It's official: The nation’s worst drivers are from…

[agent]

North Carolina.

With the exception of the fine folks who frequent this forum of course.

Over the course of the last 60 days and four different road trips, I have driven extensively in and through Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. And I can say without a doubt that NC has the largest percentage of moronic drivers out of them all.

North Carolina, where not only will cars drive five under in the left lane (when there's no traffic in the right lane), and require prompting in the form of a headlight flash to move over into the right lane to allow you to pass, but they will actually move back over into the left lane once you clear them. Unreal.

Or there's my other favorite, which is when the driver(s) in the left lane match(es) speed with the traffic in the right lane, so everyone is going 5-10 under as cars continue to stack up behind.

Curiously, this is inversely proportionate to the quality of the roads in NC - at least the ones I traveled on. The majority of interstates and highways are recently paved and smooth as glass, and interchanges and overpasses are attractively landscaped. Traveling by road through NC would be an absolute pleasure if it weren't for its lethargic residents.

Cincinnati gets an honorable mention. That place sucks. And what's with that left shoulder that doubles as a bus lane?

Side note: SC has the worst roads of all of them. That decision is not even close.

[delatlanta1281]

So it isn't actually official then? It's just your opinion ;)
I will continue to think Texas has the worst drivers followed closely by Virginia. That is not official as well. Just my opinion based on experience.
Vote to have thread name changed to Agent's Opinions On Driving Around The Country.
I do like the use of the word inversely though. Makes you sound smart.

[evandael]

Motion to include Ohio drivers.

They run red lights, pass on double yellows, are habitual left-lane campers, drive at erratic speeds (either hitting plaid or driving at a crawl), never gesture kindly, there is no vehicle inspection (so there's a multitude of passably driveable vehicles on the roads).. they're just plain bad.

[BlackbirdM3]

You never made it to California... All kinds of bad here.

Will

[Wh33lhop]

To contrast this, coming from CA to OR and WA was great. People didn't cruise in the left much and when they did they would move over without prompt. I was quite happy to have a break from CA drivers.

[z31maniac]

So it isn't actually official then? It's just your opinion ;)
I will continue to think Texas has the worst drivers followed closely by Virginia. That is not official as well. Just my opinion based on experience.
Vote to have thread name changed to Agent's Opinions On Driving Around The Country.
I do like the use of the word inversely though. Makes you sound smart.

No, OK has to be worse. At least in TX people understand the left lane is intended for passing only.......not parking your happy ass at the speed limit or lower.

[Pl3wA]

OT but driving in poland was fuckin sick. in a volkswagen transit van going 80 on a main road in the rain suicide passing carriages while people going faster are suicide passing you. people gave noo fucks about safety or law lol, i saw 1 cop the month i was there... and he was plastered.

i would also like to note that someone i was with saw only one black man whilst in the city. i dont have any proof there are though

[delatlanta1281]

No, OK has to be worse. At least in TX people understand the left lane is intended for passing only.......not parking your happy ass at the speed limit or lower.

TX must have changed from the early 2000s then. Back then everyone hung out in that lane. Totally pissed me off.

[F34R]

Upstate NY has great drivers. I never have issues driving in the highway, if you are in the left lane you better be going 65ish in a 55. If not get out of our lane <3

[z6ne]

On this one road trip in NY state, I was on one SHIT highway for like 45 miles. Was like being inside a subwoofer for an hour.

[unevolved]

TX must have changed from the early 2000s then. Back then everyone hung out in that lane. Totally pissed me off.

Texas now has state highways with speed limits of 85 mph in some places. It becomes incredibly apparent if you're slow in the left lane.

[Herr Faust Schinken]

You never made it to California... All kinds of bad here.

Will

one word- Prius

[evandael]

You never made it to California... All kinds of bad here.

Will

I spent a month driving around San Fran, to Oakland/SF airports, around the North Bay area, Napa/Sonoma and all along the coast.

I really didn't think they were that bad.

[Jon325i]

You never made it to California... All kinds of bad here.

Will

Amen brother.

one word- Prius

Ah yes....the "holier than thou" contigent on our roads. Don't even get me started with these folks.

I spent a month driving around San Fran, to Oakland/SF airports, around the North Bay area, Napa/Sonoma and all along the coast.

I really didn't think they were that bad.

I've spent my entire life in NorCal (specifically, Sacramento) and I've been to the bay area many many times. I think bay area drivers are better than where I live. The state capitol seems to have more than its fair share of bad drivers. They've raised 'rubber necking' to an art form.

And you left out all of SoCal. Equally bad. Except for those who post here ;)

Jon

[agent]

Although not in the last 60 days, I have driven extensively throughout NorCal. Monterey to Willows and everywhere in between. As a general rule, Californians know how to merge. That's a skill which is lost on most of the Southeast US.