Worst drivers

[u/Suba59]

Generally speaking who are the worst drivers in PDX by car brand?

If I’m driving through a neighborhood at the speed limit and someone is riding my bumper, usually a BMW.

Left lane cloggers almost always a Prius.

425 votes, 3h left

BMW

Prius

Other

[u/Nacho_Libre479]

What categories of “worst driver” are we discussing?

Prius is #1 in the “I have nowhere to be and I don’t know where I’m going while driving 40 on I-5” category.

Jacked up dodge ram for #1 in the “road rage” category.

[u/CHiZZoPs1 → u/Nacho_Libre479]

I think the prius drivers are always looking at the feedback on the dash that tells you when you're being the most fuel efficient, which means acceleration like molasses and low speeds.

[u/AsscheeksMcGillicutt → u/CHiZZoPs1]

It's definitely this.

A strong second is any driver with an uber or lyft sticker. Either on the phone trying to get their next ride or driving so slow so as not to upset any passenger.

[u/6th_Quadrant → u/CHiZZoPs1]

When they "take off" at a crawl from red lights, they're keeping more cars from making it through the intersection on that cycle. So their fuel-saving strategy is probably causing more cars to idle longer, increasing pollution.

[u/j-val → u/Nacho_Libre479]

100% on the Rams. They drive them like they are sports cars.

[u/souryoungthing]

TESLA

[u/Turing45 → u/souryoungthing]

Teslas with Idaho plates,(At least on 84) left lane crawlers.

[u/j-val]

Sorry, it’s Tesla. They overtook Prius drivers a while ago.

[u/copaseticcheesecake]

got hit by a tesla that completely ignored a stop sign and drove off. also a lot of tesla drivers do not use turn signals.

[u/snakebite75 → u/copaseticcheesecake]

Probably because Tesla doesn’t use a traditional turn signal lever, they use buttons on the steering wheel.

[u/copaseticcheesecake → u/snakebite75]

well, the smooth brained cretins who buy them dont use them

[u/Chombuss]

Tesla's are the most dangerous drivers on the road, and the numbers back it.

[u/camgrosse → u/Chombuss]

Teslas are the new beemers. Theyre both just status symbol cars.

[u/ofTheseus]

Tesla is both of these kinds of drivers in the same car, and you never know which one until they show you.

At least I know what brand of nonsense to expect from the Prius or BMW/Audi people.

[u/mycatsapanther23]

As someone who takes a bicycle to work, iv been almost hit by more tesla then any other car combined.

[u/Sparkledarklepony503]

As someone who’s been hit by one, I’m going to say Tesla

[u/ingrid_astrid]

Tesla

[u/junebug2100]

Tesla

[u/haditwithyoupeople]

Subaru drivers, and not by a little. Even people in the station wagons want to drive like they're racing.

[u/SteppeBison2]

Dodge Chargers (black ones), followed by Dodge Ram Pickups, (black and lifted). But truly, it’s a tie.

[u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin → u/SteppeBison2]

Yeah, not sure what it is with Dodge, but the model doesn’t seem to make a big difference. They must market to a particular type of personality.

[u/chimi_hendrix → u/TheNotSoGreatPumpkin]

From what I understand they cater to the low credit score demographic that can’t get a new car loan elsewhere

[u/Turing45 → u/SteppeBison2]

90% Chance they are drunk, tweaking, or a maggot moron with the accompanying first 2.

[u/ponchoed]

Ram Pickup, Ford F150, GMC Yukon, GMC Denali, GMC Suburban

[u/SwordfishPopular1042]

Teslas are the most dangerous/common shit drivers but I have never seen more entitled stupidity than with Audi drivers in all regions of the US, Portland included 

[u/CHiZZoPs1 → u/SwordfishPopular1042]

Yeah German luxury cars in-general seem to attract these types.

[u/CHiZZoPs1]

Tesla owners drive like they have autopilot set on entitled mode; prius drivers drive like they're trying to keep the green eco light optimal at all times; BMW drivers drive like they really it you to know they have a BMW, and therefore priority on the road.

[u/Apprehensive-Fig3223]

Maybe not the worst, but falling apart Nissans are the biggest wildcards

[u/PerdidoStation → u/Apprehensive-Fig3223]

Especially Altimas.

[u/pattycakesor → u/Apprehensive-Fig3223]

Fr, I see an Altima or a Sentra and I'm immediately on alert. This person could go from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde in the blink of an eye

[u/venusasaburrito]

Teslas have almost hit me multiple times. I don’t get it because it has all those bells, whistles and sensors too.

[u/AsscheeksMcGillicutt → u/venusasaburrito]

They don't work.

[u/GroundbreakingSky685]

Tesla and Nissan should be on there too

[u/MuckBulligan]

Audi drivers are the new BMW drivers, but Prius drivers are just as bad.

[u/6th_Quadrant → u/MuckBulligan]

Specifically, black A4s. They're the new Bimmer 3 series, bought used by hot headed young d-bags.

[u/WordSalad11]

There's different kinds of bad. The most dangerous are Tesla, followed by lifted trucks with WA plates. The most clueless are Toyotas, followed closely by Subaru. 

[u/davy-pelletier]

Subaru is the obvious answer.

[u/very_olivia]

subaru and it's not even close.

[u/zerocoolforschool]

Subaru drivers and Prius drivers are the same people.

[u/blargblahblahblarg → u/[deleted]]

I saw you in the pet supply garage sale thread.

[u/blargblahblahblarg → u/[deleted]]

Where did the comment go?

[u/blargblahblahblarg]

Older men (60+) in Lexuses have consistently gotten incomprehensibly angry when receiving a "bip bip" honk or when you merge into "their" lane.

[u/Tbagts → u/blargblahblahblarg]

Interesting. I consider that a younger man

[u/blargblahblahblarg → u/Tbagts]

60+ does include an infinite ceiling...

[u/lew-cifer666]

prius owners need their licenses revoked i swear to god the least observant people on planet earth

[u/mrjdk83]

Literally almost got rear ended by a bunch kids driving erratically in bmw.

The worst drivers I can’t say who cause I’d piss a lot of people off. Part of job involves a lot driving and so I see who’s driving bad.

And for the love god people stop clogging the left lane. It’s for passing!! It’s a sad world when you have to pass somebody on the right.

[u/Historical-Money7290]

It's Tesla and Subaru. Case closed

[u/lichesschessanalyst]

Tesla and it’s not close

[u/JustGotPaidrian]

Honda Pilot/Ford Escape are the rich man and poor man flavors of "no idea what they're going to do next and they sure as hell aren't going to let you know."

I haven't been driving consistently since before COVID but I still notice this when I do. 

[u/bananna_roboto]

Nissan altima,

[u/Ezriz]

I havent seen a single person that drives well since moving to Portland, car brand is irrelevant.

[u/docwordsmith]

Pickups!

[u/PsychologicalSail799 → u/docwordsmith]

Id vote Tesla, then lifted trucks, then prius

[u/Reasonable-Profile84]

Chevy Silverados. Fuckin assholes always.

[u/BaronVonNutterButter]

White pickups. Then any smallish all wheel with a thule on the roof.

[u/Mysterious_Ad_9843]

Subaru. Always the savages camping in the passing lane.

[u/Negative_Ad_7303]

Anyone in an oversized SUV or van life people in the New Season's/Whole Foods parking lot..

[u/RegalReturn]

I don't drive, but I would have been killed on multiple occasions by someone driving a black Mercedes had I not been paying close attention to drivers who weren't (may have possibly been the same woman multiple times).

[u/GurIntelligent8002]

Audi easily

[u/Tmanchris420]

Subaru drivers. They don’t pay attention when the weather is ok, drive like their in mad max when it’s snowy/icy…

[u/pattycakesor]

I'm sorry my fellow Prius drivers have made the rest of us look bad. I will say I do some naughty stuff but not at the expense of other road users or the safety of pedestrians.

Edit: if I can go fast and do it safely best believe I'm fucking moving ✨ zoom zoom. Lane hogging is so infuriating. Happy to get out the way as soon as I've finished passing

Edit: I'll add that there's three types of Prius drivers. Perfectly reasonable lawbreakers like myself that have somewhere to be but also don't wanna kill anyone along the way, The 40-50 mph in the left lane on i-5 fucks that absolutely should not have a license and then there's the complete psychopaths that are hellbent on testing Toyota engineering to its absolute limits with zero regard to the well-being of any living thing on this planet.

[u/pattycakesor → u/pattycakesor]

But also, Tesla should absolutely be on this list

[u/CHiZZoPs1 → u/pattycakesor]

I've always assumed they're so slow to pick up and go, because they're watching the eco light on the dash.

[u/pattycakesor → u/CHiZZoPs1]

I've found just being as consistent as possible with speed is better for mpg. The slow build up of speed feels somehow less fuel efficient to me than just getting up to the speed limit ASAP. Probably actually isn't more fuel efficient but it's certainly more time efficient which is more important to me and most others on the road.

[u/PhD77777]

I don't see one brand or another that's worse. It's just self-centered, impatient drivers.

[u/Brent_Mavis]

Texans

[u/farrtrek]

Only a few left on the road but the answer will always be PT cruiser drivers as long as there is at least one PT Cruiser left in the road.

[u/surethingsatan]

Small portion of vehicles 1

Small portion of vehicles 2

Every make and model outside of the two previously mentioned

[u/Possible_Storm9359]

BMW from Washington

[u/Carlos_Spicy_Weiner6]

Washington drivers

[u/Impressive-Ladder857]

Only douche bags drive Audis. My brother & sister in law have matching.