People do drive well here, but there are several reasons for that.

One is where the state is located in relationship to the rest of the US. If goods are coming up from Mexico or the Port of Houston they will likely pass through OKC or Tulsa due to the Interstate system. Once you are in either town you can take off in almost any direction. Therefore the Interstate highway system here was over developed in relationship to the population.

A good example is Tulsa vs. Dallas. If you look out on Stemmons Freeway at 0300 it is teeming with traffic. If you look out on any Tulsa freeway at the same time you might see one car pass by every minute or so.

Therefore.... With a great highway system and very little traffic you can really blast down the highway if the speed limit will let you. It is not unusual to be passed by another car when you are doing the posted limit of 75.

People also have to learn to drive early here, and by the time you are 18 you can normally drive in any traffic conditions. The rural nature of the state causes this.

Folks here do not talk in terms of miles when discussing distance. They speak of time since most of the state travels at 65 mph or more. As in: That is about 30 minutes from here as opposed to 30 miles.

Our Governor made a big deal about how she would not accept one penny of stimulus money and then took a few hundred million to rebuild the ring road around downtown Tulsa. I guess she figured no one would notice.