California Drivers Ranked The Worst in the United States in Annual Study

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Interesting That More Subjective Items. . .

. . .like driver courtesy are not factored in.

Having been to SoCal many, many times, i found, absent gridlock, that it's one of the easiest states for merging onto a freeway from an entrance ramp. People give space even though they might be going 70. I find that less the case here in Illinois, and we ended up 7th best.

I've found Atlanta to be really good in this regard, having driven down there probably 50 or 60 times.

I've found northern NJ to be really bad in this regard, but it's better as you get down closer to Philly.

Then we include tickets for speeding, and i honestly believe one would have to be going 80 on I-55 before a state trooper would ticket someone. (And that's in the 60 or 65 zone.) So, if the cops just don't issue tickets for all but egregious violations, of course ticket count would be lower.

Here in warehouse central (about 50 miles south of Chicago) i see lots of citations for safety and load issues with the gazillion trucks. I'm surprised the shear number of those doesn't push Illinois to a higher citation level.

The DUI thing pretty much goes without challenge though.