I think Yes.

I have driven in places that are notorious for bad drivers most notably...Boston & New Jersey..... But I just don't think they quite reach the level of stupidity as those here in Hawaii. In the east coast people are bad drivers because they drive extremely aggressively. If you don't know how to smash the pedal on the right then you will likely be run over. And every car there is full of dents and the remains of small crashes...

Here, people are bad drivers because it seems like they just don't get it. Here are my top 5 stupid things I see almost every time I am on the road.

1. People driving before sunrise or after sunset with no lights on, or with only parking lights on. If it is dark enough that the street lights are on you would think its obvious that your headlights should be on. The most primary purpose is so other people can see YOU.
2. People stopping (even if they are not turning!!!) on a main highway to let other people go who do not have right of way. It pisses me off when people do it for me and really pisses me off when I am behind the moron doing it.
3. People that think somehow because the car in front of you just ran the red light you can do it too. Better yet block the entire intersection after doing such. Way to go asshole!
4. People who do not turn their lights on in fog or rain. In many states it is a law that if your wipers are on your lights need to be as well. even if it is daytime YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SEE YOU.
5. People who pass either illegally or in a very reckless manner to get in front of you when you are already following 20 cars. Uh. It is a 2 lane road. I am going just as fast as the entire line of cars ahead of me and that's exactly how fast you will be going too. Thanks for putting me in danger.
6. Maybe this is a Kona thing. But people routinely have their puppies or random crap for sale on the side of the road or protestors waving their signs... And everyone slows way down to look at the F'ING puppies. For cripes sake!!! Move your ass!!

 

Lets hear em.

1 people told me it saves electrity........
2 dumbass polite liberals
3 just plain idiot
4 no law in HI that requires it..
5 i love it, they waste their gas, one uses 20% more gas by driving aggressively
6 its illegal to have road side vendors, call the cops.
 

I think Yes.

I have driven in places that are notorious for bad drivers most notably...Boston & New Jersey..... But I just don't think they quite reach the level of stupidity as those here in Hawaii. In the east coast people are bad drivers because they drive extremely aggressively. If you don't know how to smash the pedal on the right then you will likely be run over. And every car there is full of dents and the remains of small crashes...

Here, people are bad drivers because it seems like they just don't get it. Here are my top 5 stupid things I see almost every time I am on the road.

1. People driving before sunrise or after sunset with no lights on, or with only parking lights on. If it is dark enough that the street lights are on you would think its obvious that your headlights should be on. The most primary purpose is so other people can see YOU.
2. People stopping (even if they are not turning!!!) on a main highway to let other people go who do not have right of way. It pisses me off when people do it for me and really pisses me off when I am behind the moron doing it.
3. People that think somehow because the car in front of you just ran the red light you can do it too. Better yet block the entire intersection after doing such. Way to go asshole!
4. People who do not turn their lights on in fog or rain. In many states it is a law that if your wipers are on your lights need to be as well. even if it is daytime YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SEE YOU.
5. People who pass either illegally or in a very reckless manner to get in front of you when you are already following 20 cars. Uh. It is a 2 lane road. I am going just as fast as the entire line of cars ahead of me and that's exactly how fast you will be going too. Thanks for putting me in danger.
6. Maybe this is a Kona thing. But people routinely have their puppies or random crap for sale on the side of the road or protestors waving their signs... And everyone slows way down to look at the F'ING puppies. For cripes sake!!! Move your ass!!

 

Lets hear em.

And it's getting worse!

And it's getting worse!

it's pathetic that people have no frickin clue what to do when an ambulance is behind them

.

You get pissed about that stuff? May I humbly suggest you talk to a psyc? Lol

You answered the question within the first three words.

It's a combination of people who don't know where they're going (tourist) and just incompetent people. My biggest problem is the pos's who don't acknowledge you let them pull out or walk across the street.

and here come the mainland chinese too.

from china, not the USA, you know what I mean!

it's pathetic that people have no frickin clue what to do when an ambulance is behind them

This....one day the bonehead holding up the ambulance is going to end up following it all the way to his home where one of his family members is dying.

That and the the dude that blasts all the way up on the right side and expects everyone to let him merge at the front of the line like at the lunalilo St. onramp. 

Ironically, 90% of these terrible drivers are, you guessed it.....Asian women.

Hater

Let me guess, Amazonian, Euro broads are much better drivers, right?

Rant on.  Those $&#@ tards that speed up when you put your blinker on to close the gap so you can't get in the lane your trying to get to.   Best story to date was awhile back in Waikiki at a 4 way stop, they guy who had the right of way had pedestrians in front of him, so I went.   This dude in a  nice washed import floored it as soon as the last pedestrian passed to act like he  was going to t-bone me and blasted his horn.  Hope he enjoyed the full Starbucks frappie all over his hood and windshield

Yep, I drive in this mess every day. You can king of cut the tourists some slack, but the people that live here are just horrendous.
How about these;

1.  The guy that slows down and stops at the bottom of the on ramp to the freeway, because he can't figure out that whole "merging" thing.

2.  The person that floors it to get in front of you while you're in the fast lane, and then slows down to 40 mph for no apparent reason.

3.  The asshats that rush up and squeeze into the 3/4 car length space in front of you, when there's 27 car lengths of open space behind you.

4.  Idiots that can't seem to figure out that the little stick on the steering column is for TURN SIGNALS, and try to get you to let them in by "dodging" at you. [ I don't let them in]

5.  People that pull up to a red light at an intersection in the left lane, with no left turn lane, and wait until the light changes to turn on their left turn indicator.


 

In a related matter, I am annoyed by people who install maximum power blue headlight bulbs that spray blinding blue light across every lane of the roadway, including oncoming traffic.
They do not seem to be able to focus all those lumens directly in from of them where it belongs. I suspect some of those light installations might be the illegal "off road" HID lights too.
I'll bet some of you fellas reading this are guilty of doing this, huh?

1) No turn signal usage...
2) No Ambulance awareness...
3) Confusion at a four way traffic light malfunction...
4) Slow down on the highway in the middle of traffic because they're lost....

I agree, those HID headlights are lame...no race track equals all looks now...

A lot of pedestrians just walk out into a crosswalk without even looking if there's a car coming now...

Pretty much the "I have the right of way" attitude.... false sense of security liberal thinkers...

Haven't really been anywhere to compare Hawaii drivers to anywhere else, but I agree....

My company holds classes on "Defensive Driving" every so often for us...
Basically in a nut shell, taught us how to avoid bad pedestrians and bad drivers...

IMO, Edster hit the nail on the head. 

And how about how  means it's O.K. for whatever dumb $#!& I just did ?

Yep, I drive in this mess every day. You can king of cut the tourists some slack, but the people that live here are just horrendous.
How about these;

1.  The guy that slows down and stops at the bottom of the on ramp to the freeway, because he can't figure out that whole "merging" thing.

2.  The person that floors it to get in front of you while you're in the fast lane, and then slows down to 40 mph for no apparent reason.

3.  The asshats that rush up and squeeze into the 3/4 car length space in front of you, when there's 27 car lengths of open space behind you.

4.  Idiots that can't seem to figure out that the little stick on the steering column is for TURN SIGNALS, and try to get you to let them in by "dodging" at you. [ I don't let them in]

5.  People that pull up to a red light at an intersection in the left lane, with no left turn lane, and wait until the light changes to turn on their left turn indicator.


 

These are all good ones. Nothing worse then turning into a merging lane on the highway doing 20+ mph and watching for bikers, mopeders etc.. only to see some moron completely stopped right in front of you in the merge lane, immediately after the turn. Not even at the end.

Worse yet people who take the wrong exit on the freeway and halfway down the exit stop, and reverse back onto the freeway!  WTF!! I don't see this here but on the mainland...

And yes also the lifted trucks with their headlights right in your face. I guess it never occurred to them that when you lift your truck 12 inches you have to adjust your headlight aim. Sometimes I want to flip my long range spotlights on at them and show them what its like.

And how about how  means it's O.K. for whatever dumb $#!& I just did ?

Yeah no kidding. "Sure I just cut you off and shoehorned myself in a foot in front of you but its all good cause I gave you the shaka"

A separate but somewhat related topic:

Pedestrians crossing the street while diddling their Iphones... Totally oblivious...

You left out the geezers here in Kona that sit in the left turn lane forever.  They refuse to go when there are perfectly safe gaps in oncoming traffic.  So you sit, and sit, and sit, until the geezer sees no cars out to the horizon, and finally gets up the nerve to take the turn.

Left turn onto Kuakini from Hwy 11 is a prime example.  Couple times I said to hell with it and slid around behind them and went.  Get some nice horn blaring somethimes.

We are all getting older, I prefer not to do it waiting for fools.  Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Another is the dorks trying to be cool and backing into parking spots, blocking the lane while they maneuver forever ticks me off.. Just pull into the damn slot and be done with it, you are not impressing anyone.  Never seen that stunt before except in Hawaii.