Anonymous wrote:Virginia drivers will cut you off, DC drivers will flip you off, but Maryland drivers will crash into your house.

LOL!!

Where I am in western Fairfax, the extreme tailgaters (which happens in any and all lanes) are always VA drivers but the ones going 30 mph over the speed limit and cutting everyone off usually have MD plates.

Drivers with DC plates are generally courteous and follow the flow of traffic until traffic gets heavy and then they just go where they need to go regardless of road lines or rules.

I prefer the DC drivers, honestly. At least they're nice about it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've lived in all three places. I can confidently tell you that everyone here in the DMV sucks at driving but thinks that their own shi don't stink.

We have a winner!

Ding ding ding.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how and why MDers got the rap for being bad drivers.

Pssst - when you hear DCUM say “Maryland drivers”, what they really mean are black drivers.

I’ve seen this firsthand numerous times during carpool.

I thought they meant Asian

Anonymous wrote:I live in MD. Our drivers are by far the worst. They've never met a bumper they won't tailgate, a red light they won't run through or a turn lane they use as a straight lane. They're all awful. I would say I'm awful but I'm scared of them and hardly drive anymore...

This is my experience and that of my daughter’s

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how and why MDers got the rap for being bad drivers.

Pssst - when you hear DCUM say “Maryland drivers”, what they really mean are black drivers.

I’ve seen this firsthand numerous times during carpool.

Your carpool friends are racist, but Maryland drivers of all backgrounds are in another league of awful.

-woc

This. The very worst are blond women drivers in large SUVs.

Anonymous wrote:I live in MD. Our drivers are by far the worst. They've never met a bumper they won't tailgate, a red light they won't run through or a turn lane they use as a straight lane. They're all awful. I would say I'm awful but I'm scared of them and hardly drive anymore...

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how and why MDers got the rap for being bad drivers.

Pssst - when you hear DCUM say “Maryland drivers”, what they really mean are black drivers.

I’ve seen this firsthand numerous times during carpool.

Your carpool friends are racist, but Maryland drivers of all backgrounds are in another league of awful.

-woc

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how and why MDers got the rap for being bad drivers.

Pssst - when you hear DCUM say “Maryland drivers”, what they really mean are black drivers.

I’ve seen this firsthand numerous times during carpool.

This just isn’t true at all. I grew up near the Chevy chase DC border and my friends and I constantly complained about the almost all white MD drivers being ridiculous when we tried to cross streets etc

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious how and why MDers got the rap for being bad drivers.

Pssst - when you hear DCUM say “Maryland drivers”, what they really mean are black drivers.

I’ve seen this firsthand numerous times during carpool.

Anonymous wrote:I've lived in all three places. I can confidently tell you that everyone here in the DMV sucks at driving but thinks that their own shi don't stink.

We have a winner!

I've lived in all three places. I can confidently tell you that everyone here in the DMV sucks at driving but thinks that their own shi don't stink.

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Anonymous wrote:statistics show that VA drivers are actually the worse.

I find MD drivers are way too cautious.

VA drivers are way too aggressive and discourteous.

Not true. Look at Alexandria, for example. It's frequently on lists of "worst drivers" - but it has nothing to do with where the 'bad driving' takes place, everything (EVERYTHING) to do with the sh!tty MD drivers coming over across the bridge for VA jobs. Spend 10 minutes on Rt 1, and you'd see that the "statistics" are a lie.

Maryland drivers are the worst.

your tone supports the statement that VA people are more aggressive and discourteous.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:statistics show that VA drivers are actually the worse.

I find MD drivers are way too cautious.

VA drivers are way too aggressive and discourteous.

Not true. Look at Alexandria, for example. It's frequently on lists of "worst drivers" - but it has nothing to do with where the 'bad driving' takes place, everything (EVERYTHING) to do with the sh!tty MD drivers coming over across the bridge for VA jobs. Spend 10 minutes on Rt 1, and you'd see that the "statistics" are a lie.

Maryland drivers are the worst.

shrug.. that's what the statistics from the insurance companies show. Those numbers look at where the drivers are from.

Anonymous wrote:Virginia drivers will cut you off, DC drivers will flip you off, but Maryland drivers will crash into your house.

+1 agree.. I stated up thread... VA drivers are very aggressive; MD drivers seem unsure of themselves, and that leads to them being too cautious and/or causing an accident.

Of course, there are people who speed everywhere, but generally, MD drivers aren't that aggressive.

I'm originally from out west.