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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Philadelphia drivers worst in U.S., says Allstate

Philly and LA drivers are the worst in the U.S., Allstate insurance says in this report. Bloomberg story here. Excerpt:

" Philadelphia and Los Angeles have the most accident-prone big-city drivers, according to Allstate Corp., the biggest publicly traded U.S. auto insurer.

" Philadelphia has scored worst in each of the five years Allstate compiled data for cities with at least 1 million people. The city’s motorists get in a collision every 6.4 years, meaning they have a 57 percent higher chance of being in an accident than the average American driver, Allstate said. Los Angeles drivers get in crashes every 6.8 years, the insurer said in a statement today. "

But PennDOT says Allstate maybe doesn't insure enough Philly drivers to know that. And if youse don like how I drive, stay offa sidewalk.

Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 2:53 PM  Permalink | 3 comments
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Posted 06:04 PM, 07/08/2009
sutsar
heh.
Posted 06:17 PM, 07/08/2009
whatthe?
what's new?
Posted 09:18 PM, 07/08/2009
Ed_Tilton
I take great pride in having learned to drive in Philly, one of the few places where finger gestures and cursing are on the test
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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column, which is printed in the business pages of The Philadelphia Inquirer every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Joe has worked at the Inquirer, mostly, since 1988. He has also written for Bloomberg and Gannett, authored the book Comcasted, majored in economics at Penn, and fathered six children. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com

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