Colorado Home to Some of the Most Confrontational Drivers

Here in Colorado, we may have ourselves a bit of a road rage issue.

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According to ConsumerAffairs, who made a study to find out which states suffered from the worst bouts of road rage.

They found that Colorado ranked as the fourth worst state in the country for road rage, based on multiple different states based on per 100k residents. 

However, yet another study seems to suggest that Coloradans have an issue when it comes to driving too aggressively.

Colorado Ranks 5th For Confrontational Drivers

Forbes Advisor put together a study to find out which states have the most confrontational drivers in the country.

They looked at five different categories to figure this out, with each of them being the percentage of drivers who have been forced off the road, blocked from merging or changing lanes, cut off on purpose, tailgated, or threatened or insulted.

For Colorado, the percentage of people who have been forced off the road is somewhat low at 7%. For reference, the highest is Arkansas at 16%. 

On the other hand, we sit in the middle of the pack for the percentage of people who have been tailgated at 56%.

However, Colorado is fourth worst in both the percentage of drivers that have been blocked from merging or changing lanes or have been cut off on purpose, at 38.5% and 46% respectively.

Finally, Coloradans love to hurl abuse at each other, with 31.5% of drivers reporting they have been insulted or threatened.

This gives Colorado a final score of 85.59 out of 100, which makes it the fifth worst state for road rage.

What States Have the Most and Least Confrontational Drivers?

The state with the most confrontational drivers in the United States is California, who was given the highest possible score of 100. It would seem that LA traffic really must get in people’s heads.

The full Top 10 states with the most confrontational drivers along with their scores are:

1. California - 100
2. Missouri - 99.44
3. Utah - 88.48
4. Oklahoma - 86.92
5. Colorado - 85.59
6. Mississippi - 85.20
7. Virginia (Tie) - 83.97
8. Indiana (Tie) - 83.97
9. New York - 77.85
10. Maryland - 77.24

The state that has the least amount of confrontational drivers is Hawaii, who has the lowest possible score of 0.

The Top 10 least confrontational are:

1. Hawaii - 0
2. South Dakota - 4.62
3. North Dakota - 12.47
4. Georgia - 13.24
5. Maine - 15.08
6. Wyoming - 24.15
7. Vermont - 30.44
8. Montana - 30.50
9. Iowa - 31.22
10. Alabama - 37.51