The worst drivers in America

[papa_smurf]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2123/1/

And theres me thinking we had some pretty bad drivers over here...

[Sailor Steve]

Of course people here in Utah always claim we have the worst drivers anywhere, but according to this we seem to be right smack dab in the middle.

[TFatseas]

Well the story says MI is right in the middle, as a Michigander I can't totally disagree.

The worst drivers I see are out of stater's though.

[Takeda Shingen]

For any given person, the highest percentage of bad drivers can always be found in the state adjacent to the one in which you live. Damn Jersey drivers.

[TFatseas]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

For any given person, the highest percentage of bad drivers can always be found in the state adjacent to the one in which you live. Damn Jersey drivers.

Motorists from Illinois are evil, and that's all I'm going to say about that.

[SteamWake]

I nearly have panic attacks when driving in south florida.

Rain or shine.. 70mph doorhandle to doorhandle bumper to bumper. If one person should sneeze itll be a major pileup. Oh and you damn sure better keep up with them.

They all think there nascar racers.

[Chad]

Awesome, Missouri ranks #7. WTG Missouri

[Legionary74]

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[gimpy117]

Originally Posted by TFatseas

Well the story says MI is right in the middle, as a Michigander I can't totally disagree.

The worst drivers I see are out of stater's though.

totally agree

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Of course people here in Utah always claim we have the worst drivers anywhere, but according to this we seem to be right smack dab in the middle.

I always thought it was Idahoans that claimed Utahans to be the worst drivers.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by krashkart

I always thought it was Idahoans that claimed Utahans to be the worst drivers.

Idaho? It's hard to have bad drivers when the only vehicles allowed on the roads are potato trucks.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Idaho? It's hard to have bad drivers when the only vehicles allowed on the roads are potato trucks.

Spud trucks and hay bailers. Till you hit Boise; then the traffic is more like Salt Lake's.

Head north of Boise and you find the elusive log and chip trucks.

[GoldenRivet]

Texas did pretty good.

#10 on the list... but hey - almost 16 million licensed drivers with only 2K fatalities.

realistically speaking, thats like what? .01% of Texas drivers are killed in car accidents?

I think if one were to sit and actually do the math it would be revealed that no matter what state you live in, your looking at a range of something like .011 - .019% occurrence of fatal automobile accidents.

Connecticut got an easy score of #50... sure they have few fatalities compared to the number of drivers... but they are also operating in a tiny area... many of their drivers probably commute to jobs in neighboring states.

I once had a situation where i had a 90 mile work commute.

depending on where you lived in Connecticut that same commute could put you working in New York, Mass, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania or New Hampshire.

hell even now when i drive to work i have covered nearly half the length of Connecticut

get killed in one of those states... guess what? you are a statistic for THAT state, not Connecticut

i would say the "rankings" are a little flawed.

California, Florida and Texas have more drivers than any other state on the list by far yet each has a similar number of fatalities and their "rankings" are all over the board.

EDIT:

Another statistic that emerges is the "most dangerous driver age". If you look at it... 90% of the most dangerous drivers are at age 17 18 and 19 with the majority of states showing age 18 to be the most dangerous age.

I have always wondered why we allow 16 year old kids to drive.

even when i was 16 it quickly occurred to me how many 16 year old kids (self included once or twice) were absolute RETARDS when it came to driving a car.

is it too far to suggest that college bound kids can get a license at age 18, while non college aged kids can get a license at 21?

or perhaps special chips could be installed that would limit a vehicle to 75 mph and limit 0-60 acceleration electronically for all drivers under the age of 18

[Penguin]

The statistics are flawed. Alaska is only #6 because the whole state is regarded. Worst drivers of the USA = Anchorage. Outside the city the average AK vehicle operators drive OK. I have always missed the signs at the city limits which say: "Please leave your driving skills here!"

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

is it too far to suggest that college bound kids can get a license at age 18, while non college aged kids can get a license at 21?

or perhaps special chips could be installed that would limit a vehicle to 75 mph and limit 0-60 acceleration electronically for all drivers under the age of 18

No, it should be vice versa. College kids seem to have less life experience + working-class-kids need to get to their jobs!

When you get a motorcyle licence here you are limited to 34 HP for the first two years - which makes sense IMO. However I could never unterstand that on the other hand you can put your arse into a 400 HP Porsche when you have a fresh licence.

[Gerald]

In California, where I think you "drag" on the right very special from San Francisco-Fresno