This Michigan City Has Surprisingly Dangerous Drivers
There’s a new study out from safety experts that shows Michigan is one of the worst states for having dangerous drivers, at least in one city. So, if you’re driving around the state and think to yourself, wow, there are a lot of dangerous drivers in Michigan, you’re not wrong. Stay extra safe on the road, and be aware of what’s going on around you. It’s like my mom used to say when I first started to drive: “I’m not worried about your driving. I’m worried about everyone else’s driving.”
Experts Say This Michigan City Has the Most Dangerous Drivers
Allstate has a new report out on the best and worst cities for safety when it comes to dangerous drivers, based on driving behavior, including in South Carolina. So, basically, these are cities with the best and worst drivers. “For the first time, the report uses anonymized connected driving data from Allstate’s mobility data and analytics partner Arity to rank the 100 most populous U.S. urban areas by driving behavior, like phone handling, high-speed driving and hard braking,” they explain.
In the study, they discovered that drivers on the West Coast handle their phone less on the road than in other areas of the country. That makes those drivers safer. “San Jose, San Diego, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, San Bernadino, and Portland, Oregon are among the top 10 areas where drivers handle their phone the least,” they explain. Also, drivers in the Midwest hard brake the least, making them safe in that area. Midwest cities where drivers hard brake the very least are Madison, Cleveland, Des Moines, Minneapolis and St. Louis. Also, drivers in the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast drive at safer speeds, with Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester and Allentown being the top 10 areas that avoid driving over 80 mph.
The city with the safest drivers in the United States, according to Allstate, is Honolulu. It’s No. 1 in both hard breaking rank and high-speed rank. The city with the second safest drivers is Minneapolis, followed by Seattle at No. 3, Portland at No. 4 and Virginia Beach at No. 5. So, what about our state? You wouldn’t think Detroit might be No. 1. I drive around Detroit a lot, and the drivers definitely make me a bit nervous. But, it’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, that has some of the worst drivers in America. According to the study, they’re No. 92 out of 100 on the tally. So, at the bottom of the pack. Detroit is No. 85, so still not great, but better than Grand Rapids. Let’s hope the next time this report on dangerous drivers rolls around, these two Michigan cities are in a much safer spot.
