Maryland drivers going 130 mph on the Beltway

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/traffic-is-down-but-100-mph-speeds-are-seen-on-beltway-police-say/2020/05/08/562f00f2-918c-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

[quoteIn a single day earlier this week, troopers from the College Park barracks cited seven drivers for speeds allegedly above 100 mph, the state police said. The citations were issued May 3 by troopers patrolling the Capital Beltway and Interstate 95.
The highest speed reported by the College Park troopers was 136 mph. Two other motorists reached 120 and 130 mph, the state police said.

I know Maryland drivers are terrible but to go 130 mph means you have no fear of death or respect for life itself. Also, what kind of cars sustain that speed?

The Autobahn is constructed and engineered a certain way to sustain high speeds. 495 is not.

[Anonymous]

It's the same kind of people who get out their motorcycles in the spring and fly like demons on the beltway. It seems one or two a month crash and die, and then things calm down again. They are just self-centered idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/traffic-is-down-but-100-mph-speeds-are-seen-on-beltway-police-say/2020/05/08/562f00f2-918c-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html

[quoteIn a single day earlier this week, troopers from the College Park barracks cited seven drivers for speeds allegedly above 100 mph, the state police said. The citations were issued May 3 by troopers patrolling the Capital Beltway and Interstate 95.
The highest speed reported by the College Park troopers was 136 mph. Two other motorists reached 120 and 130 mph, the state police said.

I know Maryland drivers are terrible but to go 130 mph means you have no fear of death or respect for life itself. Also, what kind of cars sustain that speed?

The Autobahn is constructed and engineered a certain way to sustain high speeds. 495 is not.

hey, just because we don't know how to drive doesn't mean we can't find the gas pedal.

[Anonymous]

Any modern car can drive 120 for a sustained period of time.

[Anonymous]

Look at OP trying to be the speed police from home.

Get out of the left lane, twot.

[Anonymous]

Just because it happened in Maryland doesn't mean it was a Maryland driver!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because it happened in Maryland doesn't mean it was a Maryland driver!

Just my general impression of reckless drivers from respective DMV areas (note: these are characteristics of the bad drivers, not the drivers in general):

Maryland: Fast and aggressive, especially those going up and down I-95.

Virginia: Predictably stupid aggressive behavior, you know that very impatient driver who zig zags or tailgates in (moderate to heavy) traffic on the beltway but ends up being no faster or even slower than you.

DC: don't see much of them on the beltway but generally slower (recklessly) and don't quite understand the purpose of the left lane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just because it happened in Maryland doesn't mean it was a Maryland driver!

Just my general impression of reckless drivers from respective DMV areas (note: these are characteristics of the bad drivers, not the drivers in general):

Maryland: Fast and aggressive, especially those going up and down I-95.

Virginia: Predictably stupid aggressive behavior, you know that very impatient driver who zig zags or tailgates in (moderate to heavy) traffic on the beltway but ends up being no faster or even slower than you.

DC: don't see much of them on the beltway but generally slower (recklessly) and don't quite understand the purpose of the left lane.

Absolutely nails VA drivers perfectly.

They have absolutely no idea where they’re going once they get out of McLean or north Arlington, but they need to get there as fast as they possibly can. And that requires constantly switching lanes and tailgating you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any modern car can drive 120 for a sustained period of time.

Thanks, but we’re not talking about the car we’re talking about the drivers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just because it happened in Maryland doesn't mean it was a Maryland driver!

Just my general impression of reckless drivers from respective DMV areas (note: these are characteristics of the bad drivers, not the drivers in general):

Maryland: Fast and aggressive, especially those going up and down I-95.

Virginia: Predictably stupid aggressive behavior, you know that very impatient driver who zig zags or tailgates in (moderate to heavy) traffic on the beltway but ends up being no faster or even slower than you.

DC: don't see much of them on the beltway but generally slower (recklessly) and don't quite understand the purpose of the left lane.

Absolutely nails VA drivers perfectly.

They have absolutely no idea where they’re going once they get out of McLean or north Arlington, but they need to get there as fast as they possibly can. And that requires constantly switching lanes and tailgating you. [/quote]

No, it's the Maryland drivers. Single males. Every single time and I've lived at the crux of Maryland and Va for 25 years.

[Anonymous]

OP wrote:Also, what kind of cars sustain that speed?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any modern car can drive 120 for a sustained period of time.

Thanks, but we’re not talking about the car we’re talking about the drivers.

What's that now?

[Anonymous]

Why are you all arguing stupidly?

ALL countries with stay at home orders have experienced the same issue with speeders. This is not specific to MD, or the US. It has happened in France, the UK, Spain, and I'm sure in other parts of the world too.

There will always be reckless idiots who are sorely tempted by an empty stretch of road.

Be careful out there.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like the Indy 500 I miss the traffic when I could pretend it was the ocean

[Anonymous]

I got up to 100mph on the 495 today but only for maybe half a mile. The traffic's more dense than it was 2 weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got up to 100mph on the 495 today but only for maybe half a mile. The traffic's more dense than it was 2 weeks ago.

Truth