NEW: Rhode Island Has the Safest Drivers IN THE NATION
Monday, October 31, 2011
Not here, you don't: safe driving in the Ocean State
After years of jokes at our expense, Rhode Island has been named the safest... SAFEST... state in the US for motorists.
A new research report by CarInsuranceComparison.com looked at statistics including drunk driving, failure to obey signals, fatalities, and traffic tickets. At the top of the pile? The #1 Safest State for Driving? Yes. Rhode Island.
Numbers don't lie
Rhode Island's win has much to do with its low fatality rate: #3 in the nation (behind #1 Massachusetts and #2 Minnesota). We also took top honors for Failure to Obey Signal (#1) and Careless Driving (#2) citations. We placed decently in ticketing (#13) and just outside the top half of the country for drunk driving (#28).
Among New England states, we bested Connecticut by one spot and Massachusetts was #3 safest. New Hampshire took the #5 slot, Maine #7, and Vermont a not-impressive #21.
And the overall gripe about New England drivers being the worst in general did not bear out in the report. In fact, the 10 worst states for drivers were in from rural areas in the South and West.
The scariest driving states:
South Carolina
Alabama
Montana
Kentucky
Arizona
Oklahoma
Texas
Florida
Missouri
Louisiana
The report was based on statistics from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (driving fatalities), the American Motorists Association (most tickets) and MADD (drunk drivers). For more information and the full rankings, go here.
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Comments:
Alban Saunders
4:14pm on Monday, October 31, 2011
Not!
guy smily
4:30pm on Monday, October 31, 2011
Does this mean our insurance rates will go down? I doubt it .
Michael Trenn
9:49pm on Monday, October 31, 2011
I guess they didn't look at tailgating or cutting across three lanes of traffic to get to an exit. They also didn't look at the number of people driving here who shouldn't be driving here; the people to whom the Governot wants to give licenses. Maybe the LEGALS are the ones who are driving safely.
Michael Trenn
9:51pm on Monday, October 31, 2011
I'll give the writer Florida, though. I've been there a few times. Those people are effing crazy. Of course, they have the same types of bad drivers that we do.