Tourist's Guide to Driving Around Washington DC

[anotheranon]

Last one for today, I promise! From Kuro5hin, I can vouch for most of this being absolutely true. Except the turn signal thing - I always use mine and I'm NOT a tourist. Just remember, If it's 30 degrees, it's Orioles' opening day. If it's 100 degrees, it's the 'Skins opening day. If the humidity is 90+ and the temperature is 90+, then it's May,June,July,August and sometimes September.

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[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

The Sun Tzu readers must have been my co-commuters on Scenic Drive (named for the view of the distant Rockies visible along its entire length) ... it's a winding, serpentine street that runs from downtown to the southeast edge of the city. During the nearly twenty years I lived there I saw a lot of drivers flick on their turn signals every time they rounded a curve in the road (no intersections or lane changes involved). Another common western Canadian technique is to come to a full stop at all intersections, as if they are four-way stops, even if there are only stop signs on the intersecting street or the traffic lights are green. :p