Photo by billadler.It’s officially September. And you know what that means: it’s once again time for further validation that no one around here can drive worth a lick. For the third consecutive year, data released by the Allstate Insurance Corporation confirms that the Washington region has a stranglehold on the title of being the hellish nexus of American traffic.
But not only are we the country’s worst drivers — we’re apparently getting worse with time. According to the 2011 report, Washington drivers boast a 107.3 percent greater chance of getting into an accident than the average American. (No surprise, given that Allstate’s information shows that D.C.-area residents get in an accident once every 4.8 years on average.) That’s actually worse than last year, when the area boasted a 95.5 percent “relative accident likelihood” against the national average and an average of 5.1 years between accidents. This decline in operational ability is affecting our neighbors, too: Arlington (180th) and Alexandria (184th) also dropped a few spots from last year’s already-low ranking.
The complete rankings are below. Just try not to read them while you’re behind the wheel, okay?
