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Truckers agree-Pennsylvania is the worst:

HIGHWAY REPORT CARD
392 OVERDRIVE READERS responded to the Highway Report Card survey during fall 2004, giving results with a 4.9 percent margin of error. Almost 85 percent of respondents were owner-operators. More than 75 percent of respondents had more than 11 years in the trucking industry. More than 31 percent drive all 48 states.

Because each ranking is based on separate questions, and because states that have a large share of truck traffic tend to get the most votes, a state can show up on two lists of seemingly opposite results.

Best Roads
1. Texas
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Georgia
5. Ohio

Worst Roads
1. Pennsylvania
2. Louisiana
3. Missouri
4. Arkansas
5. Michigan

Most Improved
1. Arkansas
2. Pennsylvania
3. Georgia
4. Louisiana
5. Nebraska

Least available Overnight Parking
1. New Jersey
2. California
3. Virginia
4. Connecticut
5. New York

Most available Overnight Parking
1. Texas
2. Indiana
3. Pennsylvania
4. Kentucky
5. Tennessee

Worst Rest Stops
1. Texas
2. Virginia
3. California
4. Louisiana
5. New Jersey

Best Rest Stops
1-2. Texas, Florida (tie)
3. Georgia
4. Ohio
5. Indiana

Worst Automobile Drivers
1. California
2. New York
3. Florida
4. New Jersey
5. Illinois

Best Automobile Drivers
1. Texas
2. California
3. Wyoming
4. Indiana
5. Pennsylvania

Worst Truck Stops
1. New Jersey
2. New York
3. California
4. Massachusetts
5. Illinois

Best Truck Stops
1. Texas
2. Iowa
3. Nebraska
4. Georgia
5. Ohio

Toughest On Truck Inspections
1. California
2. Ohio
3. Pennsylvania
4. Missouri
5. Maryland

Weakest On Truck Inspections
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. South Carolina
5. Nevada