There isn't one way to measure how badly groups of people (like, say, residents of New Jersey) drive, but there is plenty of data available about how driving often goes terribly wrong.
Mona Chalabi crunches the numbers on the age-old question of which states have the worst drivers by citing three types of historic data: "The number of car crashes in each state (especially those where the driver was negligent in some way), how much insurance companies pay out, and how much insurance companies charge drivers."
Chalabi breaks down those categories even further with statistics like "Drivers involved in fatal collisions while speeding" and many others. Her answer to the question of which state has the worst drivers: "there's no easy answer..."
FULL STORY: Dear Mona, Which State Has The Worst Drivers?
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