Sure, you're not a bad driver. You might have a few speeding tickets, but it's nothing so shameful that you have to hide your traffic offenses from anyone. However, your traffic offenses might not be the best indicator of your driving habits. Think about it this way: If your grandma was sitting in the passenger's seat, would you drive any differently?

Admit it. You probably would. In just the last month, how many times have you rolled a stop sign, raced through a yellow light, or pulled out your phone to send a text? If you were never pulled over for those infractions, you just got lucky.

Someday, your luck might run out. Even if you're a stickler for following the rules of the road, other people aren't. So, click here to view our interactive map ranking every U.S. state. You might drive more carefully knowing your state is home to some of America's worst drivers.

Click on this map to find out where your state ranks!

Top 10 States With Worst Drivers:

North Dakota Wyoming Montana South Dakota Oklahoma New Mexico Missouri Idaho Arizona Maine

Top 10 States With Best Drivers:

Washington, D.C. Massachusetts New York New Jersey Connecticut Utah Illinois Rhode Island Ohio Georgia

Just how do North Dakota and Wyoming have the worst drivers, yet D.C. and Massachusetts have the best? We ranked each state based on their most extreme driving incidents. Here's our methodology for deciding which states have the worst drivers.

First, we found the number of incidents in each state for three categories:

Driving-related deaths Speeding-related deaths Drunk driving arrests

Then we divided each category by each state's population size. Based on that percentage, we ranked each state from worst to best, using a score of 1 to 51. Finally, to find the overall state ranking, we averaged each state's scores from the three categories.

Driving-Related Deaths:

Obviously, more populous states have more fatalities. To get a better idea of which states have more accidents per driver, we measured fatalities per 100,000 state residents.

Speeding-Related Deaths:

The category for speeding tickets is a tricky one. Speed limits and ticketing laws vary by state, so it's difficult to gauge America's speediest drivers based on speeding tickets. Instead, we compared each state's number of speeding-related deaths, divided by their population size.

Drunk Driving Arrests:

This category recorded the number of actual DUI arrests in each state. However, keep in mind that plenty more drivers have had one (or two, or five) drinks too many when they get behind the wheel. They just haven't been caught. After all, 28 people are killed every day from driving accidents involving alcohol.

Since April is Alcohol Responsibility Month, we want to remind you to drink responsibly. If you're planning to drive after a couple drinks, don't! You want to make your mark on something other than the pavement.

Do You Have Any Driving-Related Offenses?

When you share the road with unsafe drivers, you're at risk for accident, injury, and even death. What if these unsafe drivers were people you actually knew? Would you let your family get in the car with them?

If you found out your friend has a couple speeding tickets, you might think twice about taking a road trip with them. If you set up a carpool for your kids, you might change your mind if you knew one of the parents had a DUI. And if your daughter was asked out on her first date, you would definitely say no if you knew the guy behind the wheel was a reckless driver.

You need to know people's driving history, just as much as you need to know where America's worst drivers live. Do yourself a favor, and check out traffic offenses for everyone in your life. If you know who you're driving with, it could actually save your life.

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