Forget Southern hospitality. Louisiana drivers are mean.
That’s according to a new survey from the Drive Human campaign, which aims to provide people insight into their driving behavior and encourages “courteous driving.”
The survey of 2,500 people throughout the country found the Bayou State ranks fourth worst in the country for courteous drivers. Louisiana earned a D- ranking in the survey, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 12 percentage points.
Drivers here are particularly aggressive when others try to pass them, the survey found. And turn signals? Louisiana drivers rarely bother.
So which generation is driving this phenomenon of uncourteous drivers throughout the country? That’s right, millennials. The 25-and-younger age group scored the least courteous by age, followed by those 26 to 40 years old. The survey also asked about drivers’ tendencies when being tailgated, merging in traffic and dealing with slow drivers.
Among the other findings: Men tend to be far more aggressive drivers than women, and drivers in the western U.S. scored most courteous by region.
There is one positive note: Louisianans generally say they will not steal someone else’s parking spot.
Check out the full survey and Drive Human campaign.
