The Worst Drivers in America...

[cmort666]

Scene Scottsdale AZ Winter months:
You come up upon a Buick or Cadillac sorta weaving down the road at well under the speed limit. Until you've lived here for awhile your impression is the car is unattended because no one is visible in the drivers seat. Upon carefully passing you will note an ancient driver peering thru the steering wheel which they have in a death grip!!
We have a term for this here as in "I'm being Buicked"!!
Jim

I used to see that a lot between Ft. Knox and Louisville.

Large stretches of Hwy 31w have a 55mph speed limit. Invariably, some woman who was middle aged when the Japanese sank the USS Panay would come out of a side road, drive a block going MAYBE 25mph, then turn back in at the next block.

Of course too, that reminds me of all of the drivers who would barrel at a red light going 65mph... then slam on the brakes when it turned GREEN.

Korean taxi drivers have nothing on the average resident of Radcliff, Cosmosdale, Shepherdsville or Louisville.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

We used to have traffic signs posted that stated: "stop turn right on red." I know a saw a female stopped at a green light, waiting for it turn red so she could turn right.

 

[UncleEd]

And all of you who have posted so far are also guilty of something some of the time or all the time. I bet some
tailgaters lurk among you.

Driving only proves that humanity probably shouldn't exist and
the world will get along quite well without us.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

And all of you who have posted so far are also guilty of something some of the time or all the time. I bet some
tailgaters lurk among you.

Driving only proves that humanity probably shouldn't exist and
the world will get along quite well without us.

I agree on the first part.

The second part........I'm kinda thinkin you need to take your meds.

 

[Ron M.]

Up here in my little retirement town of Paradise, CA, the worst drivers in the world seem to be right in front of me when I am heading out of town, with them driving a 1980's Buick or Cadillac, and with the male drivers wearing hats that have been out of style for 50 years. Gotten used to them since at 62 I'm getting close to that age, I guess. Better break out the old Fedora...

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Include central Illinois. Can't drive but they are very polite.
Saw someone sitting still in driving lane on I-74 waving people in the acceleration lane on.

 

[Bill_inBouse]

I think you're all wrong. The Puget Sound basin of WA state has the absolute worst drivers in the U.S.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I take it none of you have ridden with Ruthie:

 

[hittman77]

I've got a cousin living in Austin who doesn't think the drivers there are bad at all. I believe it's because she is one of them!

My wife grew up in Chicago.....not the burbs......IN Chicago. I discovered quickly that in Chicago a turn signal means they're changing lanes NOW ...... they ain't warning you or looking for permission ...... they're making it happen!

 

[federali]

Tough Call

My wife and I visited Rome Italy. Fortunately, the rental car came later in the trip. In Rome, most everyone drives like they're auditioning for a role in a James Bond movie. The Japanese must have gotten the idea of the kamikaze from watching their fellow Axis partner driving in Rome.

Later in the trip, we rented a stick-shift (you need to drive a stick and be good at it for car rentals in Europe) Fiat. I'm doing a flat 160 KPH (100 MPH) as that is as fast as the car would go and I had to stay in the right lane as even the senior citizens were passing me. Scary. Yes, you can get an automatic transmission in Europe but the rental fee is a King's ransom.

 

[SailDesign]

I think the worst USA drivers are in Boston.

I think the worst drivers in the world are in Iran.

Just my opinion.

As a Rhode Islander, with you all the way on Boston.

 

[coltle6920]

And all of you who have posted so far are also guilty of something some of the time or all the time. I bet some tailgaters lurk among you.

How else are we supposed to read the bumper stickers of the car in front of us???

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

That's one thing I'm not guilty of, tailgating. Just never do that, gives me more time to react to traffic.

 

[GaryS]

Don't start me on Rhode Island drivers. They all seem to have "Small State Syndrome". On Rte 24, show me an aggressive, yet clueless driver, and I'll show you a car with a RI plate.

As a Rhode Islander, with you all the way on Boston.

 

[Rustyt1953]

How else are we supposed to read the bumper stickers of the car in front of us???

Or the little tv's in the mini vans.

 

[muddocktor]

We used to have traffic signs posted that stated: "stop turn right on red." I know a saw a female stopped at a green light, waiting for it turn red so she could turn right.

Was she blond?

I think that Louisiana will at least give the top 5 a run for their money for worst drivers. Not just any particular area of the state, just the state in general. Kind of makes you wonder how some of them are still alive.

 

[vytoland]

we see crazies and NASCAR wannabees everyday around here.....stop signs, speed limits are non existent to the "special people".....

 

[SailDesign]

Don't start me on Rhode Island drivers. They all seem to have "Small State Syndrome". On Rte 24, show me an aggressive, yet clueless driver, and I'll show you a car with a RI plate.

Same for Mass drivers in RI. I don't honestly think either state is "worse", just different, and therefore they stand out. When everyone's a local, we all know what to expect. Any outsider is harder to fit into the pattern.

 

[Big E3]

I believe that as soon as Colorado legalized pot, everybody in the country that is too stupid to have a driver's license said I can just move there and nobody will notice me, they'll just think I'm high.

 

[S42N8]

On behalf of the great state of Florida, I submit the two examples of driving idiocy I saw - today.

1) Was driving north on a four-lane with median strip, when the esteemed driver of the black Audi driving South casually veers left across two lanes into the median, backs up about 20 yards, and completes the turn -still backing up - across the two Northbound lanes into the Shell station. Hope you enjoyed the Slurpee, pal.
2) Heading east on a four-lane, I saw the fire truck (lights and sirens on) a couple blocks behind me. I change lanes into the right lane and coast toward the intersection ahead, eventually stopping about 30 yards short. Amazingly, the drivers in both sides are pulling to the curb. Ahead, in the northbound lane of the intersection, the pest control panel van accelerates toward the intersection. Then, with the athletic grace of an arthritic donkey, the van slowed down (!), moseyed through the stop sign, and lurched through the intersection. God was the fire truck driver's copilot; a deft right-left through the intersection later, remained on his way. I'm pretty sure the insects weren't the only endangered critters in this rodeo.

I've driven in most of the lower 48 (missed Kansas and Oregon), and a fair share of the Middle East. I am willing to concede that driving skill, on the whole, is declining - but the yahoos here are suicidal. Blind left turns, blow through train crossing warnings...and those are the fuel truck drivers. There should be hazardous duty pay.