| 100% | RUTTY | 5 | Rough to drive on, perhaps |
| 57% | PAVED | 5 | Easy to drive on |
| 57% | ROADWAY | 7 | Surface to drive on |
| 57% | ROADWAYS | 8 | Surfaces to drive on |
| 57% | ICY | 3 | Hard to drive on |
| 57% | BUMPY | 5 | Annoying to drive on |
| 56% | ICY | 3 | Dangerous to drive on, say |
| 55% | ROADWAY | 7 | Surface of tar to drive on |
| 55% | TOLLS | 5 | Fees to drive on certain roads |
| 55% | TOLL | 4 | Fee to drive on a road |
| 53% | ICIER | 5 | More dangerous to drive on, in a way |
| 52% | ICIER | 5 | More dangerous to drive on, as a winter road |
| 51% | ICE | 3 | Substance that can make a road dangerous to drive on |
| 51% | SKID | 4 | Result of driving on ice, perhaps |
| 51% | DIVIDEDHIGHWAY | 14 | Apt thing to drive on while pondering this puzzle’s theme? |
| 49% | ATV | 3 | Four-wheeler to drive over rough ground: Abbr. |
| 48% | TEEN | 4 | One learning how to drive, perhaps |
| 47% | BETATESTED | 10 | Worked on a rough patch, perhaps? |
| 47% | PAR | 3 | Conclusion to a drive, perhaps |
| 46% | LOL | 3 | Response to a joke on Twitter, perhaps |
| 45% | SEESTARS | 8 | React to being hit on the head, perhaps |
| 45% | TREED | 5 | Forced to go out on a limb, perhaps |
| 45% | BAR | 3 | Place to get a whiskey on rocks, perhaps |
| 45% | ONELEGATATIME | 13 | How to put on pants, perhaps |
| 44% | NENE | 4 | Bird seen on the drive to Haleakala National Park |
| 44% | STEP | 4 | "___ on it," phrase meaning to hurry up, especially while driving |
| 44% | TEAROOM | 7 | Place to munch on a crumpet, perhaps |
| 44% | ICY | 3 | Hard to walk on without slipping, perhaps |
| 44% | LOST | 4 | Needing to turn on the GPS, perhaps |
| 44% | CROSSCOUNTRYSKIDDING | 20 | Driving coast to coast on icy roads? |