Driving is an everyday activity that can bring out the best and worst in people.
To find out where Americans experience the most road rage and where they find the friendliest fellow drivers, the team at Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers surveyed over 2,000 drivers across the country.
The results reveal which states have the most aggressive drivers, the most courteous commuters, and which regions are home to some downright dangerous habits behind the wheel.
If you’ve ever driven in New York, you probably won’t be surprised to learn it ranked #1 for the most aggressive drivers. With a staggering driver aggression score of 122.15, New York far surpassed every other state.
Aggressive behaviors like honking, cutting off other drivers, and even intentionally swerving at cars were reported at high rates in these states. For instance, New Jersey drivers were among the most likely to honk (33%), swerve at other cars (15%), and get out of their vehicles to confront someone (12%).
On the flip side, Hawaii took the top spot for the friendliest drivers, earning an impressively low aggression score of just 2.
While Minnesota made the top ten for friendly drivers overall, they were also surprisingly high on one particular bad habit: making rude gestures. 19% of Minnesotans admitted to flipping the bird or using another unfriendly hand signal, the highest rate in the nation.
Some states stood out for specific aggressive behaviors:
While some of the top offenders are expected (we see you, New York and L.A.), a few polite-sounding states had surprisingly aggressive driving habits. For example:
Methodology
This survey is based on responses from 2,197 licensed drivers across the US. States with insufficient sample sizes, including Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, and Rhode Island, were excluded from state ranking comparisons.
