Oklahomans are some of the country's most confrontational drivers

[Camo]

Can't say this surprises me. Especially since we're home to some of the dumbest drivers too.

You need to travel out of state more: we can’t even be in the top 10 from what I see: I travel all over the us for work,

 

[Camo]

Show me the law that says you are legally allowed to hit me because you made bad decisions.

I'll wait.

Yeah I don’t buy that either. Hit me in my lane because you they can’t merge??? Yeah not gonna be my fault. Lol

 

[Camo]

Don’t tell me you’re one of those sheep that just gets in line because somewhere ahead is construction. I’m running in the other lane until the “Merge Here” sign, because that’s the law. And yes, if you block me I WILL HIT YOU, and it will be YOUR fault…been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Some other info is missing. You have to merge, not me. Won’t be my fault when you hit my truck.

 

[OKRuss]

Some other info is missing. You have to merge, not me. Won’t be my fault when you hit my truck.

Isn't merging the same as the yield sign when entering the highway? Meaning that it's the responsibility of the merging driver to YIELD to oncoming traffic not the other way around when your lane is ending.

I'd like to see the conversation between responding officer and person merging. "You hit his car while it was in his designated lane. Yes sir, BUT he wouldn't let me in and I don't have to wait in that long line. Okay, but YOU hit HIS vehicle not the other way around. Yes sir, BUT he wouldn't let me in.....etc.".

 

[Rez Exelon]

Isn't merging the same as the yield sign when entering the highway? Meaning that it's the responsibility of the merging driver to YIELD to oncoming traffic not the other way around when your lane is ending.

I'd like to see the conversation between responding officer and person merging. "You hit his car while it was in his designated lane. Yes sir, BUT he wouldn't let me in and I don't have to wait in that long line. Okay, but YOU hit HIS vehicle not the other way around. Yes sir, BUT he wouldn't let me in.....etc.".

"He wouldn't let me in even when I was flipping him off and saying that I have the T-Shirt!"

 

[Red Dirt Walker]

A recent study from Forbes reports that Oklahomans tend to be confrontational on the road.

As reports of road rage incidents climb across the country, Forbes surveyed 10,000 licensed drivers and compared all states from nine metrics, including tailgating, yelled, car-blocking, and receiving rude gestures.

The results? Oklahoma ranks in fifth when it comes to the most confrontational drivers.


Of the surveyed Oklahomans, 14% reported being forced off the road, 55% report being blocked from changing lanes, 59% reported being cut off on purpose, and 71% reported being yelled at or threatened.

The top ten states include Arizona, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Texas, and Ohio.

https://www.fox23.com/news/local/su...cle_fadafdea-45b6-11ee-9155-979929a95d0e.html

Not sure I buy that, as I often hear from people from the coasts that come here for business that consider Oklahoma drivers considerate compared to back home.

 

[GC7]

Here's something for you guys to squabble over. I've actually done this before and it made perfect sense at the time but felt like it was technically illegal.

If the light is red and cross traffic is clear, can the driver in Lane legally 1 turn right on red (into the corresponding outer lane, obviously)?

 

[jllrue]

A recent study from Forbes reports that Oklahomans tend to be confrontational on the road.

As reports of road rage incidents climb across the country, Forbes surveyed 10,000 licensed drivers and compared all states from nine metrics, including tailgating, yelled, car-blocking, and receiving rude gestures.

The results? Oklahoma ranks in fifth when it comes to the most confrontational drivers.


Of the surveyed Oklahomans, 14% reported being forced off the road, 55% report being blocked from changing lanes, 59% reported being cut off on purpose, and 71% reported being yelled at or threatened.

The top ten states include Arizona, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Texas, and Ohio.

https://www.fox23.com/news/local/su...cle_fadafdea-45b6-11ee-9155-979929a95d0e.html

As a retired local Truck Driver in Chicago and a new Transplant to Oklahoma, In my opinion, Illinois should be number one, they're the most ignorant, stupid, obnoxious Drivers in this Country!

 

[Rez Exelon]

Here's something for you guys to squabble over. I've actually done this before and it made perfect sense at the time but felt like it was technically illegal.

If the light is red and cross traffic is clear, can the driver in Lane legally 1 turn right on red (into the corresponding outer lane, obviously)?

That is legal unless posted otherwise in most states so long as you follow the marked lane pathways. Where it gets dangerous is that at certain intersections (I'm looking at you I44/Yale!) where there's two lanes and most drivers don't think or understand that the second lane can turn red. So the outer lane will right on red INTO the designated space for the inside lane (crossing into it).

 

[jtmcglothin]

5th?! Not good enough! Let's work at being #1! We're #1! We're #1!