Looking for a reason to "drive carefully" as they say about holiday travel by car? This graphic from The Guardian of automotive accidents mapped out by state should be plenty of reason to get holiday drivers in the right frame of mind for going over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house.
"Auto travel remains the preferred method of travel this Thanksgiving with 38.2 million Americans traveling via automobile, also up 4 percent from last year. Auto travelers make up 90 percent of all holiday travelers," AAA said in a news release.
369,629 people died on America's roads between 2001 and 2009 and here we see the what would appear to be the areas of danger. Pretty much anyplace east of the Mississippi requires extra caution. Westerly drivers? Still take care, just because the population is a bit more sparse, does not mean the driving is easy.
On the west coast "You need to get where you're going to be by Wednesday, " Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service told the San Francisco Chronicle, adding "It's going to be wet, and snowy in the Sierra, on Thursday. It will be a good day to be inside."
AAA predicts there will be a 4 percent increase of Americans traveling 50 miles or more this Thanksgiving holiday. Be safe. Drive carefully. Live to tell about it.
Filed under: North America, United States, News
Source: http://www.gadling.com/2011/11/23/automotive-accidents-mapped-out-by-state-drive-safe-this-thanks/
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