@Orestes Munn 99278 wrote:
Prii are really bad, aren’t they? One might think…but no.
Mixed experience with pickups, especially in recent decades.
Moms in minivans is ad feminem, but yes.
I commute and work out in MD, so I’m not aware of the tag effect. In my experience, there are few more dangerous signs than a FL plate.
In my experience, Priuses are top in the “doing really thoughtless stuff” category. Rarely outright aggressive, but just seem to be always distracted/not paying attention and almost never want to slow down for any reason. Lots of passing too close, running stop signs/lights, left/right hook type stuff.
Mercedes drivers are almost always entitled pricks. ’nuff said. Oddly, despite their reputation, I almost never have issues with beemers. Other luxury brands (infiniti, lexus, audi) are usually worse.
Pickups are more varied, but I get a lot of aggressive wannabe-alpha-male behavior from them. Could just be that the only people driving giant pickups in Great Falls and Reston are people with manhood insecurity issues.
Moms in minivans I just mean the ones with kids commuting in during morning rush hour. Always distracted, always in a hurry, always annoyed that someone on a bike is preventing them from getting their precious kids to school on time.
MD plates I don’t see very often in VA, and when I do it seems they are always being idiots.
@acl 99276 wrote:
School bus. It tends to be about 50/50 for me they are either extra solicitous and give tons of room or they pass terrifyingly close. Unfortunately, I can’t take the extra room from the super careful ones and add it to the terrifyingly close ones. So when I see one I anticipate the worst.
Ugh. I hate school busses. I actually try and time my commute to avoid them (the one advantage is there aren’t that many and they stick to a rigid route and schedule). You’d think a vehicle that spends so much time holding other people up would be more patient.
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