Study: Louisiana Drivers Worst In America
According to a statistical survey published Monday by auto insurance website CarInsuranceComparison.com, Louisiana is home to the worst drivers in America.
The survey took the number of deaths, citations for traffic signal and seatbelt violations, citations for drunken driving, citations for careless driving and moving violations into account. Each statistic was taken from 2011 and 2012, and broken down into ratios per 100 million miles driven.
As a result, Louisiana came out on the bottom. The sstate’s liberal alcohol policies, DUIs were not the cause of Louisiana’s low score, but rather its residents’ failure to obey citations and incidents of careless driving.
The results are somewhat unsurprising, considering Louisianans pay the highest car insurance premiums in America.
Following Louisiana on the list of states with the worst drivers was South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and Florida.
The safest states to drive in are Vermont, Utah, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Oregon.
Interestingly, the top 10 worst states to drive in were largely Southern states. The report noted that these statistics may have something to do with public transportation availability.
"For example, a small state with a major urban center, like Massachusetts, will have lots of residents,” the report read. “But many of them won't be getting behind the wheel, which helps skew the numbers in their favor.”
The study can be found here.
1. Louisiana
2. South Carolina
3. Mississippi
4. Texas
5. Alabama
6. Florida
7. Missouri
8. North Carolina
9. Montana
10. North Dakota51. Vermont
50. Utah
49. New Hampshire
48. Minnesota
47. Oregon
46. Maine
45. Connecticut
44. District of Columbia
43. Iowa
42. Massachusetts
41. Alaska
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