Quoted: And most likely, all the bad VA drivers you see are just TRANSPLANTED YANKEES FROM BOSTON.
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Nah. I can spot a Boston driver easily. Boston drivers will cut you off, signal the turn halfway through it (but at least they use the signal), then flip you the bird for getting in THEIR way. Then they stomp on the gas and keep things moving. NJ drivers are similar, but slightly more erratic and may not use the turn signal at all.
Virginia drivers just cut you off, no signal, as though you're driving Wonder Woman's invisible friggin car. Then they are so oblivious to what they have just done that flipping them the bird would be a waste of calories, as they would not notice this either. Then they putt along at 5 under, entirely unaware of the possibility that the person they just cut off might actually want to get somewhere, and again oblivious to the enormous cloud of brake dust that you just generated trying to avoid hitting them.
I will also say that I drove for about 6 years in Boston/Philly, and never actually saw an accident happen. In my FIRST YEAR ALONE in Richmond, I witnessed 4 serious accidents - including an SUV that just completely blew a red light at Boulevard and Broad at 45mph and creamed some poor kid in a Honda. Saw several near misses where people just flat out ran red lights as though they were green. The low level of brain function amongst drivers here is astonishing.
And folks, I'm not making this a North/South thing - obviously I like it here, or I wouldn't be living here. But good lord - driver's ed is your friend.