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The Texanist: Are Men in Pickup Trucks the Worst Drivers in Texas?

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DATE POSTED:March 23, 2026
illustration of the texanist in car crashQ: I’ve been in five traffic accidents over the past 25–30 years, and four of them were guys in pickups running into or backing into my car. Are men in trucks the most reckless drivers in Texas?Mary Jo Thomas, Parker CountyA: The Texanist, typically a fielder of questions, would like to pose one of his own. To wit: What is the official state vehicle of Texas?Wrong! It’s the chuck wagon, though one would surely be forgiven for thinking that the designation belongs to the pickup truck. After all, our highways, byways, expressways, beltways, tollways, roadways, off-roadways, and, in particularly alarming circumstances, stairways are populated with more trucks than the “ways” of any other state in the union. So lousy with pickups is Texas, in fact, that the…

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