-=> Quoting Mike Powell to Nancy Backus on 07-27-19  08:58 <=-

 > The worst drivers I've come across are the ones in the Boston area...
 > aggressive and rude....

 MP> That is funny as I have heard that also.  However, I was reading an
 MP> article yesterday (or Thursday) about the worst and best drivers in the
 MP> US. Massachusetts was in the Top 5 best because apparently they have
 MP> fewer accidents, fewer tickets, and fewer DUIs.  There were a couple of
 MP> other markers used, and some of the markers involved using Internet
 MP> search histories vs. law enforcement stats.

Massachusetts is a fairly good-sized state, and most of it is NOT part
of the Boston area, so maybe the rest of the state balances them out...?
There is a fair bit of the state that is open country, so likely fewer
accidents and tickets etc....

Poor Maryland, made up mostly of Baltimore and the edges of Washington
DC, and not much more of the state to balance things out.... 

 MP> I figure that means that they are all so used to their rude driving
 MP> that they somehow manage not to hit each other.... and maybe the cops
 MP> up there are lax on speeding.  

Those are also quite plausible thinking...  <G>

ttyl      neb

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