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paddlebawler t1_j9apiuf wrote

I commute to DC three times a week and I've never seen aggressive driving on the way, even with the crazy merging and traffic, it's so weird, even on 495 and GW Parkway. Now driving in and out of Baltimore, I've seen one or two guns waved around.

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YorickTheCat t1_j9bh960 wrote

You're lucky! I drive to NoVA twice a week. I've seen some really aggressive drivers (weaving, speeding, tailgating). No guns fortunately, but I still breath a sigh of relief when I get to the office in one piece. I go in really early and with less cars on the road, it's speed racer central some days. edit: And not lucky about seeing guns waved around, yikes!

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stelkurtainTM t1_j9ddjeu wrote

Damn really? I'm about to officially move in with my girl in Baltimore and commute out of the city 40+ minutes. I've done the drive plenty in the morning but never seen anything crazy at all.

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Triscott64 t1_j9df6g8 wrote

I've never seen such aggressive drivers as in DMV. I've lived all over the US and DC and Maryland especially the drivers are soooo aggressive.

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moderndukes t1_j9h2f8p wrote

The Northeast in general has relatively aggressive driving, I wouldn’t say it’s just Baltimore-Washington. Pretty much every stereotype of Jersey drivers or Massholes can be assigned to us all.

That being said, the fact that Baltimore-Washington has so many non-native drivers (both to the region and country) means you see a lot of varying ideas of what the “right” way to drive is. That’s obviously bound to cause issues.

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Triscott64 t1_j9hkeg6 wrote

I completely agree. I should have noted that this is the first time I've lived specifically in this region. The mix of driving methods and ideas makes for a wild time guessing how people are gonna act. And it may be a bias, but I've noticed that Jersey plates here in Maryland drive especially crazy when compared to others.

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paddlebawler t1_j9mwoes wrote

Another basic rule of driving in Maryland: the minute you see Pennsylvania tags, get away as quickly as possible. They suck at driving.

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