Worst drivers in the country.

[ireminisce]

at tennessee . . we don't got that much traffic compared to the other states listed at the bottom & tennessee is STILL low . . this is the stuff iput up with everyday

.

 

[dacityslanga]

MD Residents cant drive and Im a Resident

Its mainly because on theBeltway, majority of the drivers are on the cell phone calling to see which exit they should take, which in return causes them to change lanes from the farleft to far right W/O a turn signal.

Which causes accidents.

However the best states are the ones in rural areas I mean Alaska??? Idaho??? Yeah they have cities but its mainly like 1 or 2 cities or metro area than sayTexas, Florida, Virginia, even Cali.

900th post

 

[craftsy21]

The test, which measures basic knowledge of driving laws
NOTE... NOT Driving Skills

True... they labeled the article pretty poorly, but it does say something about those states that the drivers at the bottom are pretty clueless in terms of thelaws of the road.

You might be able to drive a vehicle like Jeff Gordon, but if you don't follow road signs you're still going to kill somebody.

 

[mac a roni]

[color= rgb(102, 0, 153)]book smarts<<<<experience[/color]

 

[dirtylicious]

Originally Posted by Craftsy21

The test, which measures basic knowledge of driving laws

NOTE... NOT Driving Skills

True... they labeled the article pretty poorly, but it does say something about those states that the drivers at the bottom are pretty clueless in terms of the laws of the road.

You might be able to drive a vehicle like Jeff Gordon, but if you don't follow road signs you're still going to kill somebody.


lets look at the stats though..

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot....I/USA%20WEB%20REPORT.HTM

Bottow two:

NY

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1,493[/td] [td]1,495[/td] [td]1,434[/td] [td]1,454[/td] [td]1,333[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]577[/td] [td]577[/td] [td]566[/td] [td]608[/td] [td]673[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]913[/td] [td]917[/td] [td]866[/td] [td]846[/td] [td]660[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]3[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1.11[/td] [td]1.08[/td] [td]1.03[/td] [td]1.03[/td] [td]0.97[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]1.49[/td] [td]1.46[/td] [td]1.67[/td] [td]1.80[/td] [td]1.99[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]0.95[/td] [td]0.93[/td] [td]0.82[/td] [td]0.79[/td] [td]0.64[/td] [/tr][/table]
NJ

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]733[/td] [td]723[/td] [td]747[/td] [td]771[/td] [td]724[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]103[/td] [td]154[/td] [td]117[/td] [td]114[/td] [td]119[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]630[/td] [td]568[/td] [td]630[/td] [td]656[/td] [td]605[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]0[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1.05[/td] [td]0.99[/td] [td]1.01[/td] [td]1.02[/td] [td]0.95[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]1.52[/td] [td]2.19[/td] [td]1.65[/td] [td]1.57[/td] [td]1.72[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]1.00[/td] [td]0.86[/td] [td]0.94[/td] [td]0.96[/td] [td]0.87[/td] [/tr][/table]

vs Top two

ID

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]293[/td] [td]260[/td] [td]275[/td] [td]267[/td] [td]252[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]244[/td] [td]212[/td] [td]221[/td] [td]200[/td] [td]202[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]49[/td] [td]48[/td] [td]54[/td] [td]67[/td] [td]50[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]2.05[/td] [td]1.77[/td] [td]1.85[/td] [td]1.76[/td] [td]1.60[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]2.74[/td] [td]2.36[/td] [td]2.47[/td] [td]2.19[/td] [td]2.12[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]0.91[/td] [td]0.83[/td] [td]0.91[/td] [td]1.10[/td] [td]0.80[/td] [/tr][/table]

WI

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]848[/td] [td]792[/td] [td]815[/td] [td]724[/td] [td]756[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]573[/td] [td]577[/td] [td]555[/td] [td]486[/td] [td]502[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]275[/td] [td]215[/td] [td]260[/td] [td]238[/td] [td]254[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1.42[/td] [td]1.31[/td] [td]1.36[/td] [td]1.22[/td] [td]1.27[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]1.91[/td] [td]2.04[/td] [td]1.95[/td] [td]1.73[/td] [td]1.78[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]0.93[/td] [td]0.67[/td] [td]0.82[/td] [td]0.76[/td] [td]0.81[/td] [/tr][/table]

if you take a look at the traffic fatalaties per 100 million miles... you'll see that the fatality # is greater in the supposed "best driver"states than in the worst ones.

 

[send one]

Originally Posted by Crank Lucas

Originally Posted by WHPH10

New Jersey Florida is definitely the worst.

Very, very true.

 

[tbone95860]

Originally Posted by Methedy24

- The best drivers are big city drivers. You have to deal with sooo much more.

I don't think so.

City drivers are often crazy & out of control.

 

[dirtylicious]

Originally Posted by TBONE95860

Originally Posted by Methedy24

- The best drivers are big city drivers. You have to deal with sooo much more.

I don't think so.

City Taxi & Livery Cab drivers are often crazy & out of control.

...fixed.

 

[agentarenas]

Miami drivers =

 

[dmasta718]

Of course the top 10 have the best drivers. They don't have

out there.

 

[craftsy21]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

Originally Posted by Craftsy21

The test, which measures basic knowledge of driving laws

NOTE... NOT Driving Skills

True... they labeled the article pretty poorly, but it does say something about those states that the drivers at the bottom are pretty clueless in terms of the laws of the road.

You might be able to drive a vehicle like Jeff Gordon, but if you don't follow road signs you're still going to kill somebody.


lets look at the stats though..

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot....I/USA%20WEB%20REPORT.HTM

Bottow two:

NY

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1,493[/td] [td]1,495[/td] [td]1,434[/td] [td]1,454[/td] [td]1,333[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]577[/td] [td]577[/td] [td]566[/td] [td]608[/td] [td]673[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]913[/td] [td]917[/td] [td]866[/td] [td]846[/td] [td]660[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]3[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]2[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1.11[/td] [td]1.08[/td] [td]1.03[/td] [td]1.03[/td] [td]0.97[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]1.49[/td] [td]1.46[/td] [td]1.67[/td] [td]1.80[/td] [td]1.99[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]0.95[/td] [td]0.93[/td] [td]0.82[/td] [td]0.79[/td] [td]0.64[/td] [/tr][/table]
NJ

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]733[/td] [td]723[/td] [td]747[/td] [td]771[/td] [td]724[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]103[/td] [td]154[/td] [td]117[/td] [td]114[/td] [td]119[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]630[/td] [td]568[/td] [td]630[/td] [td]656[/td] [td]605[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]0[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]1[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1.05[/td] [td]0.99[/td] [td]1.01[/td] [td]1.02[/td] [td]0.95[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]1.52[/td] [td]2.19[/td] [td]1.65[/td] [td]1.57[/td] [td]1.72[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]1.00[/td] [td]0.86[/td] [td]0.94[/td] [td]0.96[/td] [td]0.87[/td] [/tr][/table]

vs Top two

ID

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]293[/td] [td]260[/td] [td]275[/td] [td]267[/td] [td]252[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]244[/td] [td]212[/td] [td]221[/td] [td]200[/td] [td]202[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]49[/td] [td]48[/td] [td]54[/td] [td]67[/td] [td]50[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]2.05[/td] [td]1.77[/td] [td]1.85[/td] [td]1.76[/td] [td]1.60[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]2.74[/td] [td]2.36[/td] [td]2.47[/td] [td]2.19[/td] [td]2.12[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]0.91[/td] [td]0.83[/td] [td]0.91[/td] [td]1.10[/td] [td]0.80[/td] [/tr][/table]

WI

[table][tr][th="colgroup"]Core Outcome Measures[/th] [th="colgroup"]Year[/th] [/tr][tr][th="col"]2003[/th] [th="col"]2004[/th] [th="col"]2005[/th] [th="col"]2006[/th] [th="col"]2007[/th] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Traffic Fatalities[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]848[/td] [td]792[/td] [td]815[/td] [td]724[/td] [td]756[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]573[/td] [td]577[/td] [td]555[/td] [td]486[/td] [td]502[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]275[/td] [td]215[/td] [td]260[/td] [td]238[/td] [td]254[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Unknown[/th] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [td]0[/td] [/tr][tr][th="rowgroup"]Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**[/th] [th="row"]Total[/th] [td]1.42[/td] [td]1.31[/td] [td]1.36[/td] [td]1.22[/td] [td]1.27[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Rural[/th] [td]1.91[/td] [td]2.04[/td] [td]1.95[/td] [td]1.73[/td] [td]1.78[/td] [/tr][tr][th="row"]Urban[/th] [td]0.93[/td] [td]0.67[/td] [td]0.82[/td] [td]0.76[/td] [td]0.81[/td] [/tr][/table]

if you take a look at the traffic fatalaties per 100 million miles... you'll see that the fatality # is greater in the supposed "best driver" states than in the worst ones.

that's great and all that you went to the trouble of digging upthose stats... but i wasn't speaking entirely in literal terms there.

 

[dirtylicious]

literally or figuratively... the numbers prove the supposed list wrong. The metric is off.. you can't just say that people are bad drivers b/c theycouldn't pass a test.


honestly...I was surprised by the numbers... if you look into the more detailed stats...NY ranks close to the best state when it comes to traffic fatalitiesper 100K population at 6.91... vs the supposed best state of Idaho with 16.81 at above the US average of 13.61


like I said... the test doesn't measure driving skill... only knowledge.

 

[boot and leg]

As being a licensed NYC yellow taxi cab driver, who has personally driven across the united states, twice, by myself, and driven across 6 european countriesduring a 11 city, one month tour of all major cities with my now ex fiance, I can personally say, without a doubt, that NEW JERSEY drivers are by far, the mostretarded, non-logical, cannot think 2 steps ahead drivers ever. Doesn't matter. Male, female, black, white, young, old..they suck equally. I drive aroundnyc 10 hours a day, 5 days a week.

As for the best, Germans and Italians are far better skilled on daily driving. whether on the autobaun, or the back ally streets of rome, they get down.