CrossfireLTD, I know exactly what you mean about drivers tests in VA. Clearly, it's been a long time since I took my test there when I moved from NYC to No. VA, but my license test was literally a written test and 4 right turns around the building. Honestly, I didn't know how to drive at all. I lived in NYC, I never owned a car, had seriously limited seat time, and voila a nice VA license. Thinking back, it was pretty pathetic.

Intersection survival in DC area, if I can make a yellow, I go...no pussyfooting around. If I know I can't or think I can't make, I brake and roll up until it turns red. NEVER STOP ON YELLOW...otherwise you'll get rear ended sooner or later, guaranteed.