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#1878823 - 12/16/13 04:05 PM The US's worst drivers
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#1878828 - 12/16/13 04:20 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Texas is in the top 5, so the rankings have at least some merit. smile
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#1878840 - 12/16/13 04:37 PM Re: The US's worst drivers raitchjay
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Originally Posted By: raitchjay
Texas is in the top 5, so the rankings have at least some merit. smile

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#1878842 - 12/16/13 04:39 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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#1878844 - 12/16/13 04:41 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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I can say that I disagree with this supposed study. Chicago all the way East to NY is by far the worst area. The South is 10x better than the NE.
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#1878845 - 12/16/13 04:44 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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They should have included GA simply because of all the snowbirds traveling 75 back and to to Florida. smirk
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#1878848 - 12/16/13 04:45 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Please, Illinois didn't even break the top 5... what kind of crack survey is this?
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#1878851 - 12/16/13 04:48 PM Re: The US's worst drivers #Just Jay
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Please, Illinois didn't even break the top 5... what kind of crack survey is this?


Exactly. This is probably where I would put the worst drivers. Every time I go to Chicago I end up paying ~$50 in tolls for a two day stay. That money is supposed to be used on roads. Their roads are some of the worst looking I have seen.
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#1878862 - 12/16/13 05:00 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
since the survey looked at issues such as speeding and failure to ield, this likely means that some jurisdictions pay greater attention to these from a ticket/revenue standpoint...don't think it truly gives a clear picture on where the worst drivers are, just ones that are tickets...

i've driven in a great many states, i would put california at the top of my list for most discourteous, never had an issue in Chicago...
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#1878866 - 12/16/13 05:04 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Discourteous does not mean bad. The title is "worst".

If I were listing discourteous drivers I would still put the NE, Ohio and a few more up there. But to me, worst implies a basic lack of understanding of driving.

1) How driving is done.
2) Laws.
3) Accidents.
4) Failure to understand how to drive efficiently.
5) Failure to understand the unwritten rules of driving.

Chicago fails in all of these.
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#1878867 - 12/16/13 05:05 PM Re: The US's worst drivers HappyGilmore
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Just because someone chooses to drive over the speed limit disobeying traffic signals while watching soccer on their iPad does not make them a bad driver. Besides DWI in LA is a skill level more than a hazard.



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#1878871 - 12/16/13 05:10 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Oh, so Illinois coppers can be bought, hense the lack of tickets... well that makes sense then.
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#1878889 - 12/16/13 05:38 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Chicago police are too busy writing parking tickets to help fund their pensions, to be bothered with traffic tickets.
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#1878896 - 12/16/13 05:51 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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I guess the rest of the state makes up for the horrible drivers in Cincinnati.... Where when there is any precipitation at all, people slow down to half the speed limit (suddenly) in case there might be more, causing accidents. Where people rubberneck at 5 miles an hour in a 65 mile an hour zone for no apparent reason when an accident is five miles up the road on the opposite side.... sigh.

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#1878909 - 12/16/13 06:21 PM Re: The US's worst drivers B_F
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driving in Chicago, where apparently left turns from the right lane is the norm
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#1878923 - 12/16/13 06:31 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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"Ohio" driver's $uck, due to the majority of the "undocumented" residence are not from Ohio. Columbus is terrible! Just the mentioning of Snow in the weather forcast and people hit the brakes.
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#1878958 - 12/16/13 07:07 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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Those that don't properly clear their vehicles of snow... mad
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#1878977 - 12/16/13 07:24 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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I have identified 3 things that really bother me about some drivers.

1) Driving in the left lane, and not pulling over when people behind you are obviously wanting to go faster.

2) Drivers who pull into your lane, going slow enough to cause you to have to brake.

3) People who drive slow in adverse weather. Slow, and careful is not bad but when you are going so slow that it forces others to use their breaks, it causes accidents.
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#1878990 - 12/16/13 07:32 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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^^^^ Alabama and SC Drivers.

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#1878994 - 12/16/13 07:36 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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No arguments with SC being second worst. I lived in NE Ohio until I was 37 and now live in South Carolina. The drivers in SC are worse than the ones in Ohio. I would rather drive on I-480 and I-77 into Cleveland in the snow than drive down here on a sunny day. The number of accidents on any given day is absurd. Double the accidents if it rains, and just stay home if it snows, because you won't get anywhere.

It seems that everyone here has the "me first" mentality. If you dare leave a distance between you and the car ahead of you, it will be filled either by the person behind you passing you or someone else jumping in. Doesn't matter if you are going the same speed as the car in front, if there's a gap someone is going to take it. Chain reaction accidents are common here because of all the tailgating. It's usually not 2 cars involved, but 4-6.

The drinking and driving is terrible. It is so sad the number of people killed by drunk drivers in this state. Last week a kid driving to school was killed by a drunk driver - at 8am.
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#1879044 - 12/16/13 08:50 PM Re: The US's worst drivers TB 12
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Those that don't properly clear their vehicles of snow... mad


blush Oops. Sorry.
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#1879045 - 12/16/13 08:51 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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#1879046 - 12/16/13 08:53 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Retired DQ
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L.A. is definitely in the running for most discourteous drivers. People constantly cut me off because they need to change lanes immediately, without signaling. They don't use their signals because most people immediately speed up to prevent the lane change. After all, not letting that person in front might get the first person to their destination 2 seconds faster.
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#1879056 - 12/16/13 09:00 PM Re: The US's worst drivers Sound Tactic
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Originally Posted By: rED Herring
I have identified 3 things that really bother me about some drivers.

1) Driving in the left lane, and not pulling over when people behind you are obviously wanting to go faster.

2) Drivers who pull into your lane, going slow enough to cause you to have to brake.

3) People who drive slow in adverse weather. Slow, and careful is not bad but when you are going so slow that it forces others to use their breaks, it causes accidents.


agreed, but I'll add a 4th...


4) people who use their "breaks" instead of their "brakes"

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#1879063 - 12/16/13 09:06 PM Re: The US's worst drivers HappyGilmore
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Originally Posted By: HappyGilmore
Originally Posted By: rED Herring
I have identified 3 things that really bother me about some drivers.

1) Driving in the left lane, and not pulling over when people behind you are obviously wanting to go faster.

2) Drivers who pull into your lane, going slow enough to cause you to have to brake.

3) People who drive slow in adverse weather. Slow, and careful is not bad but when you are going so slow that it forces others to use their breaks, it causes accidents.


agreed, but I'll add a 4th...


4) people who use their "breaks" instead of their "brakes"

shocked


And to that ...
5) people that either never use a directional or leave the directional on the entire trip.

6) people that do not know how to proceed through a 4-way Stop intersection
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