Did YOU Know? New York Actually Is One Of The Safest Cities For Driving...Seriously

I never thought I'd read that, but this is the case. According to Allstate insurance, New York is the only big city that makes the company's list of the Top 10 safest cities for driving.

Weird, isn't it?

Well, Allstate has been analyzing the data it captures via the company's telematics program — opt-in participants only — and the results are interesting. The insurer started looking at the average time between a driver's auto accident claims and how often they slam on their respective brakes.

And voila(!) that's how we have the list.

The top prize goes to Madison, Wisconsin and is followed by:

2. Brownsville, TX.;
3. Boise, ID.;
4. New York, NY.; and,
5. Milwaukee, WI.

The state capital and college town [[Edit: Madison, Wisconsin]] tops a list of the ten safest cities for driving from Allstate insurance. The rankings are based on data such as the average time between auto accident claims to how often drivers need to slam on their brakes while driving...

...New York is actually the only big city to make the list. The second safest city is Brownsville, Texas, followed by Boise, Idaho. Milwaukee is No. 5, behind New York, with Wichita, Hialeah, Florida, McAllen, Texas, Olathe, Kansas and Lincoln, Nebraska...

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HenryN - 9/1/2016 1:13:45 AM

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Maybe so, but NYC has the dumbest drivers on earth - well maybe tied with Shanghai China. The constant honking is annoying at the very least, and blocking at every intersection in Manhattan would take the prize.

I have been in most major cities in America and many cities in Asia, and find NYC the most overrated (including its night life) and its drivers obnoxious. Miami and Houston drivers are also bad but they don't pretend to be good - they are willing to run you over if you can't keep up.

TomM - 9/1/2016 2:24:13 AM

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The people who complain about NYC - are people who don't know it. The nightlife in NYC cannot be matched by any city east of the Mississippi - there are just so many different things to do - that you could spend years trying to do it all. AND with Broadway changing constantly new shows - you may never catch up.

As an experienced NYC driver - we KNOW how to drive there - and go into NYC mode. I have no problem navigating there - while I would put Italy as the worst place to drive. I also regularly travel to Shanghai (amazing that you would post that with me actually there right now) which is not in the same class.

THere was a time when Texas was the worst place - they actually had a law that made it legal to pass on the right and on the shoulder - even if the "shoulder" was unpaved. I actually lost two windshields on one visit there. That was a long time ago though.

valhallakey - 9/1/2016 1:58:47 PM

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Agree with TomM, New York City is wonderful, lots to do any day of the week. On the driving side the fact is you are never going that fast, even when there is an accident it is usually pretty minor! Compared to some European cities it is quite tame. For a real challenge try Palermo, with Rome a close second. Everyone says India is bad but again the low speeds make it more reasonable. In Palermo they are going 160kph on narrow city street full of scooters, people and only God know what.