Originally Posted by
robertorolfo
NJ drivers are, um, special.
Originally Posted by
noglider
I lived in NJ for 26 years. I have a lot of nice things to say about the place, but driving is where New Jerseyans earn their reputation.
Hey, wait a minute. 
I’m from the Motor City, and good driving is in my blood.
"For the third year in a row, Massachusetts drivers were ranked the worst in the nation. This will hardly come as news to many of you."
Drivers in Boston were named the worst of the worst in autoinsurer Allstate’s annual “Best Drivers Report,” which ranks motorists in the 200 most populous cities in the country. Worcester followed in a close second—thatis, 199th—while Springfield placed 196th.
A Boston driver is 167.6 percent more likely to have anaccident than the national average, with a new accident every 7.1 years.Fortunately, that’s up from every 3.9 years, estimated in last year’s report.
On the whole, however, Massachusetts drivers are better than NewYork drivers, according to a July study by car insurance comparisoncompany EverQuote, which also deemed North Reading the safest place to drive in the Bay State.
The best drivers in the country can be found in Brownsville, Texas,according to Allstate’s findings. There, drivers go 14.6 years betweenaccidents. But give ’em a Storrow Drive (in Boston), and they’d crumble all the same.
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Apropos of Sunday’s Superbowl of the New England Patriots vs Philadelphia Eagles:
The average Philadelphia driver gets into a crash every 6.2 years -- more often than motorists in any other large city and nearly all smaller ones.
Allstate Insurance's annual driving report ranked Philadelphia's accident rate theworst among the country's largest cities, defined as those with populations above 1 million.
Among all 200 cities studied, Philadelphia ranked192nd. Philadelphia drivers are 61 percent more likely to be involved in a collision than the average driver nationally, Allstate says.
The report didn't have good news for drivers across the region: Four of the five Pennsylvania and New Jersey cities included in the survey ranked in the bottom fourth, with the fifth barely above that benchmark.
"We don’t want drivers in Philadelphia to be discouraged by theirranking," Allstate spokeswoman Julia Reusch said in a statement."Instead, we want the report to challenge drivers in Philadelphia to makepositive changes to their driving."…
Though Philadelphia ranked lowest among the country'sbiggest cities, several other major cities with smaller populations were among the few with worse rates.Drivers in Boston go just 4.4 years between crashes.Washington, D.C., motorists crash every 5.1 years, and Baltimore drivers crashevery 5.4 years. Worcester, Mass., had the worst rate in the nation,with drivers going an average of just 4.3 years between collisions.
Pittsburgh, the other Pennsylvania city studied, fared poorly. Drivers there get in crashes every 6.6 years, Allstate said, rankingthe city 187th.
Drivers in New Jersey cities studied also crash frequently. The report ranked Jersey City 152nd (7.8 years between crashes), Newark 180th (7.2 years between crashes) and Paterson 184th(6.9 years between crashes).
Gotta love being a cyclist in the Northeast Corridor. 
BTW, my avatar is of the 52-story Prudential Center in Boston seen from our living room window. Offices in the Pru are illuminated to spell out “GO PATS,” from a previous Superbowl victory. 
I previously had a picture that read 'GO SOX" from the World Series, but I can't find it. As a local radio commentator touts, (when it comes to our professional teams) "We win, but they lose."
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 02-02-18 at 08:03 AM.