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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by incision on Thursday July 24, 2014 @04:18PM (#8081938)
>'I have driven in many states and never has the mentality that you cannot, MUST NOT, let someone ahead of you been as bad as it is here. Minnesota Nice, indeed.'

We don't rule the lists anymore [1], but I'll put the horrible traffic and drivers of the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) up against anyone in a gridlocked struggle for the title of worst.

Though, I've routinely been told by people more traveled than myself that we hardly rate on an international scale.

1: http://www.weather.com/news/commuter-conditions/worst-traffi...

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by oostevo on Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:12PM (#8082625)
From my experience, South America, Africa, and the Middle East have horrifying traffic behavior, but at least everyone follows the same unofficial rules of the road. Eventually, you can somewhat reliably predict how someone on the road will behave.

Different areas in the US have very different driving cultures, and the transient nature of the DC area means that drivers bring their habits from wherever they came from, and so everyone is obeying slightly different driving cultural norms. It's a mess.

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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by rayiner on Thursday July 24, 2014 @04:24PM (#8081975)
Grew up driving in DC/MD/VA. I think PA/NJ/DE is much worse.
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Re:Washington, Minnesota officially endorse a “safer, faster... by idbehold on Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:27PM (#8082716)
That's funny. I grew up driving in PA then moved down to DC for a job and I think DC/MD/VA drivers are much worse. It's like none of them have ever driven in the rain before. "Holy shit the road is made of ice, better drive at least 15mph under the speed limit." - The thought process of every DMV driver when it starts to drizzle.
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