The jackasses who need to "defend" (or better yet, amend) their behaviour are the headlight flashing, tailgating lane-weavers who arrogantly and ignorantly refuse to adjust their driving habits to match traffic conditions.
Fortunately, they are few.
At least, in NoVa they are few.
One can hope that their recklessness leads them to an incident with Odocoileus virginianus ... thereby ridding us of two pests.
We're talking about a different group of people than those that get on the freeway, immediately drive to the left lane, and sit there for twenty miles on their drive to work?
I just want to make sure we're talking about the right group of people who need to change their behavior.
Incidentally, I agree that tailgating lane-weavers are the most reckless drivers on the road. It is not excusable driving. It is primarily caused, however, by people that refuse to obey the concept of slower traffic to the right.