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Bad drivers are everywhere, not just in Hilo. You’ve got your standard array of aggressive lane-changers, people who don’t use turn signals, and idiotic tailgaters. Hilo’s drivers are especially horrible, though, and I won’t miss them one bit.

Take, for example, the Foot Driver. Sometimes you’ll see a passenger with their foot out the window. This is perfectly fine; I’ve done it once or twice before. But a driver hanging their foot out the window? Just how bad a driver do you have to be to think, “You know, what would really make this driving experience enjoyable is the wind blowing through my toes”? Alice has seen this three times here!

And then there’s the Kind Yielder. Picture this scenario in your mind: you’re driving down the road, approaching a traffic-signal-controlled intersection. The light’s green. There’s one car in front of you. You’d expect to just drive right through, right? Not in Hilo, home of the Kind Yielder! You always have to be ready for the Kind Yielder, the person who will stop at a green light to let oncoming traffic turn left in front of them. Here’s a tip, Kind Yielder: IF THE LIGHT’S GREEN YOU GO. It drives (ha) me up the wall! At least once a week I’ll get stuck behind someone who think they’re doing the whole world a favour by stopping in the middle of the road when nobody’s expecting it.

Nope, won’t miss them at all.