Results Are In…Atlanta Drivers Among the Worst
July 9, 2008 · Print This Article
I am originally from a suburb of Chicago and have lived in the Atlanta area for a little over a year and a half. I have always made comments about the poor driving of Georgians and their apparent disrespect for traffic laws as well as others (if you miss your turn, don’t hold everyone up while attempting to make a u-turn, simply go through the light and turn around at the next light!). Having not lived or frequented too many cities in my young life, Atlanta has the worst driving that I have ever come across. I’ve always said Atlanta has some of the worst drivers, but now I have proof!
Allstate Insurance looked at accident statistics from the nation’s 200 largest cities and compared the average number of years between accidents for drivers in each city. The results are in and Atlanta came in at number 144 out of those 200 cities.
John Heid with Allstate says Atlanta drivers have an accident on average every 8.4 years. That means Atlanta is about 19% more likely to have an accident than drivers in the average city.
There you have it…a little useless information that you can toss around at the next cocktail party you attend!
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