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P.S. To the person on another thread that insisted *I* was the reason I was hit while I was sitting at a red light when two other cars hit each other then slid into me where I was stopped, well, you should really be eating your words now with your morning cereal. I'm sure you'll return here, too, to debate this thread. Such is life.
Funny, I woudl have put the top five as Boston Boston Boston DC and Chicago However only DC even made the list.
BUt this is based on accidents. It is worst drivers or worst driving conditions?
The criteria is accidents so it's a leap to say "worst drivers" as general road design, congestion etc. all play into the equation.
I'm not shocked that it's the coasts given that you have:
1) Lots of cars and congestion.
2) A higher number of foreign drivers which aren't highly experienced.
3) In some areas you have transitional weather and some people are new to snow\ice etc.
4) General aggressive attitudes towards driving brought on by #1 and #2 as well as just regional attitudes.
General attitude of "I don't give a ****" is how B-more made this list.
AHAHA Yup, that sounds about right. Very literally *every* single day in the middle of evening rush hour traffic there is at least one, if not more, bright light bulbs making a U-turn in the middle of a very high traffic wide-laned road over a double yellow as traffic is moving heavily both directions (while pedestrians are j-walking into traffic to cross a 4 to sometimes 6 lane road). Honestly. Who on earth thinks that's a good idea except the fine citizens of Baltimore City? lol
Oh, and during morning rush hour we have winner-winner-chicken-dinner #10,853 that decides that going straight in a turn-only lane won't cause an accident, yet at least once a week there's an accident at that intersection because ding-dong #8 within 3 minutes wasn't so lucky to make it without getting hit.
And all I can do is sit at the red light and pray that when they smack something whatever they hit doesn't end up hitting me (luckily, only three times it has).
Sheesh. One of the few things I WON'T miss about the Mid-Atlantic is the rotten city drivers.
Luckily, the county is much better. Unfortunately, I sold my home in the county and am living in the city at the moment. :|
P.S. To the person on another thread that insisted *I* was the reason I was hit while I was sitting at a red light when two other cars hit each other then slid into me where I was stopped, well, you should really be eating your words now with your morning cereal. I'm sure you'll return here, too, to debate this thread. Such is life.
I agree with the list in that they put up the DC area and Miami/Hialeah. I have lived in CA, lived in WA, moved from WA state across the country to FL taking a year long detour in TX, and then from FL up to New England and those, DC and Miami area, (which includes Hialeah), out of all of the places I've driven, had the WORST, God awful, idiotic drivers EVER, on the road. Many of them should be banned from ever sitting behind the wheel of a car ever again! Boston was no picnic, either.
The only mention on the list that I found interesting was Alexandria, VA, unless it's just a generic zip code sample, and counts the Interstates, which are notoriously congested, and prone to numerous fender-bender type accidents. Alexandria, the city, is actually not too bad, overall, save for congestion. The rest would be my usual suspects for the list.
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Funny, I woudl have put the top five as Boston Boston Boston DC and Chicago However only DC even made the list.
BUt this is based on accidents. It is worst drivers or worst driving conditions?
Actually Chicago was on Allstates least accident prone cities this year. We may drive fast and change lanes often, but we know HOW to do it and we aren't afraid to act fast when necessary.
53. Phoenix, Ariz. 1.6% less likely 10.2
124. San Diego, Calif. 14.0% more likely 8.8
141 San Antonio, Texas 20.4% more likely 8.3
152. Chicago, Ill. 25.9% more likely 7.9
153. Houston, Texas 25.9% more likely 7.9
167. Dallas, Texas 32.8% more likely 7.5
176. New York, N.Y. 41.1% more likely 7.1
182. Los Angeles, Calif. 48.5% more likely 6.7
190. Philadelphia, Pa. 64.1% more likely 6.1
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I'm sure you'll return here, too, to debate this thread. Such is life.
