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As Texans adjust to the increased volume of back-to-school traffic, the website Smartasset.com has come out with a new study that puts Texas and New Mexico at a tie for having the fifth worst drivers in the country. Mississippi ranks as having the worst drivers, followed by Tennessee, then California and Missouri at a tie. As part of its justification for the ranking, the study says that Texas "googles the term 'speeding ticket' at the ninth-highest rate" and has a higher-than-average fatality rate per 100 million drivers.

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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As Texans adjust to the increased volume of back-to-school traffic, the website Smartasset.com has come out with a new study that puts Texas and New Mexico at a tie for having the fifth worst drivers in the country. Mississippi ranks as having the worst drivers, followed by Tennessee, then California and Missouri at a tie. As part of its justification for the ranking, the study says that Texas "googles the term 'speeding ticket' at the ninth-highest rate" and has a higher-than-average fatality rate per 100 million drivers.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Uninsured motorist insurance is a lot higher in New Mexico than it was in Oregon.

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Originally posted by TomP:

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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As Texans adjust to the increased volume of back-to-school traffic, the website Smartasset.com has come out with a new study that puts Texas and New Mexico at a tie for having the fifth worst drivers in the country. Mississippi ranks as having the worst drivers, followed by Tennessee, then California and Missouri at a tie. As part of its justification for the ranking, the study says that Texas "googles the term 'speeding ticket' at the ninth-highest rate" and has a higher-than-average fatality rate per 100 million drivers.

We have an influx of easterners who never learned to drive properly on freeways (if you miss an exit ramp you don't panic, wait for the next one and turn around).
And old farts who can't either see good or turn their heads to look behind before changing lanes. And young women who drive more aggressively than their boyfriends.

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Originally posted by jdollar:

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Originally posted by TomP:

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:

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As Texans adjust to the increased volume of back-to-school traffic, the website Smartasset.com has come out with a new study that puts Texas and New Mexico at a tie for having the fifth worst drivers in the country. Mississippi ranks as having the worst drivers, followed by Tennessee, then California and Missouri at a tie. As part of its justification for the ranking, the study says that Texas "googles the term 'speeding ticket' at the ninth-highest rate" and has a higher-than-average fatality rate per 100 million drivers.

We have an influx of easterners who never learned to drive properly on freeways (if you miss an exit ramp you don't panic, wait for the next one and turn around).
And old farts who can't either see good or turn their heads to look behind before changing lanes. And young women who drive more aggressively than their boyfriends.

CA has so many bad drivers because it has so many illegals who cross the border from a small village in Mexico, pool his money with others, and buys a beater car from a private seller and hits the road. If you buy from a dealer you have to show proof of insurance. The Central Valley is full of farm workers who don’t have a clue how to drive but they will back 6-8 in an old car and hit the road

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Different cities seem to have different driving habits. In Austin folks will run the yellow light but in Dallas they don't;that's the kind of thing that causes accidents.

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:
I had a cajun girlfriend in New Orleans while I was supposedly getting a high education. Gone but not forgotten. Somehow the topic of driving came up and stop lights. Red meant stop, green meant go, and yellow meant hurry. A good policy I adopted thereafter.

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Red meant stop, green meant go, and yellow meant hurry. A good policy I adopted thereafter.

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Originally posted by NormanConquest:
Well CH,times do change. That was the norm when I was in Dallas in the 70's. But it is true that different cities have different habits.
What is really fxxxing us here in Austin is all the California transplants.

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Well CH,times do change. That was the norm when I was in Dallas in the 70's. But it is true that different cities have different habits. What is really fxxxing us here in Austin is all the California transplants.

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Originally posted by Kensco:
Are you guys going to let TomP get away with that crack about, "And old farts who can't either see good or turn their heads to look behind before changing lanes".

Them's fighting words. I look over my shoulder before changing lanes. I don't trust those mirrors, the blind spots, and those nuts from the Moreno Valley CA USA that might be slipping up on me.

Those were hurtful words. I'm having trouble getting over the implications there.

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Originally posted by jdollar:
You mean like stop,go,stop,go,stop,go for hours on end??

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Originally posted by Kensco:
TomP, I thought by "easterners" you were referring to Indians, Chinese, and the like.

I had a new experience today. I was on a three lane (50 MPH) frontage road to North Dallas Tollway. We were in the middle lane. The exit off NDT has vehicles slowing from 70 MPH to 50 MPH off the exit to our left. The SUV in front of me came to a complete stop in 50 MPH traffic with its left turn signal on (no one in front of him). He wanted to turn left at the light that was about 300 yards ahead of us. I watched traffic in my rear view mirror go nuts behind me trying to avoid us. I laid on the horn. With vehicles coming off the exit into the lane to our left at 50 MPH+, the fool, from a full stop worked his way into that lane of moving traffic, then pulled forward to the light......and he was mad at me for honking at him.