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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Bethesda and made my way over to Virginia after college due to better work prospects in Virginia.  My parents finally left Maryland a few years ago and we don’t go back often.  I traveled to Bethesda and Rockville yesterday for the first time in about a year.  What struck me the most:

-panhandlers at every side of all the major intersections. I’m shocked Montgomery county allows that.

-why on earth did they take 1/3 of a major artery (Old Georgetown Road) and close it off for bike traffic?  Want to know how may bicyclists I saw using that section of the road?  Exactly zero.

-I almost hit two pedestrians in two completely different areas who stepped in front of my car in the middle of the block when they were looking at their phones.  Neither of them ever seemed to even notice I was there.

-I also almost got hit four separate times by people either pulling into traffic from the side streets without caring if it was clear, or realizing they wanted to turn at the next intersection when they were several lanes over.

Is it entitlement?  Or do people in Maryland just tend to have their heads up their rears?  I couldn’t figure it out but the vibe there is so different than it was when I was growing up there (in the 70’s and 80’s) and so different from Virginia.  How do people stomach living there these days?[/quote]

Newsflash: people on bikes have EXACTLY the same rights to drive on the road as you do. Why is it outrageous that they have 1/3 of the lanes? Safe bike lanes should be physically separated from car lanes, not just by paint on the pavement. The day you said you saw no one on the road it was very cold and windy out. Those lanes were installed after a young boy on a bike fell in front of a car on Old Georgetown Road and was killed. Sorry if it is inconvenient for you to spend a few extra minutes (LITERALLY) to get to your next store or restaurant.

People looking at their phones when they should not is not unique to MD.

https://wset.com/news/local/pedestrian-deaths-have-tripled-on-roanoke-region-roadways-a-260-percent-increase-from-2021-danville-lynchburg-radford-salem-amherst-bedford-campbell-dmv-virginia-department-of-motor-vehicles

You are being ridiculous. At least we don't have to drive by confederate flags here.[/quote]

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