Truckers agree-Pennsylvania is the worst:
HIGHWAY REPORT CARD
392 OVERDRIVE READERS responded to the Highway Report Card survey during fall 2004, giving results with a 4.9 percent margin of error. Almost 85 percent of respondents were owner-operators. More than 75 percent of respondents had more than 11 years in the trucking industry. More than 31 percent drive all 48 states.
Because each ranking is based on separate questions, and because states that have a large share of truck traffic tend to get the most votes, a state can show up on two lists of seemingly opposite results.
Best Roads
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Georgia
5. Ohio
Worst Roads
1. Pennsylvania
2. Louisiana
3. Missouri
4. Arkansas
5. Michigan
Most Improved
1. Arkansas
2. Pennsylvania
3. Georgia
4. Louisiana
5. Nebraska
Least available Overnight Parking
1. New Jersey
2. California
3. Virginia
4. Connecticut
5. New York
Most available Overnight Parking
1. Texas
2. Indiana
3. Pennsylvania
4. Kentucky
5. Tennessee
Worst Rest Stops
1. Texas
2. Virginia
3. California
4. Louisiana
5. New Jersey
Best Rest Stops
1-2. Texas, Florida (tie)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio
5. Indiana
Worst Automobile Drivers
1. California
2. New York
3. Florida
4. New Jersey
5. Illinois
Best Automobile Drivers
1. Texas
2. California
3. Wyoming
4. Indiana
5. Pennsylvania
Worst Truck Stops
1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. California
4. Massachusetts
5. Illinois
Best Truck Stops
1. Texas
2. Iowa
3. Nebraska
4. Georgia
5. Ohio
Toughest On Truck Inspections
1. California
2. Ohio
3. Pennsylvania
4. Missouri
5. Maryland
Weakest On Truck Inspections
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. South Carolina
5. Nevada
What do all 4 have in common? Lots of New Yorkers and ex-New Yorkers.