Recently I bragged about Texas (3-12-12). Now it’s time to brag about Houston, the city in which I live.
I’m surprised we’re not Number 1. Our city is full of crazy drivers and most of them seem to be women. And those pickup t ruck jockeys are the craziest of them all - you don’t dare look at them for fear of getting shot. But I suppose being Number 3 is not all that bad. That is, except for Dallas outranking us. Now that’s a real bummer!
HOUSTON: ONLY TWO U.S. CITIES HAVE MORE DANGEROUS DRIVERS
By Richard Connelly
Houston Press Hair Balls
March 13, 2012
As you head out for your commute, keep this cheery thought in mind: You are about to hand your life over to some of the most dangerous people around: other Houstonian drivers.
Space City drivers are the third-most dangerous in the nation, according to another one of those pseudoscientific studies by Men's Health, who at least didn't call us fat and polluted this time.
The only places where it's even more risky are Dallas and, worst of the worst, St. Louis.
Men's Health looked at 100 U.S. cities. Here's the criteria:
__We tabulated the rate of fatal crashes; the percentage of fatalities involving alcohol, speeding, or hit and run; and the rate of seatbelt use (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). Then we factored in the average number of years between accidents (Allstate) and laws on cellphone use while driving (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and city governments).
Houston gets a big, fat F, as did Austin.
The safest city was St. Paul, Minnesota. Coming in at number three was Boston, and we've driven in Boston and we can only call BS on that one.
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