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From what I've seen, I would have to say that LA does, and secondly NYC.
NYC isn't as bad though, it is just that there is a stoplight on every corner. LA is just packed with freeways every 5-10 blocks you see one and the whole city is just so huge which causes congestion. NYC is divided at least in terms of it's layout.
I can't say, because there are a lot of cities I have never lived in.
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I would guess that Texas has the highest traffic fatality rate because Texas has some of the highest, if not THE highest, drunk driving rates in the country.
The alcohol laws are ridiculously lax here. There are places where you can literally get drive-thru margaritas. Non kidding. Drive up, order a margarita, and they hand it to you in the car. You can also go to any convenience store and buy a single, cold beer. Like it's a Coke. Except the clerks put it in a small brown paper bag, so the law can't actually tell (or prove) it's a beer. And technically it's illegal to drink that margarita you got at the drive-thru, but they put it in a Styrofoam cup, so no one (i.e. police officers) can tell if it's a soft drink or a daquari (you can get those too). They sometimes put a piece of tape over the hole for the straw before handing it to you, because there's no way anyone could take that off and put the straw in.
Worst city for drivers I've encountered is Houston. And not because they are all drinking, but because they are just idiots. They have freeways 10 lanes wide, and people always cross all 10 at once to exit.
I drive the whole Northeast Corridor frequently. From DC to Boston, it's tough to pick "worst". It's largely the same congestion level, the same older highway infrastructure, and the same driving style. One thing for sure, iOS and Android phones have made it worse everywhere.
I'd have to go with metro-Boston inside the I-495 belt extended down I-95 through Providence to Warwick RI. I think NYC tri-state commuters are a bit better than elsewhere in the big NE Corridor metro areas.
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