Better Buckle Up! 10 Worst State for Drivers in U.S.

Fox Business ^ | 12/16/2013 | Kate Rogers

[LonelyCon]

Louisiana is famous for celebrating Mardi Gras every spring, but it’s also home to worst drivers in the U.S.

Thanks for residents’ failure to buckle up, driving carelessly and racking up tickets, CarInsuranceComparison.com says drivers in the Pelican State are the worst in the country, coming in the number one- spot for those three offenses.

CarInsuranceComparison.com ranked the 10 worst states for drivers, pulling statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Motorists Association and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The five categories for each state’s score are ranked by fatalities rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, the failure to obey traffic signals and seat belt laws, drunk driving, tickets and careless driving.

1. Louisiana 2. South Carolina 3. Mississippi 4. Texas 5. Alabama 6. Florida 7. Missouri (tie) 7. North Carolina (tie) 9 Montana 10. North Dakota

[trisham]

I’m amazed that Massachusetts didn’t make the list.

[mountainlion]

My choice for city is Denver Colorado. People get onto I 25 form 120th ave. and head for the inside lane to 35 in a 60 mph traffic. City people can't drive.

[ilovesarah2012]

Hmmm...I live in SC. Prior to that I lived in NC. Prior to that I lived in FL.

[sean327]

People in NC think using a turn signal will make their vehicle spontainiously combust.

[nascarnation]

I’m amazed that Massachusetts didn’t make the list.

Look at who is keeping score. You can then see why mostly southern (red) states are bad mouthed.

[Jeff Chandler]

I live in SC. Prior to that I lived in NC. Prior to that I lived in FL.

Coincidence?

[Jeff Chandler]

Over the years, the craziest drivers I have seen had New York license plates.

[doorgunner69]

They must not have seen Hawaiian drivers. Half seem to be on drugs, driving 10mph below the limit, sitting for 20-30 seconds after the light changes, etc.

[qam1]

Virginia #1 - by far
Connecticut #2
New York #3 (If it were by region, NY Catskills #1, Brooklyn #2, Queens #3)

[TexasCajun]

Beware the Gulf Coast !!

[qam1]

Massachusetts has some of the best drivers,

fast & aggressive = competence

[DannyTN]

Worst states for drivers

1. Expired
2. Unconscious
3. Homicidal
4. Inebriated
5. Panicked
6. Suicidal
7. Depressed
8. Distracted

[DannyTN]

Worst states for drivers

1. Expired
2. Unconscious
3. Homicidal
4. Inebriated
5. Panicked
6. Suicidal
7. Depressed
8. Distracted

[GOPJ]

Florida’s ONLY the 6th worst? How can that be?

[Mike Darancette]

You can then see why mostly southern (red) states are bad mouthed.

The left complains about the South so much maybe they wish Lincoln would have let them go in 1861.

[Venturer]

My wife is frightened by New Jersey drivers and Volvo drivers.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Jersey, NY and Masshole didn't make the list?

I've spoken with people from all over the country, and everybody agrees that Massachusetts drivers are crazy.

[who knows what evil?]

Look at who is keeping score. You can then see why mostly southern (red) states are bad mouthed.

No 'blue states' on the list? Shocking. (Try any interstate in Connecticut on a Friday evening...OMG.)