[tijlover]

Safest Driving City: Souix Falls, SD, Ranked #1, 13.8 average years between collisions.
Most Unsafe: Boston, MA, 4.4 years between collisions.

8th safest city to drive in: Reno, NV, 12.3 years between collisions.

Henderson ranked 72nd, NLV ranked 96th, Las Vegas ranked 130th.

Our neighbor Phoenix ranked 53rd safest to drive in.

Los Angeles ranked 182nd, 6.7 years between collisions.

Anyone know how much cheaper car insurance is in Reno, given they are the 8th safest, compared to what we pay here?

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by tijlover

Anyone know how much cheaper car insurance is in Reno, given they are the 8th safest, compared to what we pay here?

I don't think that matters. I can look under the couch and find all the money that Amica wants for my annual premiums. (OK, hyperbole. But I simply don't think about car insurance. It amounts to absolutely nothing. A day's pay, basically.) Why? I'm a middle aged, married man who drives a safe, older car and haven't been in an accident that matters since the Reagan administration. (I have been rear-ended in Las Vegas twice. But that's obviously not my fault, and there wasn't even any damage because I drive a tank of a truck.)

[Tek_Freek]

Since we moved here a little over two weeks ago I have seen drivers do things that amaze me. Dumbest people on the planet.

For example I was next to, but a little behind, an SUV in a two lane roundabout, me in right lane, him in left. We came to a turn and he turned across the front of me. I narrowly avoided missing him and followed him into the parking lot to ask him if he was just stupid, or stupid and blind.

Turns out it was my fault because I "shot past him".

Um, if you had room to get past the front of my truck, how could I have shot past you? He repeated this mantra about five times.

So stupid, and blind.

[C_A_Braun]

If that is the worst thing you have seen in your 2 weeks, you have a lot of entertainment to come. That is probably the mildest thing I could imagine seeing. I love seeing people shoot across 4 lanes of 55MPH traffic over the a distance of about 20 yards on St Rose so that they can get essentially make a right turn from the far left lane or a left turn from the far right lane.

[NDJeff]

Drivers here are reckless sociopaths with no regard for the lives of anyone around them. The drivers in Florida are also awful, but they are more clueless than reckless. I think a large number number of accidents here are under reported. Based on the numbers of bashed up cars I see on the roads I think there are a lot of accidents that are not reported to insurance.

[Raiderman]

Has anyone ever lived where the drivers were exceptionally good? I've lived in 13 states, and a few different countries. I can assure you, drivers everywhere are bad. Boston, New York, California, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago... it is the attitude of people, and is noticeable in far more aspects of life than just driving. I suppose if you're living in the middle of nowhere and only see a few cars per day, that would be the exception. But anywhere with millions of people, you're going to experience it.

[Willy702]

This was about 10 years ago, but I lived in Reno for a couple of years and when I moved back into Vegas, Silverado Ranch at the time, my premiums went up about 20%. I shopped around and found about all I could save was 3-4% so I stayed with my insurance at the time.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by Raiderman

Has anyone ever lived where the drivers were exceptionally good? I've lived in 13 states, and a few different countries. I can assure you, drivers everywhere are bad. Boston, New York, California, Seattle, Las Vegas, Chicago... it is the attitude of people, and is noticeable in far more aspects of life than just driving. I suppose if you're living in the middle of nowhere and only see a few cars per day, that would be the exception. But anywhere with millions of people, you're going to experience it.

There are degrees of bad.

Las Vegas drivers really aren't all that bad. I don't hate driving in this city the way I hate driving in Miami or Southern California. I won't go to SoCal if I have to drive. If I never go there again, I'm fine with that. They can keep their awful roads, awful drivers and constant traffic jams. If I ruled the world, I would revoke the driver's license of everyone who lives in SoCal and make them ride horses instead.

Even though I have been rear-ended twice in Las Vegas, I don't consider drivers here to be as bad as some metropolitan areas. And I think drivers are actually improving a little compared to when I moved here eight years ago.

[longton52]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

I narrowly avoided missing him and followed him into the parking lot to ask him if he was just stupid, or stupid and blind.

Seriously ? you choose to confront someone over a traffic infraction?
What's the point .... to prove that you're right and he's an idiot? There's no winning that argument and in the meantime you could end up shot, stabbed or beaten.

[Tek_Freek]

Top make a point. Perhaps the next time he thinks it's okay to do some stupid stunt he won't. And perhaps it will save a life.

You're paranoid.