A new study says drivers in the Sunshine State are among the worst in the nation.
Financial website SmartAsset collected data on drivers and traffic statistics throughout the U.S.
Their ranking is based on four factors:
- Percentage of drivers with insurance
- Number of DUIs per driver
- Average number of deaths per miles driven
- How often residents use Google to research speeding tickets.
After coming in first in 2017 for the worst drivers in the country, SmartAsset says Florida dropped to eighth place for 2018.
But we still make an appearance on the list because Florida has the lowest rate of insured drivers in the country at 73 percent. The Sunshine State also has high fatality rates on the road, with 1.47 deaths per 100 million miles driven.
Mississippi holds first place, followed by Tennessee, and California and Missouri tying for third.
For more on the study’s methodology, visit SmartAsset’s website.