r/Charlottesville • u/jawannabe • 5h ago

Drivers education…

Hey genuine question for my Cvillians and Virginians!!!
In drivers education here does one learn to not block the box? Use their blinker? 😆 but seriously..

I grew up in the north and learned how to drive there, and the driving choices here continue to amaze and confuse me everyday.

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u/stitch22903 5h ago

Blocking the box is so obnoxious. And clearly detrimental to traffic flow

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u/AutoDefenestrator273 5h ago

When someone's blocking the box and keeping me from crossing an intersection at my green light, I've taken to just laying on the horn.

This area's drivers are awful. Today someone stopped in the right lane of 9th St to let someone else pull out and turn left, except the left lane of 9th wasn't stopping so....they were just stopped, blocking traffic for no reason.

I get wanting to be polite and all, but on a main road you'd think right of way would take priority for safety reasons.

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u/10thousndreflections 3h ago

Not enough horn honking in Cville. I'm tired of being the fourth in line having to do the dirty to someone doom scrolling at a green light.

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u/AutoDefenestrator273 3h ago

Dude yes. I wait 3 seconds, then hit the horn for 2.

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u/YourRoaring20s Locust Grove 3h ago

The dude who runs that Halal food truck was behind me as I began slowing to a stop at a red light at 250 and High St. He then accelerated and swerved around me and ran the red light. His Halal food must've been getting cold.

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u/angsty1290 4h ago

I read here once that Virginia drivers ed teaches drivers at on ramps that they should just go and other drivers will adjust not to hit them. That sounds ludicrous to me, but that is how people drive in Charlottesville.

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u/3mptyspaces Downtown 3h ago

If you learned to drive up North, I’ll bet you notice it on every left turn on green.

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u/sejewah 5h ago

Worst drivers in America here. It blows my mind everyday.

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u/WolfTrap2010 3h ago

Where are the best drivers?

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u/sejewah 3h ago

No clue. But it’s not here.

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u/thisisyourbrain101 2h ago

Where are the average drivers?

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u/sejewah 2h ago

Idk the answer to that either…except…not here

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u/Niematego 4h ago

The number of people here who don't use their blinkers amazes me everyday.

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u/WolfTrap2010 3h ago

It's an America issue.

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u/beeboopbananas 2h ago

As a Midwest transplant, I noticed this immediately! So frustrating

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u/FORTY8pak 3h ago

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people put their blinker on AFTER changing into the turn only lane.

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u/Jujubee7683 2h ago

Learned to drive in CA and was taken aback when I encountered all the “Don’t block the box” signs at Philly intersections. So it’s not just VA where it isn’t taught. That said — I pretty much don’t block the box, ‘cause common sense