New Jersey is the worst state to drive a car in the entire US and California ranked second, according to a new study from MoneyGeek.
The researchers took into account costs (gas and insurance), congestion, safety, road infrastructure, and weather. In particular, they determined that New Jersey has the worst congestion and the second worst infrastructure in the country, behind only Rhode Island, he said. patch.com.
california is most expensive state for drivers with gasoline prices approaching $5 a gallon, annual maintenance costs averaging $416, and annual toll charges amounting to $499, according to the statement.
A general level New York was ranked 16th among the worst states to drive. Nebraska was named “best” being the cheapest and one of the least congested without surprises, due to its low population density. The least congested highways in the country are in North Dakota.
The MoneyGeek personal finance portal used data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Census Bureau, FBI and other sources to rank the states with the best and worst driving experiences.
Last month New Jersey’s Democratic Governor Phil Murphy sued the federal government in US District Court for giving New York the green light to go ahead with a controversial congestion pricing program for entering drivers. to Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
NYC plans to activate the so-called “congestion pricing” in the spring of 2024, formally known as the “Central Business District Toll Program”, which seeks to charge additional tolls for vehicles traveling in congested areas south of 60th Street in Manhattan, in order to reduce traffic and raise millions of dollars in funds. It is estimated that daily more than 20 million people living in the tri-state area, 1.3 million move by car to Lower Manhattan, in about 700,000 cars, taxis and trucks. Many have considered it “an additional tax.”
Driving in NYC is not easy or cheap. According to NYPD, Queens is the deadliest county to drive. In general, in addition to armed violence, traffic accidents are another great challenge for Mayor Eric Adams. This despite “Vision Zero” (Vision Zero), traffic safety plan created in 2014 by then-new mayor Bill de Blasio, who promised to make the city safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists with a goal of zero deaths by 2024. According to the NYPD, cyclist deaths increased 260% in the first six months of 2023 and 325% since the implementation of the “Vision Zero” plan in 2014. In many cases the drivers flee.
The New York authorities recall that there is zero tolerance for drivers who speed and/or drive under the influence of alcohol and drugs..