St Louis Has Some Of The Best Drivers In The Nation Study Finds

Let’s hear it for the drivers of St. Louis! If you live and drive in St. Louis, you’ve helped the city earn a spot on the list of the best drivers in the nation. In fact, St. Louis came in at seven out of 35 cities, in a recent study released by QuoteWizard.com. Kansas City, on the other hand, sits on the 35th spot out of 40 for the worst driving cities in the United States. Here’s how QuoteWizard.com came up with its rankings.

QuoteWizard.com, a website that provides insurance quotes, first identified the 75 largest cities in the United States. Only St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri made the cut.

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Once QuoteWizard.com identified the largest cities, it then examined the insurance quotes for millions of drivers across the United States.

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Insurance quotes were studied to determine which cities had the most incidents and which had the least. QuoteWizard.com looked at four criteria, or incidents, to rank the cities.

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Accidents, citations, DUIs (Driving Under the Influence), and speeding tickets were the four incidents examined.

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Drivers receive citations for a variety of offenses – from failing to stop at a red light to distracted driving, such as texting while driving or talking on the phone while behind the wheel.

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Those cities that tallied the fewest incidents earned a spot in the top 35 while those cities with the most incidents earned distinction as one of the worst driving cities.

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Detroit, Michigan, earned the title of the city with the best drivers while Portland, Oregon, sat atop the list of the worst driving cities.

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Do you agree with the study results that St. Louis has some of the best drivers in the nation? What about Kansas City? Do you think it has some of the worst drivers? Join the conversation in the comments! With its beautiful byways, Missouri makes driving fun, doesn’t it? Next time you’re in the mood, set off on a leisurely drive along the seven most beautiful byways in Missouri.