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I'm new to Virginia and i have never seen such rude drivers, and I moved
from a state that had no speed limit at one point in time and I have never
seen people so rude definately in newport news and hampton area.


"Allen Seth Dunn" <asd_tjf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> <pobox---@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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> > piper wrote:
> > >
> > > Once again on the way to work, I was reminded how rude many drivers in
> > > Virginia are. It seems to be an unwritten rule in Virginia that
instead
> of
> > > maintaining a constant speed and letting people merge onto the
highway,
> > > you're supposed to speed up to make sure they can't merge. Several
times
> I
> > > observed this, and one driver (you know who you are 3DART4U) nearly
flew
> > > into a "road rage" because someone had the audacity to actually merge
in
> > > front of him after he sped up to cut the person off.
> > >
> > > I expect this type of rude and selfish behavior from a 3 year old.
> Hopefully
> > > by the time a person is old enough to drive they've actually grown up
> and
> > > matured past the emotional responses of a 3 year old.
> > >
> > > I dare drivers in Virginia to try an experiment on the way to or from
> work.
> > > Try letting someone merge onto the road or lane you're travelling on.
It
> > > won't take much, all you have to do is maintain a reasonable following
> > > distance and maintain your speed (don't speed up). You'll be surprised
> to
> > > find that you'll get to work in the same length of time, and you'll be
> alot
> > > less stressed. And gosh golly wow, you will have actually done
something
> > > nice...
> >
>
> It's probably more DC Area and Northeast Corridor (Boswash) people that do
> this. I try to do my best to actually do the above whenever possible,
though
> sometimes one of two things occurs: 1) If it's a cloverleaf on-ramp, it is
> sometimes actually safer to try to speed up because the ramp size doesn't
> allow enough time for traffic to accelerate to highway speeds or 2)
Someone
> on the ramp (again, often on a cloverleaf) decides to tailgate the person
in
> front of him (who I would allow in front of me) meaning I have to let them
> both in at the same time by either excessively slowing down (to something
> like 40 mph) or speeding up (which is usually the safer way). People
> tailgating on on-ramps seems to be a favorite trick of Northern
Virginians,
> which is why I tend to stay out of the right travel lane unless the exit
I'm
> getting off at is too close to cut into the right lane after all traffic
has
> successfully merged.
>
> > Believe me - Maryland is much worse!
> >
> > Just the other evening I was driving along Route 81 and
> > everyone was rational, then on Route 66 (EB) a sign
> > read: "Left Lane Closed Ahead; Bear Right." All drivers
> > merged right and we passed the construction zone at 50 mph.
> > In Maryland, most drivers would have been speeding in the
> > left lane to try and get ahead of everyone else, creating
> > a 15 minute backup! Greed!
> >
> > (km)
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