Tesla drivers had the worst accident rate in the US, with 24 accidents per 1,000 drivers.

BMW drivers had the highest rate of driving under the influence, with 3 DUIs per 1,000 drivers.

Ram drivers had the highest overall incident rate, including accidents, DUIs, speeding, and other citations.

Based on the new study by Lendingtree.

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    BMW drivers had the highest rate of driving under the influence

    Whaaaat I would have guessed Ram

    Ram drivers had the highest overall incident rate

    Ah there it is.

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        11 months ago

        Tbf it is one of the most popular vehicles on American roads so there are dozens of them to every ram and probably a hundred to every bmw

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          11 months ago

          It’s per 1000 drivers (at least in OP’s example). Doesn’t matter how many are on the road that’s factored out.

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      BMW vs RAM for DUI, my guess: location location location.

      Demographics would likely (guess) lean towards the same type of driver in different locales. One where drinking and driving “is just a thing people do” and one where its more enforced.

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    Americans can’t drive. It’s far too easy to get a drivers license in the USA. Auto lobby, blahblahblah.

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      11 months ago

      No effective alternative so we all play Metallica’s Kill 'em All and roll the dice daily

      - disabled guy from a car hit while riding a bicycle to work

      Neither here nor there, but I was disabled by an Egyptian… in California

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      11 months ago

      A source the editors not distances itself from and that uses a limited data set is certainly a reliable one.