Dear Virginia drivers, your car can go faster than 35 mph. (1 Viewer)

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I’m sure it’s just because you’re so used to sitting in traffic all day and night but it’s true, your car can go faster than 35 mph.

Always in the left lane
Always going slow
Always in my #@&!?€#% way

MOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

-everyone

 

[Beef Ravioli Part 2]

I’m sure it’s just because you’re so used to sitting in traffic all day and night but it’s true, your car can go faster than 35 mph.

Always in the left lane
Always going slow
Always in my #@&!?€#% way

MOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

-everyone

ALSO!

NOVA drivers, a red light means stop, not speed up and run through it.

I’ve lived here four years and have had to break my vehicle to avoid being hit (at least three times, including the worst one last week) or watched other cars break, swerve or be hit multiple times. I saw the second car through a green light almost get tagged by red light runner last week v also!

Lived outside Boston, in Cleveland and Columbus and never seen it this bad!

I love much about living in this area but hate the way people drive around here!

 

[3C's]

This just in, NoVA drivers and traffic suck.

 

[belljr]

95 and Virginia is like a parade route
Everyone in every lane going the same speed

 

[eoMMan]

Luda?

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

This just in, NoVA drivers and traffic suck.

I know. It feels good to complain sometimes. There might be a few Virginian drivers here and if they see this I hope it stings. STINGZ!!!

 

[dgreen]

Dear Maryland drivers, the shoulder is not a lane.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

95 and Virginia is like a parade route
Everyone in every lane going the same speed

THIS!!!!!! Like zombies.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Dear Maryland drivers, the shoulder is not a lane.

I saw a meme one time that said something along the lines of: Only in MD can you be driving 90 mph and somebody angrily passes you in the left shoulder.

 

[dgreen]

It's been a while since I was on 95 between DC and Baltimore. Dudes on crotch rockets going 125+ still a regular occurrence? They always come out of nowhere and scare the crap out of me.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

It's been a while since I was on 95 between DC and Baltimore. Dudes on crotch rockets going 125+ still a regular occurrence? They always come out of nowhere and scare the crap out of me.

Every summer. They like the express lanes and toll roads. Sounds like formula 1 Friday and Saturday nights.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I’ve lived here four years and have had to break my vehicle to avoid being hit (at least three times, including the worst one last week) or watched other cars break, swerve or be hit multiple times.

Brake. It's brake.

Thank you.

 

[Don Quixote]

Dear Maryland drivers, the shoulder is not a lane.

Recently, we were driving and some driver cut in front of me, causing me to need to slam the brakes to avoid crashing into him, and my 6 year old yelled out behind me “He must be from Maryland” … and sure enough….

 

[nirad3]

It's been a while since I was on 95 between DC and Baltimore. Dudes on crotch rockets going 125+ still a regular occurrence? They always come out of nowhere and scare the crap out of me.

I used to drive from Ocean City MD over to DC and I remember the beltway being like a drag race too. I don't miss driving in DC traffic one bit.

 

[drunken slob]

Here in WV, at least from the beginning of the Turnpike all the way up to Wheeling and points west of I-79, our, Virginia drivers are fast.

What you're dealing with is all the displaced crappy drivers from Ohio. Yep, I said it. Come at me with your explanations why you hang out in my left lanes as if you've never seen hills before.

Also, for the record, don't ask me why, people from Michigan love driving on the WV Turnpike. Pretty much every time I use that road, I get someone from Michigan to follow me while we're doing 80-85 mph on 55-65 mph roads.

 

[fruity pebbles]

I’ve lived here four years and have had to break my vehicle to avoid being hit (at least three times, including the worst one last week) or watched other cars break, swerve or be hit multiple times.

Brake. It's brake.

Thank you.

Maybe he really did have to break it. Car coming right at him, he threw it in reverse and dropped the transmission.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

I still remember my 3 year old son playing with his Hot Wheel cars and saying "C'mon lady, c'mon!"
Yeah, I know where he heard that from.

 

[zamboni]

Depends what part of Virginia.

In NoVa around the DC area, drivers are somewhat maniacs (or "normal" in NY parlance).

Head to central Virginia, however, and it's like the OP describes.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Depends what part of Virginia.

In NoVa around the DC area, drivers are somewhat maniacs (or "normal" in NY parlance).

Head to central Virginia, however, and it's like the OP describes.

In NoVa, it's almost impossible to speed for any decent stretch during the day because of the traffic volume.

I live in the western part of the state just off of I-81 and it's a whole different kind of mess out here. You have semis trying to pass each other going up long grades and blocking everything behind them (the biggest cause of accidents on 81 in my stretch of the Valley). You also have elderly snowbirds from Vermont trying to get to Florida and they will get in the hammer lane when they see a semi a mile ahead of them and want to pass them - of course, it takes them 10 miles to catch them, all while traffic is piling up behind them.

More than 10 mph over the speed limit is a felony in VA, by the way.

 

[zamboni]

Depends what part of Virginia.

In NoVa around the DC area, drivers are somewhat maniacs (or "normal" in NY parlance).

Head to central Virginia, however, and it's like the OP describes.

In NoVa, it's almost impossible to speed for any decent stretch during the day because of the traffic volume.

I live in the western part of the state just off of I-81 and it's a whole different kind of mess out here. You have semis trying to pass each other going up long grades and blocking everything behind them (the biggest cause of accidents on 81 in my stretch of the Valley). You also have elderly snowbirds from Vermont trying to get to Florida and they will get in the hammer lane when they see a semi a mile ahead of them and want to pass them - of course, it takes them 10 miles to catch them, all while traffic is piling up behind them.

More than 10 mph over the speed limit is a felony in VA, by the way.

Yeah, I've driven that stretch of I-81 many times through Pennsylvania and Virginia. The trucks definitely take over on those two lanes and clog up everything behind behind them.

I was thinking more in the smaller towns (e.g., Charlottesville), where people drive more slowly - not a bad thing at all, just not something folks from bigger cities are not used to.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Depends what part of Virginia.

In NoVa around the DC area, drivers are somewhat maniacs (or "normal" in NY parlance).

Head to central Virginia, however, and it's like the OP describes.

In NoVa, it's almost impossible to speed for any decent stretch during the day because of the traffic volume.

I live in the western part of the state just off of I-81 and it's a whole different kind of mess out here. You have semis trying to pass each other going up long grades and blocking everything behind them (the biggest cause of accidents on 81 in my stretch of the Valley). You also have elderly snowbirds from Vermont trying to get to Florida and they will get in the hammer lane when they see a semi a mile ahead of them and want to pass them - of course, it takes them 10 miles to catch them, all while traffic is piling up behind them.

More than 10 mph over the speed limit is a felony in VA, by the way.

Yeah, I've driven that stretch of I-81 many times through Pennsylvania and Virginia. The trucks definitely take over on those two lanes and clog up everything behind behind them.

I was thinking more in the smaller towns (e.g., Charlottesville), where people drive more slowly - not a bad thing at all, just not something folks from bigger cities are not used to.

Gotcha. My town is basically a Virginia version of Mayberry and pretty much everyone that lives here drives slowly (except school buses, which fly around with no concern for human, animal, or plant life). Blow the horn next time you pass exit 283.

My absolute most-hated piece of road in NoVa is I-395 coming out of D.C. across the Potomac into Virginia. It's like 9,000 lanes wide when you hit the VA side (near the Pentagon & ANC) and it turns into the Indy 500 with cars flying across 4 lanes of traffic because the damned exits are so close. I'll go US50 and sit in traffic before navigating that death trap anymore.

 

[Fat Nick]

I don't miss driving in NOVA. I lived there till ~12 years ago or so and moved to NJ. NJ drivers have their own challenges we won't go in to, but honestly, it's a lot better than NOVA.

 

[dgreen]

Depends what part of Virginia.

In NoVa around the DC area, drivers are somewhat maniacs (or "normal" in NY parlance).

Head to central Virginia, however, and it's like the OP describes.

In NoVa, it's almost impossible to speed for any decent stretch during the day because of the traffic volume.

I live in the western part of the state just off of I-81 and it's a whole different kind of mess out here. You have semis trying to pass each other going up long grades and blocking everything behind them (the biggest cause of accidents on 81 in my stretch of the Valley). You also have elderly snowbirds from Vermont trying to get to Florida and they will get in the hammer lane when they see a semi a mile ahead of them and want to pass them - of course, it takes them 10 miles to catch them, all while traffic is piling up behind them.

More than 10 mph over the speed limit is a felony in VA, by the way.

Yeah, I've driven that stretch of I-81 many times through Pennsylvania and Virginia. The trucks definitely take over on those two lanes and clog up everything behind behind them.

I was thinking more in the smaller towns (e.g., Charlottesville), where people drive more slowly - not a bad thing at all, just not something folks from bigger cities are not used to.

Tons of warehouses in eastern PA contribute to all the trucks on 81. Warehouses are in that area because it's within a 12 hour drive (or whatever the legal limits are put on truckers) of a really high percentage of the population.

 

[3C's]

Depends what part of Virginia.

In NoVa around the DC area, drivers are somewhat maniacs (or "normal" in NY parlance).

Head to central Virginia, however, and it's like the OP describes.

In NoVa, it's almost impossible to speed for any decent stretch during the day because of the traffic volume.

I live in the western part of the state just off of I-81 and it's a whole different kind of mess out here. You have semis trying to pass each other going up long grades and blocking everything behind them (the biggest cause of accidents on 81 in my stretch of the Valley). You also have elderly snowbirds from Vermont trying to get to Florida and they will get in the hammer lane when they see a semi a mile ahead of them and want to pass them - of course, it takes them 10 miles to catch them, all while traffic is piling up behind them.

More than 10 mph over the speed limit is a felony in VA, by the way.

Yeah, I've driven that stretch of I-81 many times through Pennsylvania and Virginia. The trucks definitely take over on those two lanes and clog up everything behind behind them.

I was thinking more in the smaller towns (e.g., Charlottesville), where people drive more slowly - not a bad thing at all, just not something folks from bigger cities are not used to.

Gotcha. My town is basically a Virginia version of Mayberry and pretty much everyone that lives here drives slowly (except school buses, which fly around with no concern for human, animal, or plant life). Blow the horn next time you pass exit 283.

My absolute most-hated piece of road in NoVa is I-395 coming out of D.C. across the Potomac into Virginia. It's like 9,000 lanes wide when you hit the VA side (near the Pentagon & ANC) and it turns into the Indy 500 with cars flying across 4 lanes of traffic because the damned exits are so close. I'll go US50 and sit in traffic before navigating that death trap anymore.

A little further north than I normally travel but not by much. I hit Harrisonburg a few times a month.

People here (Williamsburg) are complaining about all the accidents lately and people going too fast. I was doing 80 in a 70 and realized I forgot my wallet so I slowed down.