I have. Nowadays it's generally slow enough that it's hard to imagine dying in an accident there. But this was so long ago that I imagine things were different with the Beltway back then, and of course cars were much more deadly at the time too.
Indeed. But it seems people keep finding new and innovative ways to crash spectacularly as well. Maybe it's foul play all the way down, but I'd bet most of money on Marylanders :)