9c85872d0

Virginia drivers are the second-worst drivers in the nation, according to a ranking by insurance company QuoteWizard. The No. 1 spot belongs to a state you may not expect: Wyoming.

Maryland broke the top 10 for overall worst drivers, coming in at No. 7, while the state's drivers came in second in the survey's list of most accident-prone states.

I find MD drivers super slow, and VA drivers to be inconsiderate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I learned to drive in MD, and lived/drove in VA for 20+ years. Lived in the beltway area my entire life, so I feel like I can offer an objective opinion.

There are good drivers and there are bad drivers, regardless of what your plate says. If someone is unfamiliar with a road or traffic pattern, they will probably make mistakes. Give a little grace.

Also, blanket generalizations are not constructive and to some degree harmful.

+1 I live in MD, and the VA drivers (tags say VA) are terrible. I always assume they don't know where they are going so I do give them some leeway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I learned to drive in MD, and lived/drove in VA for 20+ years. Lived in the beltway area my entire life, so I feel like I can offer an objective opinion.

There are good drivers and there are bad drivers, regardless of what your plate says. If someone is unfamiliar with a road or traffic pattern, they will probably make mistakes. Give a little grace.

Also, blanket generalizations are not constructive and to some degree harmful.

If you need to get acclimated to the road then pull over to get your bearings. Don't speed through DC neighborhoods, fail to stop BEHIND THE LINE at stop signs, ignore no turn on red etc. When MD drivers stop speeding through my neighborhood (FYI the speed limit is 20 mph on any road in DC unless otherwise posted), start stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks, and stop putting my kids at risk then maybe I will give them some grace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look Marylanders, if there are dual turning left lanes onto a 3 lane road, the inside left turning lane must turn into the furthest left lane on the 3 lane road unless dotted lines indicate otherwise. The outside turning lane is allowed to turn into the middle or outside lanes on the 3 lane road. I can't tell you the number of times I've nearly gotten into accidents or been run off the road by moronic Marylanders who are in the inside turning lanes of a dual left turning lane who decide to turn into the middle and even into the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Learn how to drive you MD clowns.

I'm not sure this statement is correct. At the very least, it seems ill advised to change lanes during the turn as there could be a car that turns right onto the same road on red without stopping which most people seem to do.

Yup, clearly a MD driver who doesn't know how to drive.

The rule of thumb when making a left turn is to turn into to the lane closest to you. If there are 2 left turning lanes onto a 3 lane road, clearly the inside left turning lane's closest lane is the left most lane on the 3 lane road. The outside left turning lane can turn into the middle lane or the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Even when there are dotted lines on the road literally showing you how to do these turns, I almost get into accident with moronic MD drivers, because the inside turning lane doesn't want to wait in the line of cars in the left most lane on the 3 lane road, therefore they try to invade the middle lane and drive right over the dotted lines for lane turning. MD drivers are the worst.

Not hard. Turn into the lane closest to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how and why MDers got the rap for being bad drivers.

Because their driver's license test is basically one question, and it is this:

"Circle the item that most closely resembles a road.
Option 1: a picture of a gravel path
Option 2: a picture of a potato"

Circle the correction option, and you are granted a Maryland driver's license.

[Anonymous]

I drive around 270 and 66 in the DC area. I find the VA-licensed drivers on 66 swerve more dangerously than the MD-licensed drivers on 270.

I cannot comment on any other region.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look Marylanders, if there are dual turning left lanes onto a 3 lane road, the inside left turning lane must turn into the furthest left lane on the 3 lane road unless dotted lines indicate otherwise. The outside turning lane is allowed to turn into the middle or outside lanes on the 3 lane road. I can't tell you the number of times I've nearly gotten into accidents or been run off the road by moronic Marylanders who are in the inside turning lanes of a dual left turning lane who decide to turn into the middle and even into the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Learn how to drive you MD clowns.

I'm not sure this statement is correct. At the very least, it seems ill advised to change lanes during the turn as there could be a car that turns right onto the same road on red without stopping which most people seem to do.

She is wrong. You can’t take “either” lane.

If somebody is turning right into what she calls the outside lane, she will be cutting that car off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look Marylanders, if there are dual turning left lanes onto a 3 lane road, the inside left turning lane must turn into the furthest left lane on the 3 lane road unless dotted lines indicate otherwise. The outside turning lane is allowed to turn into the middle or outside lanes on the 3 lane road. I can't tell you the number of times I've nearly gotten into accidents or been run off the road by moronic Marylanders who are in the inside turning lanes of a dual left turning lane who decide to turn into the middle and even into the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Learn how to drive you MD clowns.

I'm not sure this statement is correct. At the very least, it seems ill advised to change lanes during the turn as there could be a car that turns right onto the same road on red without stopping which most people seem to do.

Yup, clearly a MD driver who doesn't know how to drive.

The rule of thumb when making a left turn is to turn into to the lane closest to you. If there are 2 left turning lanes onto a 3 lane road, clearly the inside left turning lane's closest lane is the left most lane on the 3 lane road. The outside left turning lane can turn into the middle lane or the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Even when there are dotted lines on the road literally showing you how to do these turns, I almost get into accident with moronic MD drivers, because the inside turning lane doesn't want to wait in the line of cars in the left most lane on the 3 lane road, therefore they try to invade the middle lane and drive right over the dotted lines for lane turning. MD drivers are the worst.

Not hard. Turn into the lane closest to you.

You are wrong you can’t take the outside lane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL, my little kids always say "Maryland driver" any time someone cuts us off, busts down the breakdown lane, or, this is a new one, drives down the oncoming lane until they can make a left hand turn.

LOL Aw, sound like little a**holes like mommy and daddy. So sweet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I learned to drive in MD, and lived/drove in VA for 20+ years. Lived in the beltway area my entire life, so I feel like I can offer an objective opinion.

There are good drivers and there are bad drivers, regardless of what your plate says. If someone is unfamiliar with a road or traffic pattern, they will probably make mistakes. Give a little grace.

Also, blanket generalizations are not constructive and to some degree harmful.

If you need to get acclimated to the road then pull over to get your bearings. Don't speed through DC neighborhoods, fail to stop BEHIND THE LINE at stop signs, ignore no turn on red etc. When MD drivers stop speeding through my neighborhood (FYI the speed limit is 20 mph on any road in DC unless otherwise posted), start stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks, and stop putting my kids at risk then maybe I will give them some grace.

PP here, I wholeheartedly agree - I have very little patience for unsafe actions by bad drivers, especially when pedestrians and cyclists who stand very little chance of surviving being hit by a car are involved. I'm willing to bet that there are unsafe DC drivers speeding through your neighborhood as well as MD drivers. I'm also willing to bet the MD residents will complain about DC drivers speeding through their neighborhoods. My point is bad drivers are bad drivers, and it doesn't really help to generalize that all X are Y. Unfortunately we are fighting human nature and the divisive politics in our region are a prime example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL, my little kids always say "Maryland driver" any time someone cuts us off, busts down the breakdown lane, or, this is a new one, drives down the oncoming lane until they can make a left hand turn.

LOL Aw, sound like little a**holes like mommy and daddy. So sweet!

Uh oh sounds like you’re a triggered dumba$$ from Maryland who can’t drive! I say this as a MD resident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look Marylanders, if there are dual turning left lanes onto a 3 lane road, the inside left turning lane must turn into the furthest left lane on the 3 lane road unless dotted lines indicate otherwise. The outside turning lane is allowed to turn into the middle or outside lanes on the 3 lane road. I can't tell you the number of times I've nearly gotten into accidents or been run off the road by moronic Marylanders who are in the inside turning lanes of a dual left turning lane who decide to turn into the middle and even into the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Learn how to drive you MD clowns.

I'm not sure this statement is correct. At the very least, it seems ill advised to change lanes during the turn as there could be a car that turns right onto the same road on red without stopping which most people seem to do.

She is wrong. You can’t take “either” lane.

If somebody is turning right into what she calls the outside lane, she will be cutting that car off.

Typically, if there are 2 left turn lanes at intersection, those lanes will get a dedicated left turn arrow, indicating when they have the right of way. If they have the right of way, oncoming traffic must yield to them before turning right on red.

[Anonymous]

I now live in MD, but I’m not from MD. There are plenty of terrible drivers in MD (they’re the most aggressive I’ve encountered, out of all the places I’ve lived), but they’re also predictable once you’ve been driving in MD for a bit, so it’s manageable. The funny thing is that on the rare occasions I drive in VA, there’s usually at least one car with VA plates that passes me going an insane speed (like 85+ mph). I wouldn’t say there’s as much of a difference between MD and VA drivers as people from VA like to claim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look Marylanders, if there are dual turning left lanes onto a 3 lane road, the inside left turning lane must turn into the furthest left lane on the 3 lane road unless dotted lines indicate otherwise. The outside turning lane is allowed to turn into the middle or outside lanes on the 3 lane road. I can't tell you the number of times I've nearly gotten into accidents or been run off the road by moronic Marylanders who are in the inside turning lanes of a dual left turning lane who decide to turn into the middle and even into the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Learn how to drive you MD clowns.

I'm not sure this statement is correct. At the very least, it seems ill advised to change lanes during the turn as there could be a car that turns right onto the same road on red without stopping which most people seem to do.

Yup, clearly a MD driver who doesn't know how to drive.

The rule of thumb when making a left turn is to turn into to the lane closest to you. If there are 2 left turning lanes onto a 3 lane road, clearly the inside left turning lane's closest lane is the left most lane on the 3 lane road. The outside left turning lane can turn into the middle lane or the right most lane on the 3 lane road. Even when there are dotted lines on the road literally showing you how to do these turns, I almost get into accident with moronic MD drivers, because the inside turning lane doesn't want to wait in the line of cars in the left most lane on the 3 lane road, therefore they try to invade the middle lane and drive right over the dotted lines for lane turning. MD drivers are the worst.

Not hard. Turn into the lane closest to you.

You are wrong you can’t take the outside lane.

You’re missing the larger point: people in the leftmost left turn lane may only turn into the leftmost lane. They can’t drift into the middle lane. That’s what OP is talking about. Regardless of whether vehicles in the other turn lane (the rightmost of the two left turn lanes) turn into the middle lane or rightmost lane, the vehicles in the leftmost turn lane can only turn into the leftmost lane.

[Anonymous]

I live in DC and the MD drivers are by far the worst. Running red lights and stop signs, driving wherever they want on the road without regard to lane markings, rarely use blinkers, love to tailgate. God help you if you end up in a traffic circle near one of them.

VA drivers are bad in their own way. They often don't seem to know where they're going or will drive 5 mph looking for a parking spot and when they find it, they can't parallel park.