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Diet_Coke t1_iu5fbmx wrote

I had to leave the house to go from Museum District to Lewis Ginter yesterday at 5 PM and was shocked how stupid people are. It's like it's everyone's first time driving up Thompson and the turn only lanes are a shock. Merging onto the interstate? Let's do that at 40 mph, that's a good idea.

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Ditovontease t1_iu5rrca wrote

i love people who brake while trying to merge on to a fucking highway. like the lane is that long so that you have time to speed up and then seemlessly merge, rather than being slow as fuck waiting for an opening large enough for you to move into it at the glacial pace of 30 mph, making everyone behind you brake.

Don't get me started on zipper merging. People here refuse to understand it.

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zensucht0 t1_iu6goq6 wrote

There is no zipper here. At all. And it drives me batty.

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chasetwisters t1_iu8xq9y wrote

Until VDOT starts signing merges as zipper merges, it won't get better. Maryland does this and it works great.

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zensucht0 t1_iu917jo wrote

Like having to put a label on our coffee cups that says "hot coffee is hot", common sense isn't common until there's a sign for it... Sigh...

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orthologousgenes t1_iu742l1 wrote

Uggghhhhh drives me crazy!! You’re getting on a HIGHWAY… where people are going highway speeds… did you think it would be a good idea to slam on the brakes, come to a complete stop, and… wait for someone to let you over?? All the while the 20 cars behind you are now also having to come to an abrupt stop ON A HIGHWAY RAMP!! These are the same people who get onto said highway and immediately get all the way over into the left (passing) lane to cruise at 5 mph under the speed limit. I swear, VA drivers are the worst. I’ve driven all across the country, and it’s almost comical that as soon as you cross into VA on the highway, suddenly there are huge traffic jams out of nowhere due to idiots cruising in the passing lane, rubbernecking, and just plain tomfoolery. I don’t understand. Is it the driver’s Ed in VA? Why is it this bad? And don’t get me started on the zipper merge… how is it that hard of a concept to understand?? I’m not originally from here, so maybe someone can enlighten me. Do you guys have driver’s Ed classes? Do you have to pass a basic road/written test to get a license? Do they teach you guys basic things like roundabouts, zipper merges, and passing lane etiquette? I’m sorry, I know you’re not all horrible drivers, but DAMN there are a lot of idiots on the road around here.

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Ditovontease t1_iu7cubh wrote

I mean Im literally from virginia and I've never lived anywhere else

AND i learned how to drive down here. i just could not tell you where these idiots come from.

I will say the driving portion of the DMV test was very easy to pass

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cr4zy-cat-lady t1_iu5nk8e wrote

I don’t know why people around here are constantly merging onto the highway at 40 mph 😭😭

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AlreadyShrugging t1_iu5ydur wrote

The drivers aren’t stupid. They’re inconsiderate. They choose to drive that way.

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BabyBat07 t1_iu7ej9l wrote

I love it when I’m merging left to get on 195 from Thompson and the person ahead of me going straight remembers at the last second they also need to get on 195 and cut across me so that I almost t-bone them because they just made a random left turn

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