What is wrong with your drivers?

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.

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CaptainJeff t1_j68maps wrote

Probably best you don't go into Baltimore or DC if this sets you off...

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notrewoh t1_j69xh3t wrote

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.

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Sure_Comparison6978 t1_j6frf2b wrote

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.

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we-overcome-us OP t1_j68mi5z wrote

I expect that kind of driving in Baltimore, I don't even attempt to drive in DC. I expected better in Columbia.

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danteheehaw t1_j68cr1k wrote

We're near DC, one if the most infamous bad driver Hotspot.

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arfycat t1_j68np8y wrote

Welcome to Maryland 😂

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Creamofsoup t1_j69e598 wrote

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.

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d0gtier t1_j68z12t wrote

I think it's from Covid lol, everyone forgot how to use, and lost confidence in, 4 way stops at the same time.

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Thin_Bug_6405 t1_j68xv1v wrote

I thought driving in Baltimore was bad til I moved to Columbia lol

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2ndRoundExit t1_j6961jg wrote

I thought east coast drivers were bad until I moved to Denver

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InsideFastball t1_j691osa wrote

DMV drivers can't drive when it's sunny and 70 degrees.

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Substantial_Job3331 t1_j69g2oe wrote

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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SwaggyP997 t1_j691n8v wrote

This place is a perfect storm of terrible urban planning, impatient drivers, and incompetent drivers.

It’s bad.

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