Maybe once driverless, or self-driving cars, are dominating the roadways there won't be lists like "the states with the rudest drivers," but for now that actual list exists and this year's winner is Idaho.
But before examining why Idaho has the rudest drivers, it's interesting to look at where some other states land on the ranking.
While most would think New York and New Jersey would land at the top of the list of rudest drivers, just New York landed in the top five, specifically in the third slot.
Idaho is first, followed by District of Columbia/Washington, D.C., and then New York, while Wyoming and Massachusetts round out the top five. New Jersey is actually in eighth place.
What states hate those rude driver states the most? Well, Arizonians hate Idaho, Maryland drivers hate D.C. drivers, Californians hate New York, Montana hates Wyoming and those in New Hampshire hate the drivers in Massachusetts the most.
That's the facts, according to Insure.com's survey of 2,000 drivers nationwide.
Last on the list of most rude drivers? That would be New Mexico. States with the least rude drivers? North Dakota, Maine and New Hampshire are the top three, respectively.
Utah, which landed in tenth place for rudest driver state, according to a release on the survey, is full of drivers who seem to be in a race and typically drive 5 to 15 mph over the speed limit.
"But nobody knows where it ends or how to get to the finish," says Utah resident Matt Stubs. "They tend not to signal, because they wouldn't want anyone to know their next move. They just keep looking straight ahead and pretending not to see that car trying to squeeze in next [to them]."
In Nevada, the issue is so bad one resident says most drivers just expect to get in an accident sooner or later.
Nevada resident Kay Stewart moved to Las Vegas almost nine years ago. "When I first moved here, I told my husband, 'It's not a matter of if we get in an accident here. It's a matter of when we get in an accident here,' " Stewart said.
"The worst thing that Las Vegas is guilty of is that you just know that whenever there is a light or a left-turn signal, there will be at least two or three cars going through the red," she says, adding, "Rude seems almost too pleasant a word to describe it."
In Delaware, the rude drivers just give the middle finger to anyone trying to slow them down on the road. "When doing the speed limit, I should not have to wonder about the make of a vehicle behind me, due to the fact the car is tailgating me so horrifically I cannot even see its hood!" says Michelle Brammer.
In New York, the rude drivers are always seemingly doing at least one or two other things while driving. And even pedestrians are rude, notes one resident.
Debi Tracy recounts how even in an accident situation New York drivers are insufferable. Her car was the third car in a four-vehicle accident and had been totaled on a major highway on Long Island, east of New York City. "I would have loved to have been able to move my car," she says sarcastically. "But I was heading off to the hospital in an ambulance."
So what's the big issue in Idaho where the most amount of rude drivers supposedly live?
Well, it seems many Idaho drivers like to take their time getting somewhere and that seems to tick off the majority of drivers trying to get somewhere fast.
"The roadways of Idaho present a dichotomy of drivers: Those who are moving so slowly that they're judged to be rude, and the aggressive drivers who speed around them and flip them off. Together, with their opposite yet equally vexing styles of driving, they push Idaho to the top of the rankings," states the release.
What's most amazing, though, is that Idaho is a state where insurance premiums are among the lowest, so maybe rudeness doesn't equate to road rage and increased accidents.
And in case you think the state with the least rude drivers may also be one of the best states to live, you're thinking wrong.
As Tech Times recently reported a Gallup poll shows Montanans and Alaskans are most in love with their home states with three in four claiming it is the best, or at least one of the best, places to live.
