The last several months have brought a barrage of good and bad news for our state. Where the scale rests, I'm not sure, but here is more weight for the not-so-good side. Car Insurance Comparison's website reveals the worst states for drunk-driving.

If you guessed South Dakota landing at number 6, you win. They considered five elements:

  1. Cost per fatality from drunk-driving accidents
  2. A state's drunk-driving-related deaths
  3. A state's drunk-driving-related arrests
  4. Laws related to drunk-driving
  5. Penalties for drunk-driving

After combing through all of the data, these are the resulting top ten most dangerous states for drunk-driving.

  1. North Dakota
  2. Montana
  3. Idaho
  4. Wisconsin
  5. South Carolina
  6. South Dakota
  7. Pennsylvania
  8. New Mexico
  9. Rhode Island
  10. Vermont

It makes you wonder just who you are sharing the road with every time you get in your vehicle, doesn't it? Let's be careful out there!

Source: Newser.com, USA Today and Car Insurance Comparison.com


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