I can't stand people from Maryland

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[Post New]03/04/2010 20:52
Anonymous
I live in MD but don't find the bad, aggressive, asshole drivers until I enter the Bethesda/Rockville area. The worst is these little women driving sasquatch sized SUVs that are so large they can hardly see over the dashboard and they don't seem to have enough upper body strength to actually turn the massive steering wheel. Some how they seem to think they should try holding a mobile phone up to their ears while barely being able to operate the vehicle.

[Post New]03/04/2010 20:59
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:P,

How do you feel about people who live in Maryland but are not from Maryland?

- posers.



Hahaha

What if you are from NYC and move to MD?

What if you moved from another country or state because you got a job in Maryland and you don't even go into DC that often, and when you do it's by metro?

What if you moved to MD in your 30s and you don't plan on being there more than 5-10 years before going to somewhere better?


[Post New]03/04/2010 21:29
Anonymous
I am a Marylander and I admit, I am that driver you all hate.

I cut you off.

I won't let you change lanes (especially not if you use a blinker), but I will yell at you and get aggressive if you don't use a signal.

I use my horn and flash my high beams if you are driving too slow (especially on Beach Drive).

I pass on the right if you're going too slow (especially on Old Georgetown Rd and 355.

If you cut me off I will get in front of you and then slow down and box you in on 270.

I am a horrible driver, I admit it. I wasn't always like this but living in Bethesda has turned me into a monster.

Whenever I'm in VA, out in the country, I still drive like this until my passengers (not from MoCo) ask me what the hell I'm doing.

Is there some sort of driver rehab I can check myself into?

[Post New]03/04/2010 21:50
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I am a Marylander and I admit, I am that driver you all hate.

I cut you off.

I won't let you change lanes (especially not if you use a blinker), but I will yell at you and get aggressive if you don't use a signal.

I use my horn and flash my high beams if you are driving too slow (especially on Beach Drive).

I pass on the right if you're going too slow (especially on Old Georgetown Rd and 355.

If you cut me off I will get in front of you and then slow down and box you in on 270.

I am a horrible driver, I admit it. I wasn't always like this but living in Bethesda has turned me into a monster.

Whenever I'm in VA, out in the country, I still drive like this until my passengers (not from MoCo) ask me what the hell I'm doing.

Is there some sort of driver rehab I can check myself into?



You suck and you are the reason I drive a huge old SUV--people like you damn well do let me get over b/c my car sends the message that I don't give a shit about running into you.
[Post New]03/04/2010 21:59
Anonymous
You guys should visit Puerto Rico sometime. Those are some crazy fucking drivers:

What appears to be a three lane highway is actually 5 if you use your horn. The lines on the road are apparently just suggestions. Who knew?

The suggested speed limit seems to be 18 for some drivers and 50 for others.

My absolute favorite was the pick up with at least 7 giant gas tanks(not gasoline, looked like very large oxygen tanks) tied to the back. We were behind him speeding up the highway for a while. I was alarmed that the tanks were held in place by bungees, fraying rope and at least one MENS BELT! We saw him a little way down the road trying to trying to walk out onto the highway to get the tanks that fell off his pickup.
[Post New]03/04/2010 22:05
zumbamama
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Anonymous wrote:You guys should visit Puerto Rico sometime. Those are some crazy fucking drivers:

What appears to be a three lane highway is actually 5 if you use your horn. The lines on the road are apparently just suggestions. Who knew?

The suggested speed limit seems to be 18 for some drivers and 50 for others.

My absolute favorite was the pick up with at least 7 giant gas tanks(not gasoline, looked like very large oxygen tanks) tied to the back. We were behind him speeding up the highway for a while. I was alarmed that the tanks were held in place by bungees, fraying rope and at least one MENS BELT! We saw him a little way down the road trying to trying to walk out onto the highway to get the tanks that fell off his pickup.


this sounds just like Manila.
[Post New]03/04/2010 22:06
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I’ve had it with Marylanders.



WHORE
[Post New]03/05/2010 00:36
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Believe me, we hate doing it. Not the illegal parking-- we love that. Such a power trip. We hate coming out to the burbs and having to rub shoulders with you over the goat cheese. But I think we're getting our own costco sometime soon-- Fort Totten? Rhode Island/New York Avenue? can't remember-- so pretty soon you'll have your sad wine-less costco all to yourself again. Just don't come crying to me when it closes due to the loss of DC dollars!


I live in Maryland (used to live in VA) so I had to laugh about the wine-less costco.

What drives me crazy is people that don't understand a YIELD. No, don't honk me a^^ hole on the on-ramp from the GW parkway - yes I see the person is in the left lane, but don't you know 2 out of 3 cars switch to the right lane right where people are trying to get ONTO the GW Parkway from DC. Are you going to pay my insurance claim when I am found at fault? And no a yield is not a merge. Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure VA drivers don't believe in yield signs.
[Post New]03/05/2010 00:44
Anonymous
You suck and you are the reason I drive a huge old SUV--people like you damn well do let me get over b/c my car sends the message that I don't give a shit about running into you.


Me too. Also, another thing that I love to do is drive crazier than the objectionable bad driver, momentarily. This shows just how much of a nihilist I am. I had fun with this post-snowstorm. And just to stress, I only do this if the other driver has shown her teeth first. Otherwise I'm very deferential or at least pleasant and law-abiding.
[Post New]03/05/2010 08:28
Anonymous
I saw a woman who could have been no taller than 5ft. at Montgomery Mall driving a Hummer (with Virginia tags no less). Watching her try to pull out of the parking space was PAINFUL! It was almost exactly like the scene from Austin Powers when he gets the cart stuck between the walls. She eventually did get out...but it seriously took her 3 minutes.

So, I admit, we here in Maryland can drive like A-Holes sometimes. However, those type of drivers can be found anywhere. You learn to drive in accordance to the area you live in...you just adapt to it.

And to the ladies who drive big cars because they think they are intimidating others...your car does not scare me. It's the fact that a suburban soccer Mom who is on the cell phone while driving, is operating the vehicle. Because honestly, most of them cannot drive at all!
[Post New]03/05/2010 09:33
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We have those drivers in Va too. It's usually a Mercedes or a BMW.



I completely agree. Every time someone cuts me off or otherwise pisses me off when I'm driving, I don't even have to look to know they are driving a benz or a bmw. So arrogant. It doesn't matter if it's DC, VA or MD.

Btw, I would never move to VA. I think Virginians are usually uptight and take themselves way too seriously.


That's because you probably drive a Prius or a mini van. At the VA German drivers club, we all sit around laughing at you and your cars with no power.
[Post New]03/05/2010 09:37
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:

And to the ladies who drive big cars because they think they are intimidating others...your car does not scare me. It's the fact that a suburban soccer Mom who is on the cell phone while driving, is operating the vehicle. Because honestly, most of them cannot drive at all!


It's less that the car is big and more that it is OLD that makes people get out of the way...and it does work. I drove a nice little luxury SUV for years and people would speed up when I put on my blinker to get over, now that I drive an old clunky one people don't try this crap with me--my car does not look like a soccer mom car--it looks more like something someone who lives in the woods and only comes out once a year for supplies would drive.
[Post New]03/05/2010 09:54
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:


You suck and you are the reason I drive a huge old SUV--people like you damn well do let me get over b/c my car sends the message that I don't give a shit about running into you.

Your huge, old, gas-guzzling SUV also lets the rest of us know right away who the asshole is, so thanks for the early heads up!
[Post New]03/05/2010 09:55
Anonymous
I had stayed away from this thread because I don't hate *people* from Maryland, of course, although as a pedestrian in the city I find I have daily conflicts with MD-tagged drivers declining to respect my right of way in crosswalks without lights. BUT, this morning, on my way back from walking the child to school, a mom-ish woman driving a gargantuan blue "mini"van with MD tags cut into the crosswalk while I was crossing to make a very inappropriate U-turn in pursuit of a parking space on the opposite side of the street.

Look, suburban mom, I realize you're not used to watching for pedestrians and were somewhat understandably nervous about finding a place to park your bus... but don't do that here. Driving (especially while looking for parking or for an address) in a city requires a different skill set because you have to react quickly to a broader range of changing circumstances than stop/go/is that guy trying to turn into or out of the strip mall.

I don't really notice better pedestrian-navigating skills from VA drivers, although during daylight hours I see more of them downtown than I do in Adams Morgan/Dupont (before the alcotourists converge). That's probably why I have a more negative impression of MD drivers in general. DC drivers are much better about stopping for pedestrians.
[Post New]03/05/2010 09:56
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

And to the ladies who drive big cars because they think they are intimidating others...your car does not scare me. It's the fact that a suburban soccer Mom who is on the cell phone while driving, is operating the vehicle. Because honestly, most of them cannot drive at all!


It's less that the car is big and more that it is OLD that makes people get out of the way...and it does work. I drove a nice little luxury SUV for years and people would speed up when I put on my blinker to get over, now that I drive an old clunky one people don't try this crap with me--my car does not look like a soccer mom car--it looks more like something someone who lives in the woods and only comes out once a year for supplies would drive.


You must be so proud. Have you accessorized with shotgun racks and a hound dawg?
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