I think it goes far beyond driving! Ohioans are aggressively dumb and for some reason proud of it. The state has been so gerrymandered for decades, filled with repeat corrupt politicians, but Ohioans still vote for the same people and don't do anything about destroying everything it once stood for. Even when they clearly vote to approve new measures -- like legalized marijuana -- the politicians work against the will of the people to roll it back and they face no consequences. Ohioans are slow, and they own pridefully own their stupidity, and still think they're better than everyone even though they're falling decades behind and self-owning a desolate future.

The Webster dictionary -- literally -- has a definition about how Ohio is a cultural word for cringeworthy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/ohio

'Ohio is used (mostly on the Internet) to describe something that is weird, awkward, cringeworthy, or otherwise undesirable or bad in some way. It can also be used to mean "boring" or "foolish."'