The “Water Cooler” is a feature on Claycord.com where we ask you a question or provide a topic, and you talk about it. The “Water Cooler” will be up Monday-Friday at noon.
Today’s question:
QUESTION: The worst drivers drive what kind of vehicle?
Talk about it.
Teslas, BMW’s, and Ram lifted pickups
And White Vans 🡡
BMW’s, they are the worst drivers. Entitled and stupid.
I’m patient, don’t drive in fast lane and keep my speed about
5 mph slower than expensive speeding vehicles. I’ll pass them soon enough.
Reason, let them flush out CHP. As they’re sitting on side of the road
talking to the nice officer, smile, your day, just got better.
Toss up between Nissan Altima and Hyundai Elantra
Motorcycles. Not so much with Harley riders, they usually seem to be more mellow. Maybe
it’s because they are predominantly older than other riders. I don’t see as much speeding,
and lane splitting with Harley’s as I do with other types of motorcycle riders. Lane splitting is
not illegal in California, but it must be done safely, at a slow speed, and with caution. I have seen way too many lane splitters ignoring the safety rules. When freeway traffic is at a steady flow, there is always some hotshot on a bike zipping past at a much higher rate of speed. All
it takes is one car to change lanes, and the bike will drive right smack into the car, resulting in one dead motorcyclist. Bicycles come in second as one of the worst vehicles. There are so many bicyclists that ignore the rules of the road.
If Harleys weren’t so wide with crash bars and luggage compartments they would be splitting alot more lanes.
10 years ago it was Prius drivers
6 years ago, BMW
The current reigning champ is Tesla, by a wide margin
Definitely Prius, Tesla and BMW are tied for second place.
The ones with blacked out windows.
Blacked out windows should be banned, it’s dangerous to not be able to see the driver’s eyes, especially if you’re a pedestrian.
BMW’s….Don’t ask who the drivers are now….some won’t like the answer.
BMW now replaced with Tesla…maybe things with Tesla will change now that the script flipped.
I always said the BMW driver was the kid that graduated college and got his real job so the first thing he did was go out and buy a BMW “felt like he was Cock of the walk” and had no experience of the road or others on it. It was usually a 3 or budget 5 series, the 7’s were older people that had a better understanding of the rules of the road. My opinion only.
Tesla
I don’t believe that cars define the driver.
The driver defines his actions by his character values.
People with poor character values drive poorly.
The alternative is valid too.
The problem with Prius drivers is the Smug pollution.
I am on the road much less than I used to be, so this may be a dated opinion, but invariably, I would try to stay as far away/in front of any Prius. They seemed to believe they were there to manage the speed of traffic, and to demonstrate poor lane usage. Also, seemed to take their time once a light turned green, which on short-timed lights, became very problematic.
In my limited driving now, the worst are not drivers but rather bicyclists. Some are cognizant and considerate, but too many act like they own the road.
Acceleration powered by hamsters on a wheel, drives 40mph on the freeway in the middle lane, crooked bumper sticker placement = Prius.
ACKSHUALLY Priuses have had very decent off the line acceleration for their class since the second generation, due to the electric motor having decent oomph and 100% HP and torque from 0 RPM.
The newest Prius has a 0-60 of 7 seconds.
ELECTRIC! They drive way faster like they are on a carnival ride!
BMW’s and Mercedes for sure are the worse drivers!
Prius….,nothing so special as a Prius driving in the HOV lane going15 mph slower than traffic in all the other lanes.
Dodge charger
The worst drivers are the drivers who have enormous trucks & don’t know how to drive enormous trucks.
Honda Accord drivers, absolute worst out there.
BMW and Tesla drivers. Especially when the drivers are in their 20s and 30s. I also feel that Nissan Altima drivers often drive irrationally.
Easy answer, Tesla and Prius drivers. Tesla drivers fly and Prius drivers either speed or drive very slow. Plus both those vehicles I see on flat bed tow trucks all the time.
Prius and Tesla!
Trucks. Not work trucks, but vanity trucks, the hillbilly Cadillacs that we see so much of. Anything with a lift is more likely to drive crazy.
Here’s a fun youtube video which purports to show that truck and SUV drivers are far more likely to murder an innocent animal for fun, than car drivers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fp7flAWMA
I find Tesla drivers to be very sedate and law abiding as a whole, actually.
Nissan drivers are probably notably slightly worse than other manufacturers. Not the Frontiers, just the rest.
I agree it used to be Prius drivers, but many of them have turned to Tesla. Tesla and Honda drivers are the worst by far.
BMWs, pickup trucks, crotch rockets and Toyotas, especially Camry and Prius drivers. Toyota drivers seem to always be moving roadblocks.
Everyone and every make, but me and mine!
I Treat all other drivers as “non-drivin mother*****ers”. I expect everyone else to do the stupidest thing possible therefore I avoid many accidents.
I do realize other good drivers do exist, it’s just better to proactive than reactive.
How you can tell computer is driving a vehicle.
Blinkers used.
1. Toyota Prius
2. Tesla (all models)
3. Thugs in Dodge Chargers & Challengers
Any vehicle. It’s not the car, it’s the person. Some people drive like maniacs.