What city do you think has the worst drivers? (tires, left turn, Mustang)

[NYisontop]

My experience is Midwest drivers are most cautious, but I wouldn't say best drivers - just most risk adverse and least assertive on the road. In a city, that is a little dangerous - your decisions have to be quick and decisive, merging and exiting have to be fast, and you have to learn to change lanes by nudging into where you want to go at appropriate times. You can't leave 250 feet in front of you while driving in traffic to keep a safe distance at 65/mph, it just doesn't work.

So with the sheer amount of people competing for limiting roadways around NYC, we probably aren't considered the most polite and courteous drivers, but we're not the worst. Smaller cities fare worse. In rain or snow, Northeast drivers do all right while drivers in the South pull over and take out their phones to take video. Drivers out west drive well on the highway, but in cities they're a pain at being ready for left arrows and stopping too soon on yellows.

Here's some data on how states/cities do:

States with the most fatal car accidents in 2010, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:

Texas 2 998
California 2 715
Florida 2 445
Pennsylvania 1 324
North Carolina 1 319
Georgia 1 244
New York 1 200
Ohio 1 080
Tennessee 1 031
Michigan 942
Illinois 927
Alabama 862
Arizona 762
New Jersey 556
Washington 458

The worst states in the country, per capita, for traffic fatalities are Wyoming, Mississippi, Montana, and North Dakota.

Allstate's "Best Drivers Report" survey in 2011 listed 200 cities by the number of traffic accident claims, and the following cities (over 1 million) as having the fewest number of years on average between collisions:

No. 188 Philadelphia 6.2 years
No. 182 Los Angeles 6.6
No. 171 New York 7.3
No. 167 Dallas 7.5
No. 157 Chicago 7.7
No. 155 Houston 7.8
No. 142 San Antonio 8.1
No. 117 San Diego 8.9
No. 55 Phoenix 10.1

Their results for 2012 listed Sioux Falls as the safest city in America with its average 13.8 years between collisions. For most of the rest of cities in 2012 (excluding Massachusetts which did not have coverage through Allstate, and those cities that Allstate did not put out a press release for) they fared as such:

200. Washington D.C. 105% more likely to have an accident than the national average..
198. Providence, RI 80.9% more likely
191. Glendale, CA 77.5% more likely
190. Philadelphia, PA 64.1% more likely
186. San Francisco, CA 54.6% more likely
182. Los Angeles, CA 48.5% more likely
180. Fullerton, CA 42.7% more likely
179. Garland, TX 41.6% more likely
178. Bridgeport, CT 41.2% more likely
176. New York, NY 41.1% more likely
175. New Haven, CT 37.5% more likely
174. Torrance, CA 36.7% more likely
171. Arlington, TX 35.4% more likely
170. Oakland, CA 35.0% more likely
169. Garden Grove, CA 33.8% more likely
168. Pittsburgh, PA 33.6% more likely
167. Dallas, TX 32.8% more likely
165. Irving, TX 31.5% more likely
163. Irvine, CA 30.7% more likely
160. Pasadena, CA 29.5% more likely
159. Plano, TX 29.2% more likely
157. Mesquite, TX 28.4% more likely
156. Tacoma, WA 28.0% more likely
155. Grand Prairie, TX 27.9% more likely
154. Seattle, WA 27.2% more likely
153. Houston, TX 25.9% more likely
152. Chicago, IL 25.9% more likely
151. Portland, OR 25.3% more likely
150. Hayward, CA 24.2% more likely
149. Austin, TX 23.9% more likely
146. San Jose, CA 23.1% more likely
144. Sunnyvale, CA 22.5% more likely
143. Anaheim, CA 22.2% more likely
142. Fremont, CA 21.7% more likely
141. San Antonio, TX 20.4% more likely
140. Sacramento, CA 19.3% more likely
138. Fort Worth, TX 17.7% more likely
137. Long Beach, CA 16.7% more likely
136. Las Vegas, NV 16.7% more likely
135. Columbus, OH 16.6% more likely
133. Elk Grove, CA 16.3% more likely
132. Killeen, TX 16.0% more likely
130. McKinney, TX 15.7% more likely
129. Oceanside, CA 15.4% more likely
128. Anchorage, AK 15.2% more likely
127. Corona, CA 14.8% more likely
126. North Las Vegas 14.5% more likely
125. Pasadena, TX 14.5% more likely
124. San Diego, CA 14.0% more likely
123. Santa Ana, CA 13.9% more likely
121. Santa Clarita, CA 12.8% more likely
117. Cincinnati, OH 11.4% more likely
114. Moreno Valley, CA 10.6% more likely
113. Honolulu, HI 10.5% more likely
112. Ontario, CA 10.4% more likely
110. Riverside, CA 10.2% more likely
109. Naperville, IL 10.0% more likely
105. Orange, CA 9.4% more likely
104. Modesto, CA 9.3% more likely
103. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 9.2% more likely
102. Stockton, CA 9.0% more likely
101. St. Louis, MO 8.8% more likely
100. Albuquerque, NM 8.0% more likely
99. Pomona, CA 7.9% more likely
97. Escondido, CA 7.6% more likely
95. Tulsa, OK 6.6% more likely
94. Santa Rosa, CA 6.5% more likely
93. Waco, TX 6.1% more likely
91. San Bernardino, CA 5.9% more likely
90. Chula Vista, CA 5.8% more likely
88. Thousand Oaks, CA 5.4% more likely
87. Grand Rapids, MI 5.4% more likely
84. El Paso, TX 3.7% more likely
83. Palmdale, CA 3.7% more likely
81. Aurora, IL 3.6% more likely
80. Oklahoma City, OK 3.3% more likely
79. Salem, OR 2.9% more likely
78. Oxnard, CA 2.7% more likley
73. Fontana, CA 1.7% more likely
72. Salt Lake City, UT 1.5% more likely
70. Henderson, NV 1.2% more likely
69. Lancaster, CA 1.2% more likely
68. Bakersfield, CA 1.2% more likely
67. Vancouver, WA ~1.0% more likely
65. Fresno, CA 0.8% more likely
64. Corpus Christi, TX 0.5% more likely
63. Cleveland, OH National average
61. Lubbock, TX 0.6% less likely than the national average to be in a collision.
60. Indianapolis, IN 0.6% less likely
58. Akron, OH 0.7% less likely
57. Minneapolis, MN 1.1% less likely
56. Joliet, IL 1.3% less likely
55. Denver, CO 1.5% less likely
54. Aurora, CO 1.6% less likely
53. Phoenix, AZ 1.6% less likely
52. Amarillo, TX 2.1% less likely
50. Salinas, CA 2.4% less likely
49. Peoria, AZ 3.0% less likely
47. St. Paul, MN ~4.5% less likely
45. Omaha, NE 5.3% less likely
43. Spokane, WA 5.3% less likely
42. Wichita, KS 5.4% less likely
39. Glendale, AZ 7.2% less likely
37. Topeka, KS 8.3% less likely
35. Rockford, IL 9.0% less likely
34. McAllen, TX 9.8% less likely
32. Scottsdale, AZ 10.3% less likely
31. Fort Wayne, IN 10.8% less likely
29. Overland Park, KS 11.4% less likely
28. Laredo, TX 11.5% less likely
27. Tempe, AZ 11.9% less likely
25. Brownsville, TX 12.1% less likely
24. Visalia, CA 12.7% less likely
23. Colorado Springs, CO 13.2% less likely
21. Kansas City, KS 13.7% less likely
20. Gilbert, AZ 13.8% less likely
18. Dayton, OH 14.5% less likely
16. Kansas City, MO 14.6% less likely
15. Milwaukee, WI 15.2% less likely
14. Olathe, KS 15.2% less likely
13. Tuscon, AZ 16.4% less likely
12. Eugene, OR 16.5% less likely
11. Mesa, AZ 17.4% less likely
10. Springfield, MO 17.4% less likely
9. Knoxville, TN 18.1% less likely
8. Reno, NV 18.4% less likely
7. Chandler, AZ 18.9% less likely
6. Huntsville, AL 19.1% less likely
5. Lincoln, NE 19.3% less likely
4. Madison, WI 23.0% less likely
3. Fort Collins, CO 26.7% less likely
2. Boise, ID 27.3% less likely
1. Sioux Falls, SD 27.6% less likely

[ccm123]

Los Angeles, for aggressive driving
Seoul, Korea, the congestion makes folks go crazy
San Francisco Bay Area, many foreign drivers, ugh!

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by ponytrekker

In MI everyone tailgates, no one signals, they pass on the right, hog the left lane.

Sounds like every state I've been to.

[vaughanwilliams]

Houston or Boston.

[Truth11]

Philly,hands down.

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by Gimme3steps

The entire state of Indiana

Actually Ft. Wayne were some of the better drivers I've seen;

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by C8N

You would figure with the high insurance premiums, there would be better drivers in NYC.
Certain things defies logic...

That's why insurance is high there

[Truth11]

Originally Posted by ponytrekker

The problem is, in NY you have many decent skilled drivers but a few a-holes who make it seem bad.

What does it mean when people say skilled...as in race car driving?...

[ovi8]

everyone's own

[GreenGene]

Boston.