Louisiana Roads Voted Nation's Worst for Second Year; Arkansas' Most Improved

Annual survey also ranks best roads, best and worst car drivers.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- While campaigning for the
Republican presidential nomination, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee touts
his road improvement efforts that moved Arkansas from the state with the worst
roads to "the most improved road system in the country," he says, in the
annual Highway Report Card survey conducted by Overdrive, the trucking
industry's leading magazine for owner-operators.
Huckabee will be pleased to learn that Arkansas' I-40 once again gains
high marks for Most Improved Segment -- for the third year in a row.
Not faring so well is Louisiana, named the state with the nation's worst
roads for the second consecutive year as it continues to recover from
hurricanes Katrina and Rita. And all-time worst offender Pennsylvania, which
topped the Worst Roads category for 12 of the survey's 17 years, ranks second
on both the Worst Roads and Most Improved Road lists.
Texas tops more superlative lists than any other state, ranking first for
Best Roads, most available overnight truck parking, best truck stops and best
four-wheelers. Tennessee's 450-mile segment of I-40 tops the best segment of
road list for the second year in a row. Other survey highlights:

-- Most respondents said road rage increased during the past year, with 31
percent saying it increased significantly.
-- New York 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. Each category is based on a
separate question. Read the entire article at www.overdrivedigital.com.
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

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