Tampa: 16th Worst Driving City

Tampa: 16th Worst Driving City

Are we not trying hard enough?

AutoVantage released their yearly numbers on the worst driving cities in the US and, sadly, Tampa only ranked #16. Surely we can do better people? I know I do my part. Do you?

I’m out there cutting people off, flicking off drivers, making sure pedestrians are so scared they have to run across the street. But are you? If not? Why not?

We’ve won a Superbowl, the NHL Stanley Cup, numerous Arena League Championships, etc. Can’t we win this too?

Put your Tampa pride to work, people!

For the record, here’s the top 25, from the AP:

  1. Miami (45th)

  2.  New York (1st)

  3.  Boston (24th)

  4. Los Angeles (2nd)

  5. Washington, D.C. (27th)

  6. Phoenix (6th)

  7. Chicago (3rd)

  8. Sacramento, Calif. (37th)

  9. Philadelphia (5th)

  10. San Francisco (14th)

  11. Houston (4th)

  12. Atlanta (35th)

  13. Detroit (11th)

  14. Minneapolis-St. Paul (48th)

  15. Baltimore (18th)

  16. Tampa, Fla. (not in top 50)

  17. San Diego (8th)

  18. Cincinnati (not in top 50 - surprising)

  19. Cleveland (39th)

  20. Denver (25th)

  21. Dallas-Ft. Worth (9th and 19th respectively)

  22. St. Louis (not ranked in top 50)

  23. Seattle-Tacoma (23rd)

  24. Pittsburgh (not ranked in top 50 - surprising)

  25. Portland, Ore. (30th)

I did a little digging, wondering if the higher ranked cities just means more people live there. This is not the case. Some cities are just more angry than others. In parentheses, I am showing the ranking of the city amongst the Top 50 most populous cities according to this site.

Actually, looking at the numbers again, there is a pretty good corrolation (not perfect, but visible) between city size and road rage numbers. I guess I’d be interested in a per capita road rage number so see how that changes the order and what cities drop out and which are added.


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