Why are Virginia drivers so bad?

[Anonymous]

Ranked 3rd worst in the entire country.

Every time I drive there, I feel like I'm going to have my head blown off by an enraged redneck simply for driving the speed limit, which seems to be verboten in the state.

But do these slow drivers thoughtfully stay in the right lanes, allowing traffic to flow normally and the left lane to function as passing lane?

Hell no! And if you try to pass them, they WILL go into a state of road rage haze in which they tailgate or try to slow your progress for the next several miles.

No wonder they have such a bad ranking.

But seriously- WTF is in the water there?

[Anonymous]

link:
https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/the-best-and-worst-drivers-by-state

[Anonymous]

Apparently the driving test in VA is laughably easy. My friend said she drove out of the parking lot and back in and passed.

That could explain it.

[Anonymous]

In south, they don't use Stop signs. Watch Dukes of Hazzard

[Anonymous]

The entire American south has notoriously bad driving. I saw a map of it sometime and the entire region was lit up like a Christmas tree.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, bro. In the DMV, it is not the Virginia drivers who are bad.

[Anonymous]

A lot of Virginia is extremely rural. Thus I think they are not used to driving in places with high population density, like DC or Maryland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of Virginia is extremely rural. Thus I think they are not used to driving in places with high population density, like DC or Maryland

Uh, that doesn't make sense. Since most of the population lives in the high population density areas, most drivers are used to it.

[Anonymous]

Virginia driver:

[Anonymous]

I moved here from NY 7 years ago. The most annoying thing about the drivers here? If you are making a left hand turn, move to the left to allow people to go around you!!!

Also- use your blinkers!!!

[Anonymous]

I posted this in the other thread but it seems relevant so I'll repost here:

I have driven all over this country. And the drivers that take the cake in awfulness: Virginians. So utterly passive aggressive, slow but often will try to prevent you from passing? Just bizarre and strange behavior.

Maryland, on the other hand: the drivers are fast, but it doesn't seem to be personal. They'll cut in front of you fast and then speed away. I much prefer that to the driving in Virginia which seems to veer from deranged to purposefully obtuse. I've also seen hardly any incidences of true road rage in MD and seen countless examples in VA. I think it's because MD drivers are going too fast to care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted this in the other thread but it seems relevant so I'll repost here:

I have driven all over this country. And the drivers that take the cake in awfulness: Virginians. So utterly passive aggressive, slow but often will try to prevent you from passing? Just bizarre and strange behavior.

Maryland, on the other hand: the drivers are fast, but it doesn't seem to be personal. They'll cut in front of you fast and then speed away. I much prefer that to the driving in Virginia which seems to veer from deranged to purposefully obtuse. I've also seen hardly any incidences of true road rage in MD and seen countless examples in VA. I think it's because MD drivers are going too fast to care

My experience is pretty much the opposite. Maryland drivers are slow. They'll cut in front of you and continue to be slow. They seem to be unaware that there are other cars on the road, but since they all drive slow, it generally works out for them.

[Anonymous]

I think all drivers are bad. Eyes on the screen instead of the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I posted this in the other thread but it seems relevant so I'll repost here:

I have driven all over this country. And the drivers that take the cake in awfulness: Virginians. So utterly passive aggressive, slow but often will try to prevent you from passing? Just bizarre and strange behavior.

Maryland, on the other hand: the drivers are fast, but it doesn't seem to be personal. They'll cut in front of you fast and then speed away. I much prefer that to the driving in Virginia which seems to veer from deranged to purposefully obtuse. I've also seen hardly any incidences of true road rage in MD and seen countless examples in VA. I think it's because MD drivers are going too fast to care

My experience is pretty much the opposite. Maryland drivers are slow. They'll cut in front of you and continue to be slow. They seem to be unaware that there are other cars on the road, but since they all drive slow, it generally works out for them.

That's the first and only time I've ever heard Maryland drivers called "slow", lol.

And like I said, I've driven all over the country, for my job. So I think my awareness of state-to-state differences is fairly comprehensive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:link:
https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/the-best-and-worst-drivers-by-state

That's not a particularly accurate link. Virginia has very stiff penalties for reckless driving (usually anything >20 miles above the speed limit will get you a reckless ticket here). A better indicator is the number of fatalities related to auto accidents and DWI arrests. Compared to Maryland and DC, auto insurance in Virginia is relatively inexpensive if you don't have a terrible driving record or bad credit. I'd look at studies that use data from the NHTSA to get a good idea of which states have the really bad drivers (example: http://www.carinsurancecomparison.com/which-states-have-the-worst-drivers/).