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      12-02-2016, 01:55 PM   #1
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The Best and Worst Drivers by State

Where does your state rank?

https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/t...ivers-by-state

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Ranking (Worst) State
1 Utah
2 California
3 Virginia
4 Maine
5 Nebraska
6 South Carolina
7 North Dakota
8 Colorado
9 Washington
10 Arizona
11 Minnesota
12 Missouri
13 Kansas
14 Idaho
15 Georgia
16 Vermont
17 Ohio
18 Delaware
19 New Jersey
20 Oregon
21 Connecticut
22 Maryland
23 Wyoming
24 New Mexico
25 Wisconsin
26 New Hampshire
27 North Carolina
28 Louisiana
29 Iowa
30 Alabama
31 Texas
32 Massachusetts
33 Indiana
34 Pennsylvania
35 Tennessee
36 Alaska
37 Hawaii
38 New York
39 Montana
40 Kentucky
41 Oklahoma
42 West Virginia
43 Illinois
44 South Dakota
45 Arkansas
46 Nevada
47 Michigan
48 Mississippi
49 Florida
50 Rhode Island
I learned to drive in California, and I've lived in Arizona, Colorado and now Utah, all in the top ten. Heck!
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      12-02-2016, 02:31 PM   #2
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Well it didn't mention anything about the population in California. It's the most populous state in the country. Of course it'll have a high number of collisions compared to other states. Lived here pretty much all my life. For me New York City and Bostons tops as far as aggressive drivers. Miami not far behind.
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      12-02-2016, 02:41 PM   #3
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Absolute BS, Florida drivers are the most vapid, idiotic people ever placed in moving objects. I do everything in my power to get clear of FL plates in any traffic situation.

Oklahoma drivers are a close second.
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      12-02-2016, 02:56 PM   #4
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Well it didn't mention anything about the population in California. It's the most populous state in the country. Of course it'll have a high number number of collisions compared to other statesz Lived here pretty much all my life. For me New York City and Bostons tops as far as aggressive drivers.
Fatalities per licensed driver, which accounts for larger & smaller populations. It doesn't go by aggressiveness. Arguably, they extrapolate fatalities = worse driving.

I've lived and driven in Boston for almost my entire life (decades) before relocating to Seattle. Drivers in Boston might be aggressive, but they are FAR worse drivers out here in WA, by a huge margin.

As for Florida, I've had a pistol pointed at me, my wife, and my two young daughters in car seats on our way to Disney, because (apparently) somebody didn't like the way I merged onto the highway (and I was not remotely cutting anybody off).

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      12-02-2016, 03:08 PM   #5
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Virginia only has so many speeding citations because radar detectors are illegal there.
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      12-02-2016, 03:09 PM   #6
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I agree with above, FL should have been one of the worst.
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      12-02-2016, 03:49 PM   #7
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Lived in ND for a few years courtesy of the USAF, and the drivers there were fucking terrible. Easily some of the worst I've ever seen. So I can vouch for that one.
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Florida sucks ass to drive in.
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      12-02-2016, 05:40 PM   #9
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Seriously flawed ranking/analysis and it conflicts with a lot of other previous studies

Mass and Maryland should be near the top of the list
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      12-02-2016, 05:47 PM   #10
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Seriously flawed ranking/analysis and it conflicts with a lot of other previous studies

Mass and Maryland should be near the top of the list
Examples of other studies? This ranking seems pretty objective in its methodology.
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      12-02-2016, 05:52 PM   #11
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Examples of other studies? This ranking seems pretty objective in its methodology.
I'll try to find some of them

The thing that struck me right off the bat was no where did I see consideration of <crateria/accident/death/etc>/miles driven per state
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      12-02-2016, 06:06 PM   #12
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I'll try to find some of them

The thing that struck me right off the bat was no where did I see consideration of <crateria/accident/death/etc>/miles driven per state
That's true, I'm curious where you'd pull such statistics. It's easy to pull what they did and rank states based off that, but while factoring in mileage would be more accurate it'll be harder to accurately find those statistics reliably. I'm sure someone's done it though.
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      12-02-2016, 10:46 PM   #13
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I feel so vindicated. Even if my own state is ninth.
http://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/whic...?client=safari
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      12-03-2016, 11:19 PM   #14
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Really? Illinois is 43rd? I must be the problem then :
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      12-04-2016, 03:26 AM   #15
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I assumed the list was based on where people hog the left lane most. It was equally bad in every state I have driven. At least in southern California people usually don't drive at 65 in the left lane.
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I am surprised that MN is not higher, the concept of merging is foreign to the majority of the population here. I also thought FL would be higher.
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      12-04-2016, 03:54 AM   #17
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Florida and specifically south Florida should be ranked as the worst by far and it shouldn't even be close.
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      12-04-2016, 04:31 AM   #18
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I am literally not surprised Cali ended up 2nd.

The amount of older, Asian drivers, pick-up truck drivers that cannot drive around here is in mass.
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