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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I agree.  I tend to drive about 5 miles over the speed limit on windy two-lane roads where there is no passing (like the ones through Clifton).  I can't tell you the number of times some jackass in a black pickup truck has tailgated me for miles and then flipped me off when he finally passed.  I pull over to let faster drivers go by where I can but that is not always possible.  And it's not like I am driving under the speed limit.

On the Beltway, I tend to go about 70-75 without traffic and stay in the right lanes.  Same exact dynamic, and it is always, always, always some angry white dude.  I'm a nondescript, mom-aged white woman driving a nondescript (not fancy) gray SUV with no bumper stickers, so it's not like there is something racial or political going on.

But it's not just here.  I was in Wilmington, Delaware with kids in the back of my car and had a guy in a huge work truck tailgate me and then hang out the window to flip me off and yell "f- you" at me.  This was on a multilane road in the middle of the day, so he easily could have passed me.  He just wanted to intimidate me.

So much anger out there.[/quote]
 
Intimidation is a good word …

Agree there does not seem to be a race or ethnicity thing but misogynist venting  .., All the aggressive drivers who went overboard with cussing me out and hand gestures were males of different ages and ethnicities - aggressive young Latino men, middle aged white dudes, older Middle eastern guy, and more. To be fair, Black drivers may have driven aggressively around me and played super loud music that thunders at stop lights but that demo has never cussed me out or given me the drunken sailor’s royal salute.

I wonder whether DMV drivers should be required to pass a [b]basic road civility test[/b]? [/quote]

Right AFTER we require a basic road driving test that looks at real-world scenarios, like merging/existing off the highway, staying in the right lane except when passing, paying attention to the cars around you, etc.

Once we get that taken care of then we can worry about "civility". 
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We can do both.[/quote]

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