--- description: "Massholes" are the fifth rudest drivers in the U.S., according to a new survey title: Idaho Drivers Are the Rudest and New Yorkers Are Bad Too: Survey image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt770f690310541d8b/6986a3bbe8524b195f604b72/500228999.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Turns Out New Yorkers Aren't the Rudest Drivers After All by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 17, 2014 1:16 PM CUT  Traffic jam in the Times Square New York City streets with yellow cabs at night. Traffic jam in the Times Square New York City streets with yellow cabs at night.Artur Debat—Moment Editorial/Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 17, 2014 1:16 PM CUT Everyone knows the archetypal angry motorist is the schmo who steps out of his car and yells in Brooklynese, but according to a recent survey, New Yorkers aren’t the rudest drivers on the road: It’s Idahoans. A survey by Insure.com asked 2,000 drivers nationwide about driving habits, and Idaho was acknowledged as the home of the most ornery automotive drivers. Idaho drivers complained of motorists who are either much too slow, or much too aggressive, which apparently creates tension between the go-getters and the slow-getters. “If you’ve driven \[it\] hundreds of times, you know \[the road\] and pick up your speed,” Idaho resident Eric Leins said in the survey “So those driving them for the first time may have the experienced drivers honking their horns and flipping them the bird.” New Yorkers ranked as the third-rudest drivers, and indeed, it’s common knowledge that in the bustle of the New York metropolitan area streets, discourtesy reigns. “I’m trying to figure out if that woman talking on her cell and smoking a cigarette is going to run a stop sign,” Steven Lowell, a Staten Island resident said. “Good thing she did 75 miles an hour up to the stop sign and then flipped me off for not letting her go.” Massachusetts “Massholes,” meanwhile, came in fifth among the nation’s bad drivers. \[[_Insure.com_](http://www.insure.com/car-insurance/rudest-drivers-by-state.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3393261/rudest-drivers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3393261/rudest-drivers/"},"headline":"Turns Out New Yorkers Aren't the Rudest Drivers After All","datePublished":"2014-09-17T13:16:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:15.451Z","description":"\"Massholes\" are the fifth rudest drivers in the U.S., according to a new survey","url":"https://time.com/3393261/rudest-drivers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt770f690310541d8b/6986a3bbe8524b195f604b72/500228999.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt770f690310541d8b/6986a3bbe8524b195f604b72/500228999.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Stuck in Traffic","caption":"Stuck in Traffic","creditText":"Artur Debat—Moment Editorial/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3393261/rudest-drivers/","name":"Turns Out New Yorkers Aren't the Rudest Drivers After All"}}]}] ```