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Crump: Utah Drivers The Worst

There’s only one acceptable prejudice left to Idahoans, and that’s making fun of Utah drivers. They’re terrible, they think they own our roads and they’re pretty sure they own Idaho. So join me, please, in pointing and laughing. I encounter more than my fair share of Utah motorists — or Utah! as their license plates proclaim — because I drive Interstate 84 a lot. Ninety-eight percent of them are speeding. The other 2 percent are driving 15 mph under the speed limit and straddling the white line because they’re gabbing on cell phones. I have a friend — we grew up on the same street in Pocatello — who’s a Utah Highway Patrol officer. For 30 years, he’s worked the Interstate 15 corridor from Salt Lake City to the Idaho border, and I-84 from Tremonton to Snowville. His observation is that the closer they get to the Idaho state line, the worse Utahns drive/Steve Crump, Twin Falls Times-News. More here.

Question: Is there an acceptable prejudice that you'll admit having?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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