Posted on 08/08/2016 12:41:07 PM PDT by simpson96
When you get cut off, stuck behind a slow poke in the passing lane or see someone whizzing by at 90 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone, it's tradition to check the license plate and say, "No wonder--they're from such-and-such state."
Now there's a study that gives credence to that claim.(snip)
Here's a list of the worst, and the reasons why:
1. Florida. Floridians Google "speeding tickets" and "traffic tickets" more than any other state. They also have the second lowest number of insured drivers in the nation.
2. Mississippi. The state had the fifth-highest number of deaths resulting from auto accidents and the 12th highest rate of DUI arrests per driver in the country. Like Florida, relatively few people are insured.
3. Oklahoma. When it comes to states with many uninsured drivers, Oklahoma has more than its fair share: Only 74 percent of its drivers are insured. It also has one of the 15 worst scores in DUIs per thousand drivers and the number of people killed per thousand drivers in auto accidents.
4. New Jersey. The Garden State has the second-most deaths per driver.
5. Delaware. New Jersey's neighbor and rival for worst drivers in the mid-Atlantic region, Delaware is the only state with more deaths per driver than New Jersey.
6. Alabama. This state has bad scores all around.
7. Vermont. It leads the nation in DUIs per driver with 50 per thousand drivers.
8. Tennessee. The state is one of the least insured states in the country, with 20 percent of drivers not having car insurance. Tennessee also has the 18th highest number of deaths per thousand drivers.
9. Texas. It has the highest percentage of deaths from drunk driving at 40 percent.
10. Nevada. Nevada is the third-worst state for traffic and speeding tickets, as well as being the 17th worst state for DUIs.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Old guy, hat, Triple A sticker.
Kentucky had 778 traffic fatalities last year, 64% of them weren’t wearing a seatbelt, 95% weren’t using a turn signal.
Oklahoma. It’s the only state left where you can leave your car on the interstate and it won’t get towed.
” Triple A sticker. “
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Do they still have AAA stickers?
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Driving in Rome is a blast, if your driver is wearing a clerical collar and the car has Vatican plates. I still chuckle about the experience.
“I can’t tell you about drivers, but I can tell you that Pennsylvania has the worst roads in the nation.”
You should have driven I-40 through Arkansas during the 90’s and later.
Whenever I made that run I would take my clothes and put them on the bunk. On top of the clothes I would put my microwave, tv and DVD player and strap them in with the safety net.
The ratchet strap that normally held them in place didn’t stand a chance against Slick Williams interstate.
I would also take an extra ratchet strap and use it to keep the fridge closed.
When I got out of the state I would put everything back where it was supposed to be.
PA roads were a peach compared to Arkansas.
NJ is horrible; too many drivers that were riding animals half a world away within the past year (yet somehow getting licenses). An Indian friend described how he wanted to get his license when he visited India for a wedding; he said NJ would give him a license if he had an Indian license. Sure enough, he was issued a NJ license without ever taking a test here (written or road); he had never driven on the right side of the road. Now his car has a mangled front passenger rim because he doesn’t know how to make right turns...
Yeah, sure. They're called radar bags. You don't have those where you're from?
I haven't been there for a while but I used to sometimes drive on a highway from New York to Pennsylvania and you didn't have to read a sign to notice where the state line was.
Rome is not a state in the US.
Call the thread police.
Nonsense. Parallel parking is important. If you cannot control your vehicle at less than walking speed you shouldn’t be driving. I frequently encounter drivers on a one lane road who are unable to back up or pull to the side as they have no idea where their wheels are. Parallel parking helps you learn where your wheels are in relation to the driver’s seat and the road surface. I can crush a soda can with any of my wheels going in any direction.
Yep, hands free driving.
But, you still have to dodge them as they drift across three lanes of traffic to make that right turn.
“Parallel parking is important.”
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Of course it’s important but kids learn to parallel park and they haven’t a CLUE on how to merge onto an interstate or drive in high speed traffic.
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That's still the case.
#1 no surprise. Driver’s in Florida think it’s against the law to use their turn indicators.
This calls for a thread hijack - Call the Church Police!
Massholes are the absolute worst. Ten miles under the speed limit at all times. They all drive Praises, Subaru station wagons, or Honda CR-Vs.
Yes we have the brown bags - so bogus.
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