Worst sin you can commit on Washington area highways is to make them clog up more than normal.
My last ticket was actually for “following too closely”.
I was driving back from a business trip at night, and there wasn’t much traffic, and I was in no hurry, so I set my cruise control right at the speed limit, and drove mostly in the right lane.
We were passing some truck, and we moved to the left lane, including another truck. I kept getting closer and closer, but he didn’t move back over to the right. I almost went right to go around, but then two other cars flew past us all on the right. I eventually hit my brakes, and slowly decelerated, and then he moved over and I passed him and kept driving.
A couple miles later, a cop pulled me over, and I couldn’t figure out why, and he accused me of drafting the truck. I wanted to complain that he should have gone after the guys who passed on the right, but this was near Williamsburg, and there’s no fighting tickets, it’s a money thing for them.