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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [b]Give a little grace[/b].

Also, blanket generalizations are not constructive and to some degree harmful.[/quote]

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.

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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. [/quote]

Sure and I have no patience for unsafe DC drivers either.  But the MD driver stereotype exists for a reason- MD drivers are often coming in from the Beltway or higher speed roads and are used to deriving faster and where there are few to no pedestrians.  They expect to be able to drive the same speed for their entire commutes, even when cutting through residential neighborhoods.  I live near the MD border and always look at license plates of speeding drivers and they are more than 50% of the speeders, etc

Also, DC has the mechanism to collect on speeding and other tickets from DC drivers but not MD drivers.  [/quote]

Would it comfort you to know that DC drivers have the exact same stereotype in both Virginia and Maryland? I'm not sure what your point is. Bad drivers are bad drivers. It's laughable to draw stereotypes based on an imaginary porous line drawn on a map.[/quote]

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