It can be said, with a reasonable amount of certainty, that there are way too many stupid people on the roads today.  And I think that most of the time you can tell the intelligence level of the driver by the car.  There is no algebraic equation, no scientific basis for this belief.  Merely observation.

They will tell you not to judge a book by its cover.  The problem with this is if you read enough books that have similar covers you can't help but judge.  This is how I am about cars and their drivers.  (Or would that be drivers and their cars?)

Anyway...Many years ago I came up with a list of vehicles on the road that pissed me off.  'Twas a short list.

Minivans.

I could always count on knowing that if a car somewhere around me fucked up chances were that it was a minivan.  Driven by a small asian woman.  Unable to see over the dashboard.  With 9 children in the vehicle causing a distraction.

And for many years that held true.  Then I noticed a new trend and my list was revised.  Minivans were still on the list but now BMW's and Volvo's were added.  I figured BMW drivers think they paid enough for the car so that entitles them to drive like dipshits  Volvo drivers figure they can drive like idiots because even if they crash they'll survive.

After awhile Lexus  made it to the list. (Same reason as Beamers.)  Then Escalades.  Escalade drivers are always assholes.  Always have been.  Probably always will be. 

Then I noticed a disturbing trend some months ago: there seemed to be absolutely no rhyme or reason tho people fucking up on the road.  Sometimes driving behavior can be attributed to the time of day.  But Fords, Mitsubishis, Cadillacs all fucking up any old time they wanted to?  WTF? 

It was then I was able to see what the link between them was:  They were all brand new off-the-lot cars without license plates.  This actually is nothing new but it does seem a lot more prevalent these days.  I suppose the logic is it's hard to pin anything on them 'cause the cops don't have plates to call in.

I suppose I will end this whole thing on a semi-positive note.  Corvettes. These happen to be some of my favorite cars/drivers.  I would estimate that maybe 90% of the time these guys don't screw up.  There are always exceptions to the rule.

I never screw up while I'm driving either.

Yeah, right.