I've seen Panos racing his car at the stadium SCCA. He's a very good driver.

And the east bound onramp at piikoi.
Since they rebuilt it, it's much more dangerous.
Now you have to merge accross 2 lanes quickly while exiting cars merge the other way
Just yestrrday this driver that just so happened to be female
Would not let me merge
That was very uncool.

People should drive only as fast as they can run. That should alleviate many driving problems.

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Reading about what ya'll experience in Honolulu brings back not so fond memories of my few years driving there.  Co-workers and friends used to chide me about not knowing where things were and finding out it was because I avoided Honolulu traffic like the plague.

Did not grow up in a city, and suddenly having to drive in a super congested one with very strange street design was jarring.  After the logic of SoCal freeway access ramps, the insanity of trying ti figure out how to get onto H-1 bordered on fodder for a spoof film.

And how could I forget the traffic coning of Kapiolani into single lane one wayin the afternoon.  No can turn left, got caught on the wrong side of the pylons once or twice until I figgered it out.  I was being put up in a condo off Kuhio when I first arrived, disoriented, and I have to deal with that along with the traffic trying to get home after a day at the new job.

Makes me love the Big Island so much more, remembering that cesspool of idiot drivers and weird streets.

GASP!!! NO WAY!!!

Forgot to mention so add narrow lanes with stupid drivers and its accidents waiting to happen! Seen it happen many times.  Most people because they were on their cell phones!

or changing lanes and not looking

agreed.... the narrow lanes makes it veeerrrry difficult to see ahead of the car in front of you... which is really critical. i like to see as far ahead of as as possible, i aint gonna depend on the jackass driving directly in front of me.. one things for sure the insurance companies gon benefit from all the accidents scrapes scratches dings and dents that will occur

I was behind this Porsche 911 on the onramp by UH going west earlier this week
idiot was waiting for someone to give him an ivitation to merge
there must have been 100 cars pass before he merged
i was almost going to pass him on the onramp in my Civic

Watch this

Watch this

How could I not watch a video that has a chick like that on the start screen?

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.

Here are my top 5   6 stupid things ? 

I don't think Hawaii has the stupidest drivers, that award goes to Florida drivers.  They do have the worst drivers though.

I don't think Hawaii has the stupidest drivers, that award goes to Florida drivers.

Been quite a while since I drove in Florida.  What they have that we do not is a very large number of geriatric drivers.  Older folks here seems to know when to hang it up.

Florida used to be notorious for granting licenses to geezers that had already killed others due to their age.  Best one was some old woman that mowed down a bunch of pedestrians at a bus stop of something.  They renewed her license anyway, IIRC.

i learned today that most of them are tourists...in rented tourist vehicles.  2 tourists vehicles going the wrong way on a one way across form ymca by ala moana, another tourist vehicle driving in two lanes on nimitz between ward and ala moana.  honk-worthy

Here's a solution: only allow conservatives or libertarians the ability to drive in Hawaii. You'll see this deep blue state become traffic free in an instant. 

Hawaii may not have the stupidest drivers, but they rank pretty high up there. They may be unique with the ainokea attitude, and it will go on for generations to come. Kids will learn from their stupid families and stupid friends, their kids will learn from them, and so on. More and more there are those that leave the scene of an accident, especially after they've killed someone. This is a higher level of stupid. We'll all be long gone one day, and stupid people will still be on the roads.

we got alot of cars on the island and its goina get worst we just gotta get along i mean every time you step in your car you want road rage but you just gotta play a song that you like a relax cause theres goina be more cars on the road we live on a island

YES, HAWAII DRVERS SUCK, and so WASHINGTON STATE DRIVERS as well.

Does Hawaii have a passing lane?
Notice that quite a few drivers don't recognize this - tour buses, large trucks and slow drivers stay on that lane without passing. 

I was behind this Porsche 911 on the onramp by UH going west earlier this week
idiot was waiting for someone to give him an ivitation to merge
there must have been 100 cars pass before he merged
i was almost going to pass him on the onramp in my Civic

this morning i had to pass this celica on the same on ramp
dude would not go even when over a dozen chances came with more than enuff room to merge
so i passed him on the left as he sat waiting still on the onramp.

this morning i had to pass this celica on the same on ramp
dude would not go even when over a dozen chances came with more than enuff room to merge
so i passed him on the left as he sat waiting still on the onramp.

May have posted this before, but have sometimes turned left behind some fool that refused to make the turn even with enormous gaps in oncoming traffic.  I know, I know, slow down, but sometimes, I gotta pee. 

And all the time, my mind just is not that sluggish.  Maybe take up dope smoke?

Now that I drive a big SUV and not a fast little WRX, not so much of a temptation to zap behind.  Still, some way to goose the idiot to say, take the bus if driving is so scary?