Coming up thru Dallas today I wondered ?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by bzinger, Aug 13, 2016.

  1. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Which in our opinions are the states with the worst drivers ? ..ya get 6 choices with number 1 being the worst.

    1. Texas..they can wreck anything on a dry road .
    2. California...almost eqauls Texas for 1st place.
    3.florida ...full of nj and ny retirees .
    4.new jersey ...need I say more .
    5.new York...almost ranks above nj in terms of how to beat a vehicle to death .
    6.this is a tough one between Minnesota and Illinois because these two species both think the gas pedal or the brake belongs on the floor at all times ...but Illinois wins because of Chicago.
     
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  3. carramrod32

    carramrod32 Heavy Load Member

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    Don't forget Arizona, similar to Texas. All kinds of wrecks with dry roads. Some of the best weather in the country. Of course a lot of it is distracted driving which is everywhere unfortunately.
     
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  4. supersnackbar

    supersnackbar Road Train Member

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    1 PA,(especially eastern PA)
    2 NY/NJ tied
    4 Texas
    5 North Carolina (they think because they live in NASCAR country, they are all race car drivers)

    And CT gets an honorable mention because most of the people there think a speed limit is just an unnecessary suggestion.
     
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  5. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Texas just has the most F/U on/off ramps & feeder roads.
    But to categorize by state is tough, I think city is more accurate. Cause I did a lot of winter driving around Ohio, PA, KY, MD, VA, NJ, NY & the Carolinas, two years in a row when there was like record rainfall, and that still stands out in my mind as being incredibly F. There's like several hundred times I don't know how I didn't crash.
     
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  6. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

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    1. All Southeast states:(Tie)
    2. VA
    3.TX
    4.IL
    5.MI
    6.MD,NY,NJ, CT (Tie)
     
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  7. Stormy 69

    Stormy 69 Medium Load Member

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    Who here thinks that the tards on ice road truckers could handle driving in these cities mentioned? But they are so good at what they do(sarcasm)
     
  8. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    I beg to differ... I'm pretty sure the civil engineers in New Jersey used a Spirograph to design the roads there. Screenshot_2015-12-11-00-42-03.png
     
  9. Stormy 69

    Stormy 69 Medium Load Member

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    I was thinkin they gave a crackhead a rock and turned him loose with a magic marker
     
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  10. Sipesh

    Sipesh Medium Load Member

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    Aw, c'mon, no one wants to give Kansas a good razzing, with 90% of the people out in the countryside coming to COMPLETE STOPS on the on ramps as they are utterly perplexed how to merge into traffic? The place where you can literally be the only thing on the road from horizon to horizon and they will still try to merge into the side of your trailer Every.Single.Time. There may not be a lot of drivers there, but ####, the few they have are something else.
     
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  11. Stormy 69

    Stormy 69 Medium Load Member

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    Is KC still part of the USA?
     
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