Why Louisiana Is Known for the Worst Road Rage in the U.S.

Louisiana is well known for its horrible pothole problems, but the less-than-stellar roads might not be what you really need to look for on your drive. In fact, the most dangerous thing on Louisiana's roads is its drivers, which might include you, depending on how bad your road rage gets.

Louisiana's road rage is so bad we're beating out states like New York and California.

Louisiana Among Worst Road Rage in Nation

ConsumerAffairs, a journal on consumer research, listed Louisiana as the state with the most road rage two years in a row. Unlike most states, over half of all traffic deaths happened because of a road rage incident, over quadruple the national average.

Surprisingly, while Louisiana has the most road rage fatalities across the board, the Bayou State only has the second-most traffic violations for road rage.

Including road rage crashes to road rage violence, Louisiana was found to have the most road rage incidents, no matter how extreme the road rage incident.

What's Fueling Road Rage on Louisiana Roads?

Just doing a quick online search for the phrase "Louisiana road rage" to find videos of insane road rage moments, you won't be disappointed. Trying to find the reason behind Louisiana's abundance of angry drivers proves difficult.

From pastors pulling a gun during a road rage incident to racists being racist, it seems the perpetrators of Louisiana's road rage come from a wide range of backgrounds.

There may be a lot of factors behind Louisiana's road rage problem. One possible factor could be the same one experts constantly berate Louisiana for, the tragic condition of many of our roads and bridges.