Louisiana Named the Worst State for Road Rage

In accordance with the 2025 Travel Vacationer survey, greater than 75 p.c of American respondents stated they plan to take a street journey this summer time. It’s, in any case, a time-honored custom. However anybody hoping to hit the open street must know one factor: some drivers simply aren’t very good, particularly in sure states.

On Could 1, Consumer Affairs launched its checklist of the states with the worst street rage, giving would-be street trippers a heads up on the place they need to be further cautious. 

It recognized the states with the worst street rage by “analyzing information on deadly crashes involving careless or reckless driving, violations for harmful driving, and site visitors incidents involving gun violence,” the report acknowledged about its methodology. And after trying on the information, it named Louisiana the state with the very best street rage, a dishonor it has acquired for 2 years in a row. 

“Almost 60 p.c of the state’s deadly crashes and site visitors deaths had been linked to aggressive or careless driving, the very best charges within the nation,” the findings acknowledged. “Louisiana additionally has the very best general charges of deadly crashes and deaths involving aggressive or careless driving per 100,000 individuals. Moreover, it has the second-highest charge of site visitors violations for aggressive or careless driving or rushing.” 

This careless driving may include severe penalties (apart from the potential of wounding your self or others), together with as much as 90 days in jail for first-time offenders charged with “reckless driving” and as much as six months in jail for second-time offenders, Client Affairs reported. 

Although it is not the one state the place drivers want to search out a bit of zen. 

New Mexico took the No. 2 spot “not least due to its comparatively excessive charge of site visitors incidents involving gun violence, which is sort of 4 instances the nationwide charge,” the findings acknowledged. “Sadly, this pattern additionally aligns with the state’s normal gun violence charges: Everytown for Gun Security, a gun violence prevention group, notes that New Mexico’s gun violence charge is sort of double the nationwide common.” 

Rounding out the highest three offenders is Colorado, which has the very best variety of violations for aggressive or careless driving or rushing per 100,000 individuals, the findings revealed, including that that is “over eight instances the nationwide common. That helps clarify how Colorado climbed one spot in our rating, shifting up from fourth place final yr.” 

Arkansas and Montana rounded out the highest 5, whereas Maine was named the calmest of all of the states within the nation for driving.

See your complete checklist so that you’re absolutely ready to your subsequent street journey at consumeraffairs.com.