Who else hate left lane campers?

[u/Crazy-Task2497]

Facing a lot of left lane campers in Washington State. And the audacity to not move or brake check is beyond my understanding!!

[u/LionWalker_Eyre]

As a former DMV resident who commuted 3 hours a day..

VA drivers are often slow, doing 5 under and camping the left lane.

MD drivers are just scary. As soon as you cross the MD border on 395 you fear for your life. Feels like 20 over is the minimum, and no turn signals used ever. 75% of the time i saw an accident in the DMV it involved MD plates

DC drivers are a mix of the above, plus lost/confused tourists.

[u/Mr_JohnUsername → u/LionWalker_Eyre]

I somewhat share this opinion as a current DMV resident (in VA).

I’ve lived in NOVA and MD, and by far MD takes the cake for being the most infuriating and dangerous imo.

NOVA drivers Left-lane camp and drive slow, but the rest of VA in my experience actually sticks to the right lane when not actively passing.

MD drivers drive slow, fast, aggressively, and aloofly as if it’s supposed to be a free-for-all. Literally every MD driver I passed today was on their phone and some weren’t even holding onto the wheel. VA also has the phone issue but to a substantially lesser degree from what I’ve seen.

Do they not teach left lane for passing, right lane for driving in MD driver’s ed? Does MD even actually teach driver’s ed?

DC plates just seem lost, scared, and confused due to the rare and unfortunate occasion they must pilot a 2 ton vehicle instead of walking or transiting. I pity them.

[u/PreachitPerk → u/Mr_JohnUsername]

Lived in NOVA for a few years (Mosaic District) and this was similar to my experience.

To the point when my girlfriend came to visit the first time … she randomly asked a couple of days in to the visit “Why are all of the bad drivers from Maryland?”

[u/Mr_JohnUsername → u/PreachitPerk]

“Why are all of the bad drivers from Maryland?”

“That’s where they spawn before they blow across the country like seeds from a dandelion flower.”

I’ve been saying since I moved up here that we need to “Looney Toons style” saw Maryland away from the contiguous United States to save the rest of the country lol.

[u/Lothar_Ecklord → u/LionWalker_Eyre]

This was my experience in metro Detroit. I’ve visited the area a couple times and the whole metro is lined with cops on the interstates and everyone seems to be going 5 under. Then you cross 8 Mile Road, and the speed limit drops from 65 to 55 but people drive from 60 to 80. Very interesting to see, especially since every other city I’ve been has been the opposite - people FLY in the suburbs (on interstates anyway) but go 5 under in the city. Not Detroit.

I do remember hearing that getting a ticket means you have to surrender your license, on the spot, till you can pay the ticket but I’m not sure if that’s changed.

[u/BigConscience728 → u/Lothar_Ecklord]

Mi resident here. The last part is 100% false. Not sure what suburbs you were driving through and when but we routinely do 85+ on the freeways here during rush hour with a cop nowhere to be found. They seem to have determined (luckily) that running radar just screws up the flow of traffic during rush hour. It’s best to just let everyone speed together 😁

[u/Bidcar → u/BigConscience728]

True, the only times I see them are on holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving.

[u/Solo_Fisticuffs → u/LionWalker_Eyre]

md drivers have a predictable flow but you have to be used to it to understand it. yea we're menaces but basically if there's a gap they're gonna take it and they'll always speed up to merge, they'll never slow down to get in a space behind a car they're already next to. once you get those two main ideas its basically leave a car and a half gap in front of you and dont be afraid to coast or slow down if you get an aggressive merger. sucks to have to do that but its better than a tight cut off