I have driven in just about every state in the United States except Alaska. I have still never been there, but it's on my bucket list. From my travels, I can tell you who has the worst drivers ever. But a study by an online insurance agency, Quote Wizard, came up with a list of its own. I will have to disagree with them on a few of these.Below is my take and Quote Wizard's take.

Quote Wizard's list of the 10 states with the best drivers in the country:

  1. Rhode Island
  2. Florida
  3. Mississippi
  4. Michigan
  5. Nevada
  6. Arkansas
  7. South Dakota
  8. Illinois
  9. West Virginia
  10. Oklahoma

MY list of the 10 states with the best drivers:

  1. New York (New York City taxicab drivers are the best. They got me to the JFK airpor in less than 30 minutes from Greenwich Village!)
  2. Wyoming [I lived there and they actually drive the right way. Blinkers, move back over to the right and the whole thing]
  3. Colorado [Just like Wyoming, they know how to drive. When you have snow 9 months out of the year, you become a good driver]
  4. North Dakota [Same as the above]
  5. Louisiana [They don't get a lot of snow but, they drive like you should]
  6. Northern California [California has really bad drivers but, they are not in the North]
  7. Illinois [They have so many people so it is surprising that they are really good drivers]
  8. Wisconsin [They are like Wyoming and Colorado drivers. They have so much snow that they better know how to drive]
  9. Northern Utah [Same with the other places with snow. North Utah are really good drivers. South, not so much.]
  10. Idaho [they drive really well in Idaho. They do get some snow so that might have something to do with it.]

Quote Wizard's 10 worst-driving states in the country:

  1. Utah
  2. California
  3. Virginia
  4. Maine
  5. Nebraska
  6. South Carolina
  7. North Dakota
  8. Colorado
  9. Washington
  10. Arizona

MY 10 worst-driving states:

  1. Southern California
  2. South Dakota
  3. Arizona
  4. Maine
  5. Virginia
  6. Southern Utah
  7. South Carolina
  8. Rhode Island
  9. Florida
  10. Nevada

So there you have it -- listen to me or them, but remember: They're the guys whose statistics help determine your insurance rates!

 

 

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