During a family road trip this weekend, I caught a glimpse of a driver in the next lane picking his nose. Don’t people realize that your vehicle is not exactly private on the open highway? Periodically he would inspect his finger. I laughed so hard. We were clocking a lot of hours on the road and solitaire can only keep a person entertained for so long.  I was intrigued by one burning question: how many drivers could I catch picking their nose? And… what else would I find Ohio drivers doing on the freeway?

I decided to count 100 drivers. If I could see them, I counted them. I kept a tally on the back of a piece of hotel stationery.

I expected to find a lot of distracted drivers, but I was surprised to find that most people were doing exactly what they were supposed to… nothing. Well, nothing but staring at the road in front of them.

I caught one guy mid yawn while dialing and driving. That guy should not have been on the road. Tired and texting? Bad idea!

After counting 100 Ohio drivers, I found…

2 out of 100 drivers pick their nose behind the wheel. 6 scarf on junk. 14 chat with a passenger. 4 scratch… something. 7 talk on their cells. 5 smoke.  And the rest just drive.

Totally useless information, but a fun game to play on the road.