Driving has never been something to take lightly, especially in the 10 most dangerous states for drivers in America in 2015. Nowadays, people more than ever can afford to drive a car. This means that intelligent, responsible people can enjoy the convenience of independently traveling but it also means that their exact opposite counterparts can enjoy drunkenly swerving along the road. Quite like the 10 most dangerous states to ride a motorcycle, the places on this list make a special case of proving Newton’s first law of motion. As we all (should) know, an object set in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon an unbalanced force which might be manifested in late reaction, hand slipping or the apparent existence of obstacles along the road such as another lane worth of traffic or trees and posts. Irony and jokes aside, the number of people who lose their lives in what can often be called ridiculously stupid accidents is far too big to ignore.
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Let’s face it, though. A sudden malfunction in your vehicle will not likely make it blow up randomly in the middle of the highway. A machine is only as good as the person who controls it and that person may not be good at all in many cases. The people who purposefully drive irresponsibly may crash and die as much as they want but taking someone innocent’s life because of your poor decision-making skills is wrong on way too many levels. Not long after, a team of eager, vulture-like reporters will swarm the scene and talk about driving under the influence or poor conditions while none of them care enough to call it a multiple homicide suicide fueled by a fit of extreme stupidity when appropriate. Sure, mistakes happen and sometimes even the most experienced and careful driver in the world can make them but you don’t hear about many careful people being on the causing site of fatal accidents. You will most likely hear about them being on the suffering one.
Being able to make a half metric ton machine move with enough inertia to bring down a building is nothing to brag about to your friends. Leaving inappropriately fast driving to stunt specialists, racing drivers and emergency vehicle dispatches and keeping an eye on the road at all times is the best course of action in the 10 most dangerous states for drivers in America in 2015. Let’s take a look at which one has the highest concentration of fatal accidents per a hundred thousand of the population.
10. West Virginia
If you go to whatever news source that is concerned for the state of West Virginia right now, you’d probably find a frequency of fatal crash reports for almost each day.
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9. South Dakota
Taking the ninth place on our list of the 10 most dangerous states for drivers in America in 2015 is South Dakota with a higher DIU rate than our number ten.
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8. South Carolina
South Carolina comes next as the eighth most care and attention demanding place while on the road to your destination. Don’t get carried away by the beautiful scenery because you don’t know what may be coming at you.
7. Kentucky
Kentucky makes number seven with a surprisingly lower rate of DUIs in the fatal crash statistic that the other states on the list – probably the lowest. Still, irresponsibility doesn’t need alcohol.
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6. Oklahoma
The sixth place in our list of the states with the biggest concentration of car crashes per a group of the population goes to Oklahoma with some of the highest DUI fatal crash ratings on the whole list.
5. Alabama
Alabama takes the 5th spot on the list of the 10 most dangerous states for drivers in America in 2015 with over thirty-two percent of the fatal crashes being related to driving intoxicated.
4. Montana
The beautiful state of Montana takes the fourth spot in this unfortunate list with close to forty percent of the fatal crashes in the state being caused by driving under the influence.
3. Arkansas
Moving closer to the state with the highest concentration of fatal crashes, Arkansas, the home of the likes of Johnny Cash and Bill Clinton, comes third in this countdown.
2. Mississippi
If can’t spell Mississippi’s name without any effort whatsoever, you probably are not good for driving tonight. The state takes the second place on our list.
1. Wyoming
Wyoming comes first, even without having the biggest number of crashes in total. The top of the 10 most dangerous states for drivers in America in 2015 has the biggest concentration of fatal crashes for a number of its population.
