with Tennessee having the best-behaved drivers. Congratulations to our TN members.

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September 24, 2024 5:25pm EDT

Researchers recently determined which U.S. states have the worst-behaved drivers, and the results may surprise you.

Forbes Advisor published their findings last month, analyzing 19 "bad" driving behaviors to determine how common they were in certain states.

The behaviors included running a red light, eating while driving and texting behind the wheel. Other behaviors were changing lanes without signaling, cutting other drivers off and "honking/cursing/gesturing at another driver in anger."

The study also considered drivers who caused accidents, reported speeding in a school zone and drove under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The survey was conducted with the help of market research company Talker Research, and researchers collected data from June 24 to July 3. Five thousand Americans were surveyed for the study.

Each participant was at least 18 years old and had a driver's license, and the study's margin of error is ± 1.4 points with 95% confidence.

Here is the ranking from best-behaved to worst-behaved drivers:

50. Tennessee
49. Ohio
48. Pennsylvania
47. Florida
46. Georgia
45. Arizona
44. Michigan
43. Delaware
42. South Dakota
41. North Carolina
40. Nevada
39. Rhode Island
38. Colorado
37. Washington state
36. Oklahoma
35. Iowa
34. New York
33. Indiana
32. South Carolina
31. Maryland
30. Idaho
29. Illinois
28. California
27. Louisiana
26. Alabama
25. Texas
24. Nebraska
23. Missouri
22. Montana
21. Utah
20. Mississippi
19. Maine
18. New Jersey
17. Massachusetts
16. Wisconsin
15. Arkansas
14. Virginia
13. Kentucky
12. Minnesota
11. New Hampshire
10. West Virginia
9. Kansas
8. Vermont
7. Connecticut
6. North Dakota
5. Alaska
4. Wyoming
3. New Mexico
2. Oregon
1. Hawaii

The Aloha State was found to have the worst-behaved drivers, according to the study. A whopping 20% of Hawaiian respondents admitted to changing lanes or turning without signaling. 13% of those surveyed also admitted to speeding 20 miles per hour or more over the speed limit.

"To make matters worse, nearly half (47%) of drivers in Hawaii admitted speeding—less than 10 mph over the limit—in the past month," the survey found.

With 8% of Hawaiian respondents admitting to running red lights, the state was tied with Texas and Oregon for that bad habit.

Coming in at second, Oregon's drivers rank worst for refusing to yield to others and speeding in a school zone. Those behaviors were found in 5% and 4% of respondents, respectively.

"It doesn’t help matters that the state’s largest city, Portland, sits at No. 10 on Forbes Advisor’s ranking of the worst U.S. cities to drive in," Forbes Advisor reported. "Dragging down Portland’s standing: virtual buckets of precipitation and sluggish rush-hour traffic."

"Another black mark for Oregon motorists: 45% of drivers say they’ve speeded (less than 10 mph over the speed limit) in the past month," Forbes noted.

Click here to see the full findings.

Should be.. "Drivers who REALIZE and ADMIT they're bad drivers", or a survey of honest drivers. lol I think that's probably a HUGE part of it. A lot of what makes bad/dangerous bad and dangerous is that they don't even realize they're doing something wrong. With some other means of gathering the data, I've no doubt the results would be vastly different.

I'm not too concerned about HI. They're in paradise.

On vacation, afternoons when we were driving, traffic would slow down and there's a line. Not really even slow and go. It's just that there's a line of cars on the road.

We figured that was their commute hour.

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Coming in at second, Oregon's drivers rank worst for refusing to yield to others

Not surprised.

Nobody wants to let anyone in.

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3. New Mexico

Also not surprised after living in Albuquerque for a while.

Yeah, I saw that. I can't believe Indiana is worse than Illinois.

"Here's your Aloha Spirit, right here."

^Mahalo.

There is no way on God’s Green Earth that PA drivers rank third best. I spend significant time driving in PA (turnpike, interstate, and surface streets) and there’s just no way. Lol.

As for Maryland being in the middle of the pack, I’ll buy that. Although I think that rank should include some measure for efficiency. There’s lots of data that’s just not captured or taken into account here, as has been pointed out.

-Rob

New York should be split in two; Upsate and NYC.
I am surprised Jersey is at 18, I thought maybe 5-10 with all the traffic here and Route 80 and 78.

I was visiting a friend of mine on Maui around 79/80. I decided to do some exploring one day using her car but it came with a warning, watch out for the other drivers, they don't use the stop signs and speed like hell.

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Originally posted by kkina:
^Mahalo.

That's the way it was explained to me, just be chill.
However, I can't agree with the survey. There is no way on God's green earth that PA would ever rank in the top three of best behaved drivers. We have terms for bad driving, The Pittsburgh Left .

In my humble opinion, Ohio and Arkansas have to be the worst. Period.

In Texas, we don't have speed limits we have speed suggestions

Hey, Kansas made it in the top 10, but just barely.

We have several unwritten laws. You have 5 seconds, after the light turns red, to make it through the intersection. Never let someone move onto the highway until there’s only 25 feet of entrance ramp left, and last, but not least, plan ahead. Points are awarded for passing someone, moving back over in front of them, then nailing the brakes and making a left turn.

It's not so much that people won't yield, but that the morons do not know how.
Wide open in front of me and they expect you to slow down to 35 mph from 55 to let them in.
I have watched them run out of road and stop on the freeway merge lane.

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Originally posted by Muddflap:
Hey, Kansas made it in the top 10, but just barely.

We have several unwritten laws. You have 5 seconds, after the light turns red, to make it through the intersection. Never let someone move onto the highway until there’s only 25 feet of entrance ramp left, and last, but not least, plan ahead. Points are awarded for passing someone, moving back over in front of them, then nailing the brakes and making a left turn.

LOL We made #10!

Truthfully I notice driving behavior to vary by traffic density rather than State boundaries. People driving in more congested areas tend to have less patience and often have to "make up lost time" due to traffic problems. And those people piss off other drivers so they join in.
Drivers in rural areas with little traffic are generally fine.

There's no way in hell that PA drivers are #48 and at the top of the best drivers list, where did they do this survey? In the middle of the state where the deer outnumber the people?

I go down South driving and notice that drivers are generally less aggressive and not as lead-footed as PA drivers are.

Any poll that has Kansas in the Top-Ten for well-behaved drivers has to be suspect.

I think the drivers in Hawaii are not as good at lying as the drivers in states like New Jersey, Florida, and Michigan.

A poll that ranks FL in the top 5 nicest drivers hasn't been on I-4 between Orlando and Tampa, ever, or any major highway in the Ft Lauderdale-Miami area...