Dan725

I have been to loads of places, including war zones and many third world countries, and I really do reckon the most terrible driving I have ever seen has been in the US. Even here in Abu Dhabi and Dubai (I'm here temporarily), where the driving is notoriously chaotic, I have not yet seen anything that makes it worse than a US road. The same, maybe (roads are exactly the same type of thing as the US) - but not worse.

I think the other reason why the US really sticks out as the worst, in my opinion, is perhaps that you expect better from the worlds leading country. Driving around, for instance, Freetown, Kabul or Cairo, you don't expect the driving to be up to much, but in the US? It should be.

rjbhutton

OK, this has gone a little too far. Drivers in the US are not the best, in general. But that also aren;t the "worst in the world"... how can you compare driving in the US to driving in the Middle East or India (I can;t comment on China, or Africa, nver been there)? I'm guessing a quick look at the accident stats would bear this out... even looking at the sides the cars you can see that side swiping is so common an even that people don;t even worry about it any more (e.g. Beirut, Cairo, Dehli).... drivers in the US are definitely not worse than these places.

Dan725

Ok, of course I'm taking the piss a bit . I'll revise my statement to "Worst drivers in First World Countries"

Sally

"Worst Drivers in the World Series"

dukeynorton

Yeh but that translates to "worse drivers in the USA"

When the Spurs won the NBA the other day, the commentator shouted "..the spurs are the new basketball world champions"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sally