Overdrive Digital, a publication serving America's truckers, published it's annual list of the best roads and worst roads in America, based on a survey of their own readers...

WORST ROADS
1. Louisiana
2. Pennsylvania
3. Oklahoma
4. California
5. Arkansas

BEST ROADS
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Virginia
5. Ohio

WORST SEGMENT
1. I-10 Louisiana
2-3. (tie) I-40 Oklahoma and I-80 Pennsylvania
4. I-40 Arkansas
5. I-5 California

BEST SEGMENT
1. I-40 Tennessee
2. I-75 Florida
3. I-10 Texas
4. I-81 Virginia
5. I-80 Ohio

MOST IMPROVED SEGMENT
1. I-40 Arkansas
2. I-80 Pennsylvania
3-4. (tie) I-30 Arkansas and I-10 Louisiana
5-6. (tie) I-75 Georgia and I-44 Missouri

WORST FOUR-WHEELERS
1. New York
2. California
3. Illinois
4. Florida
5. Texas

BEST FOUR-WHEELERS
1. Texas
2. California
3-4. (tie) Wyoming and Tennessee
5. Minnesota

TOUGHEST TRUCK INSPECTIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
1. California
2. Ohio
3. Pennsylvania
4. Iowa
5. Connecticut

WEAKEST TRUCK INSPECTIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. West Virginia
5. South Carolina

The survey also found that road rage increased during the past year, with 31 percent saying it increased significantly.

New York beat also beat out California for the honor of having the worst automobile drivers; Texas again had the best drivers.

Alabama continues to have the weakest truck inspections and law enforcement; California has the toughest.

More than 375 owner-operators, most with at least 20 years in the industry, responded to this year's survey.

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