Rate the states: Drivers

[dead0man]

My perceptions are more region based.

The south:you guys suck.  Slow, no idea what the passing lane is for, and very much enjoy pulling out in front of you.  and slow.  (except around Atlanta, where everybody is fast...very fast..not as fast as me, but fast enough.  Still will pull out in front of you though.)

Midwest, east of the Mississippi-generally the best....some places are slower, like Ohio for the reasons the OP mentioned.  There will be people from every place that don't understand how turn signals work, or how to properly pass on a controlled access highway, but they (we) seem to be better than the other places.  I've never driven east of Johnstown PA.

West of the Mississippi-slower, and less good at general driving than the people on the other side of the big muddy, but still much better than the South.  Missouri gets a special mention though.  Worst drivers north of the deep south.  I don't know if it's still the case, but in my day, you didn't have to take any behind the wheel training to get your license at 16.  I had a buddy that moved from MO to IL after getting his license in MO, IL made him take drivers ed.....he DROVE to drivers ed by himself.

[dead0man]

I don't understand why everyone decides to turn on red without even pausing,

haha.  That is fairly common in PA as well.  A lasting impression for me, from the five years I lived in Boston, is that I never got used to folks making a left turn as soon as the light changes to green.  I have it drilled into me that if you're making a left turn and you have a green light but not an arrow, then you must be patient and wait till all the oncoming traffic passes before turning left.  I don't know about the rest of Massachusetts, but in Boston it was the norm for anyone waiting to turn left to immediately floor it when the light turns green and take the left before the oncoming traffic starts forward.

One time, we were going somewhere...I forget where, but I was sitting in the front seat by the driver...and we were at a red light about to go left, and the driver actually got a green arrow.  He immediately said, "aw, man, a green left-turn arrow?  There's no sport in that!" and acted frustrated as he made his left turn.

Seriously.

My ex-father-in-law did that ALL the time.  Except he was a southern gentleman and nobody (few?) else did it in his area of the country (the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Marietta and such).  So it surprised everybody involved.  He called it a Pittsburgh turn...and damn it, when I looked that up last time there was just a reference or two on some random message board, now there is a WIKI!? for it?

Anyway, nobody does them here nor anywhere else I've lived except him.  He drove fast too.  Faster than me and I think he may be the only person I've been around that I can say that about.  We had a lot of fun together   But I'd never do that turn.  Have thought about it, dozens of times....but I know the time I do it will be the time the person just goes from the green and doesn't see me being a dickhead.