Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My favorites are the Marylanders that will park themselves in the stripey area when they realize their bad directions too late, rather than continue safely and turn around at a later point like a normal person.

oh, please, I've seen VA drivers do the same. I'm originally from out west.

DC streets are crazy. It's easy to get confused.

No dear, you're just a sh!tty driver.

Miss a turn? Just keep going straight, turn around eventually when it's safe. Don't stop in the stripey area.

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Anonymous wrote:Any out of state driver in DC is a terrible driver. They’re usually lost and/or have no idea how traffic circles work (Or turn lanes, or stop signs, or blinkers. It’s like they get stressed out and turn in to a neurotic teenage driver. I wish people would just Uber or metro and leave DC driving to DC residents.

The problem is there are like 15 kinds of traffic circles in DC. They are not uniform.

And the side stop lights versus overhead swinging. I've seen tourists whiz past them.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginians are good drivers. Marylanders are terrible.

Nope. VA is the worst.

Insurance studies rank dc the worst closely followed by maryland. Virginia is much better

Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

Nope, nope, nope. I mean the white dudes who moved to MD from NJ or NY, drive aggressively, and cut you off going 20 miles above the speed limit. That has happened to me more times than I can count -- and when I am in the center or right lane, not the left. True story: I was driving through Kentucky, of all places, and was cut off by an older white guy in an SUV. Tags? Maryland.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

As a VA POC, this is absurdly false. Because Virginia doesn't have Black drivers?!

Maryland drivers are just bad. I mean legally, signaling isn't even required. It's a Maryland thing. A crazy, crazy Maryland thing.

NP, and just have to chime in here as well, agreeing that it is not true. Asian drivers, OTOH... don't get me started. If I see a car with MD plates driven by an older Asian female, I just get the hell out of the way, because that is the bad driver trifecta right there. Never ever fails. Flame me all you want for ageism, sexism and racial stereotyping, but I stand behind my statement. Even my Asian friends agree!

lol.... yea, it's kind of true, but it's mostly because many are recent immigrants and recent drivers. Newbies + very skittish = bad drivers. I've known a couple There's a term for it out west where I'm from -- DWO (I'll let you figure out what it means). I heard this from an Asian female friend whose Asian DH is a CHP officer in CA.

-Asian female

YES! VA has the worst drives, and actually DC metro in general. Everyone is so slow. I can't stand it. Like they all just learned to drive yesterday. I think it's bc the speed limits are so much lower in this part of the country. Can't stand it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Virginians are good drivers. Marylanders are terrible.

LIES! Native Virginian. Most of us suck and traffic is horrible because of it. And Lord, please don't let there be snow, or rain, or a plastic bag blowing in the wind.

I'm originally from out west.

I find MD drivers to be too cautious to the point where everyone around them gets frustrated. And yes, many don't seem to use the turn signals which I find super annoying.
I find VA drivers to be overly aggressive and have a sense of entitlement on the roads.
I find DC drivers to be confused in the 'burbs, but that's ok, because I get confused in DC.

Let's all remember that the driver who caused the huge pile up on the bridge that caused many people to not be able to get home that night was from VA, and it was due to aggressive driving.

Anonymous wrote:My favorites are the Marylanders that will park themselves in the stripey area when they realize their bad directions too late, rather than continue safely and turn around at a later point like a normal person.

oh, please, I've seen VA drivers do the same. I'm originally from out west.

DC streets are crazy. It's easy to get confused.

Virginia drivers will cut you off. DC drivers will flip you off. Maryland drivers will crash into your house.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

As a VA POC, this is absurdly false. Because Virginia doesn't have Black drivers?!

Maryland drivers are just bad. I mean legally, signaling isn't even required. It's a Maryland thing. A crazy, crazy Maryland thing.

Plenty of “POC” are racist. Thou doth protest too much.

Just get out of the left lane, ‘kay?

And plenty of Black (and white, and Asian, and Hispanic, and mix, and other) Maryland drivers are outright awful.

Don't use racism to try and explain this, because the only explanation is Maryland. Try to use your turn signal when changing lanes. But then also try not to leave it on for 7 miles. Please and thank you.

I’m not a Maryland driver.

Stay out of the left lane.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

As a VA POC, this is absurdly false. Because Virginia doesn't have Black drivers?!

Maryland drivers are just bad. I mean legally, signaling isn't even required. It's a Maryland thing. A crazy, crazy Maryland thing.

Plenty of “POC” are racist. Thou doth protest too much.

Just get out of the left lane, ‘kay?

And plenty of Black (and white, and Asian, and Hispanic, and mix, and other) Maryland drivers are outright awful.

Don't use racism to try and explain this, because the only explanation is Maryland. Try to use your turn signal when changing lanes. But then also try not to leave it on for 7 miles. Please and thank you.

I think all SoMDers should agree to put on turn signals but only if the Virginians learn how to merge in the rain, and put masks on their children outside and at the playground, with both of them agreeing not to drive in DC. Oh, and ALL of DC Maryland and Virginia must agree to treat any traffic lights that are out as a 4-way stop sign, which requires both camps learning how it works.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

As a VA POC, this is absurdly false. Because Virginia doesn't have Black drivers?!

Maryland drivers are just bad. I mean legally, signaling isn't even required. It's a Maryland thing. A crazy, crazy Maryland thing.

Plenty of “POC” are racist. Thou doth protest too much.

Just get out of the left lane, ‘kay?

Another VA POC, and I would agree that there is a difference in driving styles around the DMV but it isnt just VA/MD/DC. Maryland drivers on the Potomac side are a horrible mix of beltway runoff styles from Baltimore and a lack of basic defensive driving skills from Virginians. It is very sluggish this way until you get past 270, where people speed up again, and drive just as fast as the PG County side, only they (usually) use their signals. Going the other side -- Once you get towards Largo, where the black people are - there is rarely traffic (unless it is a Redskins game bringing Virginia traffic). Maryland drivers don't use signals, but that is because they don't trust that you are going to keep their pace when you get over. And if it is a Virginia driver - they are GUARUNTEED to get in front of you just to slow down to 1 mile above (if not below) the speed limit. DC drivers are pretty mindful because most all of them have nearly been killed when walking the streets by a Virginian or a Marylander.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

As a VA POC, this is absurdly false. Because Virginia doesn't have Black drivers?!

Maryland drivers are just bad. I mean legally, signaling isn't even required. It's a Maryland thing. A crazy, crazy Maryland thing.

Plenty of “POC” are racist. Thou doth protest too much.

Just get out of the left lane, ‘kay?

And plenty of Black (and white, and Asian, and Hispanic, and mix, and other) Maryland drivers are outright awful.

Don't use racism to try and explain this, because the only explanation is Maryland. Try to use your turn signal when changing lanes. But then also try not to leave it on for 7 miles. Please and thank you.

Anonymous wrote:Virginians are good drivers. Marylanders are terrible.

LIES! Native Virginian. Most of us suck and traffic is horrible because of it. And Lord, please don't let there be snow, or rain, or a plastic bag blowing in the wind.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Psssst- when DCUM says “Maryland drivers”, they actually mean Black drivers.

Ive witnessed this phenomenon multiple times in carpool.

As a VA POC, this is absurdly false. Because Virginia doesn't have Black drivers?!

Maryland drivers are just bad. I mean legally, signaling isn't even required. It's a Maryland thing. A crazy, crazy Maryland thing.

Plenty of “POC” are racist. Thou doth protest too much.

Just get out of the left lane, ‘kay?