Statistics Say We’re Good Drivers, But Consider The Context
By Kim Ode, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | |
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(If you're reading this on your phone in traffic, you'd better pull over now.)
You want evidence?
-- For fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, we have the second fewest. The most?
-- For drunken driving, we're the 19th most moderate, which frankly isn't saying much. The highest percentage of alcohol-related traffic deaths?
-- For traffic tickets, mostly speeding, we clock in at 26th. The state issuing the most tickets?
-- For careless driving, determined by pedestrian and bicyclist fatality rates per 100,000 residents, we're the seventh safest, with a rate of .82 -- which, of course, is .82 too many.
You may perceive by now, as Mark Twain once noted, that there are "lies, damned lies, and statistics." In other words, numbers tell a story, but context is important.
That being said, these numbers were crunched by a website, www.carinsurancecomparison.com, to make the point that living in a state with careless/drunken/speeding drivers could drive up your state's insurance rates.
All in all, the No. 4 rating makes sense to
"In general, we're pretty conservative drivers," Estochen said. "We don't have the aggression you might get on the
Which explains most of those complaints.
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