the worst drivers in America are from........

[ski_resort_observer]

Just passing along some important info, not judging. I've seen alot of bad drivers with green plates but it turns out many are them are transplant from the land of bad drivers. :lol: :wink:

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/...2010/05/27/worst-drivers-in-america-by-state/

 

[Warp Daddy]

Just passing along some important info, not judging. I've seen alot of bad drivers with green plates but it turns out many are them are transplant from the land of bad drivers. :lol: :wink:

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/...2010/05/27/worst-drivers-in-america-by-state/

Yep we got the worst drivers , the worst politicians anD the worst taxes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn ---------------------------------------we're Number One in NYS

 

[Mildcat]

I don't think you can base the "worst drivers" from a written test. :smash: People texting and driving, drinking and driving, and driving aggressively are the worst drivers even though they might be able to ace that test. Other people might not be able to do well on the test but still drive defensively and with commonsense. Zero credibility in my book.

 

[riverc0il]

I don't think you can base the "worst drivers" from a written test. :smash: People texting and driving, drinking and driving, and driving aggressively are the worst drivers even though they might be able to ace that test. Other people might not be able to do well on the test but still drive defensively and with commonsense. Zero credibility in my book.

Perhaps and perhaps not. I bet there is a least minimal correlation. Might not be causation (for example, variables such as class and financial or social standing could influence people to be more book smart on the written test AND drive safer) but I bet written test knowledge and safe driving on the roads is at least weakly correlated at minimum.

 

[Johnskiismore]

Hmm, I won't say the worst drivers are from somelplace. I will say the worst drivers are those who aren't quite sure where they are but proceed as if they do, make a Kamakazee turn when they are about to miss their destination, or drive way too slow with no reguard, etc., etc. I'm not making a dig at tourists, I'm glad they're on weekend or vaca, I'm just saying... :wink:

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Yep we got the worst drivers , the worst politicians anD the worst taxes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn ---------------------------------------we're Number One in NYS

Now just hold on there...I'll see your worst taxes and raise you the fact that Vermont has worst taxes except that sales tax thing in NY is a humdinger. Vermont's 9% meals tax bites everyone in the ass.

It is based on a 20 question written test which I agree would seem to have little to do with actual driving so let's change it to the...... dumbest drivers in America.

 

[Edd]

Mass scoring better than NH? Evidently driver courtesy isn't factored in here. Just kidding! (not really)

 

[billski]

The epicenter of bad Boston drivers is in Everett. Having lived in Malden for two year I witnessed more cluelessness and utter abandon there than any place else in the metro area.
We also experienced drivers pursuing dirt roads with a death wish, with us in tow, in Bahamas.
In Slovakia they make three lanes of two for passing by driving on the center line forcing the other cars to the dirt.

 

[riverc0il]

Mass scoring better than NH? Evidently driver courtesy isn't factored in here. Just kidding! (not really)

NH and MA both have a LOT of really bad drivers. Having lived in both states, it is shocking how many NH drivers are as bad as they are. MA drivers tend to be rude because they have to be to survive in the metro areas whereas a lot of NH drivers are just plain bad and dumb drivers. My SO commutes 40 miles in I-93 to Concord and generally has a horror story at least once of week of someone almost causing an accident. It is just a different type of bad driving but bad drivers are all around. I can't say one state is worse than the other but there are different types of 'bad' driving for sure.

@SRO - VT income taxes are really low compared to what I experienced in MA before living in VT. Of course, NH is lowest of all. BUT that is to say... everyone always pays somewhere. If not in income, then property, sales/use, or meals, etc.

 

[Geoff]

NH and MA both have a LOT of really bad drivers. Having lived in both states, it is shocking how many NH drivers are as bad as they are. MA drivers tend to be rude because they have to be to survive in the metro areas whereas a lot of NH drivers are just plain bad and dumb drivers. My SO commutes 40 miles in I-93 to Concord and generally has a horror story at least once of week of someone almost causing an accident. It is just a different type of bad driving but bad drivers are all around. I can't say one state is worse than the other but there are different types of 'bad' driving for sure.

@SRO - VT income taxes are really low compared to what I experienced in MA before living in VT. Of course, NH is lowest of all. BUT that is to say... everyone always pays somewhere. If not in income, then property, sales/use, or meals, etc.

You guys don't get out much. DWA (driving while Asian) on the west coast is the source of the worst driving in North America. I nominate Richmond, BC as the worst since it has such a huge Chinese population that just got there. In Northern New England, everybody gets their license at age 16 and has been driving forever. They might be stumped by city traffic situations since they don't see them frequently but it's nothing like the expat Hong Kong housewife in the Lexus crossover SUV in Vancouver who has been driving for maybe a year or two.

I had an interesting one at KMart on Friday. I was on Route 4 westbound stopped with my turn signal on to take a left into the post office. A delivery truck was coming at me eastbound slowing down to take a right into the Deli. There is no shoulder to speak. A Mercedes with New York plates headed eastbound behind the truck decided to pass between us at about 60 mph in a 40 zone. I still don't quite understand how the idiot had the dumb luck to not hit either me, the truck, or both.

Vermont has a graduated income tax that is roughly 25% of federal. If you make no money, the tax rate is low. If you make some serious coin, you find some other state to use as your tax address. Other than physicians who have no choice since their office is in the state, you don't see many big income people declaring Vermont as their residence. Massholia has a 5.95% flat tax. I think the crossover point is around $100K of income.

 

[Mildcat]

It is based on a 20 question written test which I agree would seem to have little to do with actual driving so let's change it to the...... dumbest drivers in America.

That would be me. :dunce:

 

[drjeff]

Is there really a state/region out there that thinks that they DON'T have the worst drivers in the US???

 

[powpig2002]

i won't say " the worst drivers in america are from......asia" because i would be accused of being racist

 

[billski]

It is just a different type of bad driving but bad drivers are all around. I can't say one state is worse than the other but there are different types of 'bad' driving for sure.

Boston appears to have a hands-down reputation for bad drivers across the nation, based upon thousands of social encounters I have had across the country over the years. Whether the #1 reputation is deserved or not, I'll leave it to you to decide. Many tourists chose not to drive in Boston because of its reputation. Certainly some can be attributed to the unplanned road system, but others is simply because people know they can get away with it here.

When I lived in western NY, certain Mass drivers that traveled there told me that they have to deliberately "tone down" their speed and their aggression. Probably true of any urban to rural transition.

 

[Marc]

Meh, arguing about the worst drivers in the US is like arguing about the ugliest people from Brazil.

Yes, there migth be some bad ones, but look elsewhere in the world and the argument is silly.

In countries like China, where there is almost no traffic law enforcement the only rule observed on a semi routine basis is, the heavier vehicle should probably get the right of way, occasionally.

I hear India is even worse, but I've never been there. Getting driven through rush hour traffic in Shanghai Pudong was a hell of an experience.

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Meh, arguing about the worst drivers in the US is like arguing about the ugliest people from Brazil.

Yes, there migth be some bad ones, but look elsewhere in the world and the argument is silly.

In countries like China, where there is almost no traffic law enforcement the only rule observed on a semi routine basis is, the heavier vehicle should probably get the right of way, occasionally.

I hear India is even worse, but I've never been there. Getting driven through rush hour traffic in Shanghai Pudong was a hell of an experience.

China and India ain't in America! :wink: Boston is a crazy place to drive around not from the drivers but the crazy road/street layout. SLC is the opposite end of the stick being a couple of centuries younger the street system is well planned making it easy to get around.

 

[ctenidae]

The worst drivers in America are invariably from wherever the guy in front of me is from.

I will nominate CT drivers, though, since they think they're NYC cabbies, but are scared of driving.

 

[bigbog]

There's quite a difference just between Maine drivers who frequent cities and those who do not... pretty lame..Think it all has to do with numbers..........

 

[ctenidae]

Funny that the picture on question 5 is backwards.

 

[smitty77]

The Asian demographic for sure. My sister-in-law hails from Laos, and man is she NUTS. Not dumb, just NUTS. As for region - I've driven in Boston, Hartford, NYC, northern NJ, pretty much anywhere in the northeast. Rhode Island, and Providence in particular, takes the cake. My first few trips there I wondered why there seemed to be a body shop on every street corner in the city. After nearly 8 years of periodic trips along the main highways and secondary roads through the city, I know exactly why there are so many repair facilities, and it's not all for money laundering.

Not bad - only 3 wrong. Though I don't agree with:

merging at the same speed as traffic. Even if the traffic is doing 80 in a 60? I would merge at traffic speed, just couldn't believe that was the correct answer.
passing on the right on a "highway of 2 or more lanes". 3 or more maybe, but it's okay to pass in the "slow lane" of a 2 lane highway? I thought that was considered a no-no.

The last one I got wrong was the steady yellow: I put be prepared to stop, instead of stopping if safe to do so.