Submitted by we-overcome-us t3_10neyph in ColumbiaMD
I was in Columbia yesterday to take a test at a testing center near the MVA and wow! Five or six people at one intersection who didn't know or didn't care that cars going straight have the right of way over cars turning left. I could forgive one teenage dumbass who doesn't have a lot of experience driving, but this was multiple grown adults. Wtf.
DC has such worse drivers than anything outside the beltway. I ventured on 295 and was literally astonished that people use the shoulders as normal lanes quite regularly.
Yeah I never seen anyone pass on the shoulder except when I’ve driven on 295. Seems to happen most when I’m outside of Baltimore heading South.
I expect that kind of driving in Baltimore, I don't even attempt to drive in DC. I expected better in Columbia.
You really shouldn't.
Maryland Driver is a thing for a reason.
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We're near DC, one if the most infamous bad driver Hotspot.
Welcome to Maryland 😂
Just go and lay on the horn. They'll stop or they'll be at fault for a collision. If that many people went they probably assumed you were turning or not paying attention because you were sitting there with your thumb up your ass.
I think it's from Covid lol, everyone forgot how to use, and lost confidence in, 4 way stops at the same time.
I thought driving in Baltimore was bad til I moved to Columbia lol
I thought east coast drivers were bad until I moved to Denver
Maryland is 33rd on the list of bad drivers. i.e. 32 states are worse than we are.
https://smartfinancial.com/worst-drivers-by-state
Sooo.... Let that sink in. As bas as it is here, there are 32 places where it is even worse.
DMV drivers can't drive when it's sunny and 70 degrees.
But gas is cheaper on that side of the street! You want me to pay an extra 12 cents a gallon?
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This place is a perfect storm of terrible urban planning, impatient drivers, and incompetent drivers.
It’s bad.
Terrible urban planning? You clearly haven’t lived in very many places.
It's just my opinion. You don't have to take it personally.
Well, it’s my opinion too man. Don’t take it personally!
CaptainJeff t1_j68maps wrote
Probably best you don't go into Baltimore or DC if this sets you off...