The Worst Drivers in America...

[wingriderz]

As a A B A T E motorcycle safety officer and a G W R R A ( goldwing group) saftey office . We train that all cars in front and besides are looking to kill you at any given moment.

 

[JohnSW]

Have any states been missed?

During the first snow of winter, people in Minnesota drive like they were born in Florida.

 

[TTSH]

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.

Without any doubt whatsoever, the absolute worst drivers in the USA by far are ALL in or from the State of Rhode Island. It is worse than a demolition derby down there. Going down there is almost certain death for MA folks like me. It's pure and total insanity.

 

[Usmc5811]

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.

+1 on Louisiana drivers they are the worst I have seen. I lived in Baton Rouge for a few years while working for LSU the driving was terrible. But before Katrina you could drive around Baton Rouge without pulling your hair. Then it was New Orleans. Of course traffic on I 95 on a Friday or Sunday during the summer in and around Richmond is almost as bad.

 

[Abbynormal]

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.

You forgot the idiots from E-town!

 

[Abbynormal]

I'm thinking Indy is rising quickly on the idiot driving list. Constant lane changing thru intersections. But my daily favorite is going from the 3rd or 2nd lane and in one move exit I-465 onto I-74. It's like Saigon on Tet under fire!

 

[jessebogan]

Have any of you folks been to DC/Northern Virginia/Metro Maryland? Holy cow, I call DC the District of Chaos. At least 50% of the drivers there, the last transportation they owned was feet or donkeys. Mid block u turns any time, any place. I used to commute to DC from Edinburg Va ,99 miles each way, every day. Coming in on 66, at a walking pace, you would see multi car accidents, where cars were totalled.And when you *finally* passed the accident, you were still moving at a walking pace. Too many people, too many non drivers, and they are ALL more important than you. Simply amazing.

 

[richf7]

I think the worst USA drivers are in Boston.

Just my opinion.

I couldn't agree more. Drivers routinely turn left against oncoming traffic...playing chicken and not yielding to other cars when you don't have the right of way is routine. I was the passenger in my cousin's car and he thought nothing of driving on the freeway emergency lane at 60 MPH.

 

[SailDesign]

I couldn't agree more. Drivers routinely turn left against oncoming traffic...playing chicken and not yielding to other cars when you don't have the right of way is routine. I was the passenger in my cousin's car and he thought nothing of driving on the freeway emergency lane at 60 MPH.

In a lot of places around Boston, that is legal. Disconcerting, but legal. Brings in the whole "If you're not FROM there..." problem.

 

[nachogrande]

LEARNED TO DRIVE RUNNIN SHINE?

Out here in the mountains of West Virginia, the locals generally know how to drive and driving on a mountain road's just something you do to get from one place to another.
It's the tourists that come out here and have not a single clue.
They'll jump all over their brakes every time the road curves or goes downhill.
They'll slow way down and ooh and aah at the local scenery.
I'd come around a corner at 60 mph and some ding-a-ling'll be creeping down the road at between 30 and 35.
"Oh (expletive deleted)!" On the horn and the brakes.
The upside is they're also really helping the local economy, especially when they speed through town.

Perhaps a leaf peepers ahead sign might help.

 

[hoosierone]

Funny coincidence; my daughter just called from Texas. She lives about an hour north of Austin. She said Texas drivers are the worst in the world. The comment was unsolicited.

 

[TTSH]

I was the passenger in my cousin's car and he thought nothing of driving on the freeway emergency lane at 60 MPH.

In a lot of places around Boston, that is legal. Disconcerting, but legal. Brings in the whole "If you're not FROM there..." problem.

Correct. For a very long time, corrupt MA pols would not fund new road construction or expansion of existing roads at all because it would cut down on what they could steal. Their solution when it got completely unbearable? Let people drive in the breakdown lanes.

But Little Rhody is much, much worse. Two infamous, almost unbelievable moves that you only see in Rhode Island: 1) Drivers suddenly stopping dead in the middle of a multi-lane highway for no apparent reason... ... and, 2) Drivers cutting over from the high-speed left lane in traffic all the way over to the extreme right lane to exit the highway... in as little as 100 feet. And the weirdest part of all? They aren't doing that by accident or negligence. They are doing it intentionally for the sheer "sport" of it. I kid you not.

 

[BigBoy99]

Boston! I wasn't driving but the cabbie was something else. We went through a toll booth at about 40 mph and the driver just threw the coins in the direction of the toll collection machine. I didn't need to get anywhere fast, he said he drives like that all the time.

 

[Texasgordo]

Correct. For a very long time, corrupt MA pols would not fund new road construction or expansion of existing roads at all because it would cut down on what they could steal. Their solution when it got completely unbearable? Let people drive in the breakdown lanes.

But Little Rhody is much, much worse. Two infamous, almost unbelievable moves that you only see in Rhode Island: 1) Drivers suddenly stopping dead in the middle of a multi-lane highway for no apparent reason... ... and, 2) Drivers cutting over from the high-speed left lane in traffic all the way over to the extreme right lane to exit the highway... in as little as 100 feet. And the weirdest part of all? They aren't doing that by accident or negligence. They are doing it intentionally for the sheer "sport" of it. I kid you not.

#2 is pretty common down here in Texas.

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[the ringo kid]

Out here in the mountains of West Virginia, the locals generally know how to drive and driving on a mountain road's just something you do to get from one place to another.
It's the tourists that come out here and have not a single clue.
They'll jump all over their brakes every time the road curves or goes downhill.
They'll slow way down and ooh and aah at the local scenery.
I'd come around a corner at 60 mph and some ding-a-ling'll be creeping down the road at between 30 and 35.
"Oh (expletive deleted)!" On the horn and the brakes.
The upside is they're also really helping the local economy, especially when they speed through town.

I like that. Not so negative but most positive in yer entire post.

 

[the ringo kid]

Correct. For a very long time, corrupt MA pols would not fund new road construction or expansion of existing roads at all because it would cut down on what they could steal. Their solution when it got completely unbearable? Let people drive in the breakdown lanes.

But Little Rhody is much, much worse. Two infamous, almost unbelievable moves that you only see in Rhode Island: 1) Drivers suddenly stopping dead in the middle of a multi-lane highway for no apparent reason... ... and, 2) Drivers cutting over from the high-speed left lane in traffic all the way over to the extreme right lane to exit the highway... in as little as 100 feet. And the weirdest part of all? They aren't doing that by accident or negligence. They are doing it intentionally for the sheer "sport" of it. I kid you not.

Yer 2nd paragraph describes what just happened to me today coming from a minor emergency clinic to come get a quick meal from WM Deli. The first one was an idiot female texting and paying sub-zero attention to traffic. First cutting across three lanes of traffic barely missing my front so-called "bumper" causing me yo HAVE to slam on my brakes. Then, both of us in a left turn lane to get to Everhart strtte-and about 2 blocks from a red light, this twit slams on her brakes (me too again) to answer a fragging TEXT!?!?

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

In a lot of places around Boston, that is legal. Disconcerting, but legal. Brings in the whole "If you're not FROM there..." problem.

True, during certain specified hours, posted rather conspicuously. And that extra extreme right-hand lane (called the breakdown lane during other hours) is usually occupied by the faster drivers, often motivating down the road at a speed greater than the speed limit. Is that not predictable? If you are not in the habit of making illegal lane changes, it is not a problem. AFAIK, it is generally not a problem. I really don't see or hear of very many collisions.

 

[BC38]

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

Sorry, but I think you need to get out more. I lived and drove in the People's Republic of Puget Sound for nearly 30 years. They drive fast and blow through a lot of red lights, but they aren't anywhere near the worst drivers I've seen. Heck, Portland has worse drivers than Seattle by a long shot.

The worst drivers I've seen were in Puerto Rico. People passing on the left AND right shoulders at 60-70 miles an hour. Lane markers and traffic signs ALL get treated as if they were just suggestions, and little or no traffic enforcement to convince them otherwise.

I think there are bad and inconsiderate drivers everywhere, but the thing about Oklahoma drivers that has puzzled me is what happens when it rains. I drive the same when it rains as when it's sunny but maybe just a little slower and more cautiously. For some reason, rain freaks some people out here! Some will be driving 20 mph on a 65 mph road when there's a light sprinkle, and other people act like they can't see or are lost. You see wrecks EVERYWHERE, I never have figured that one out.

HA! I have to admit that you see a lot of that kind of thing in Seattle too. Which is really weird since it rains there 200 days a year on average....

 

[LostintheOzone]

I lived in Ft. Collins for 21 years and I would say the whole front range of Colorado is the worst. in Ft. Collins just because your traffic light turned green doesn't mean you should be the first person into an intersection.

I noticed that in ABQ NM. Red lights mean nothing to those folks. Saw more people run red lights there in 5 days than I've seen in 5 years where I live. Suicide to be the first person in on a green light.

Still a lot better than Mexico. I would rather be shot at than drive there. Rented a car in Cabo once and that was enough for me. Demolition derby down there.

 

[LostintheOzone]

Double post, sorry.