Where Does Idaho Rank On 2021's Best & Worst States To Drive In

I love visiting my family in California. The beach never gets old, the weather is always great and spending quality time with them is the best however, as a car guy every time I drive in California I can't help but wonder what the government is doing with all that tax money. Their roads are certainly the last thing on their minds, frankly they might be the worst roads I've ever driven on outside of Mexico and Oklahoma City. The drivers don't help either so when I saw that WalletHub had released a study called "2021's Best & Worst States To Drive In" I had to look up California and of course Idaho. I can't say this is much of a surprise but California is ranked 49 out of 50. Idaho on the other hand made the top 10 and came in at number 8. Add that to the list of why Californian's are moving to Boise by the truckload. How did Wallethub arrive at this conclusion? Check out the full list and their methodology below.

"To help drivers identify the states that provide the best commuting conditions, WalletHub compared the 50 states across four key dimensions: 1) Cost of Ownership & Maintenance, 2) Traffic & Infrastructure, 3) Safety and 4) Access to Vehicles & Maintenance."

Best & Worst Driving States

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	Cost of Ownership & Maintenance	Traffic & Infrastructure	Safety	Access to Vehicles & Maintenance
1	Texas	62.89	16	33	18	2
2	Indiana	62.17	2	22	33	19
3	North Carolina	61.84	3	31	23	9
4	Iowa	61.82	17	9	32	22
5	Tennessee	61.63	1	26	41	21
6	Kentucky	60.90	4	24	20	30
7	Maine	60.60	26	19	5	36
8	Idaho	60.59	25	7	15	45
9	South Dakota	60.49	9	2	48	37
10	Ohio	60.17	5	32	37	7
11	Wisconsin	60.11	10	20	40	17
12	Kansas	60.03	19	10	31	33
13	Nebraska	59.97	18	8	36	31
14	Illinois	58.98	34	37	6	5
15	North Dakota	58.93	24	3	39	46
16	Virginia	58.79	7	40	25	13
17	Georgia	58.74	12	41	27	8
18	Montana	58.52	14	1	49	43
19	New York	58.51	40	46	2	4
20	Oklahoma	58.37	20	15	35	26
21	Utah	57.86	28	18	12	32
22	Vermont	57.70	33	12	10	38
23	Alabama	57.69	8	17	44	25
24	Wyoming	57.57	22	4	42	48
25	Arizona	57.24	30	21	21	28
26	Arkansas	57.03	23	11	43	34
27	Florida	56.75	31	37	29	3
28	West Virginia	56.54	13	23	38	42
29	Mississippi	56.38	15	13	46	35
30	Alaska	55.74	37	6	17	50
31	South Carolina	55.41	6	27	47	27
32	Minnesota	55.22	27	30	26	18
33	Louisiana	55.05	36	25	9	29
34	New Mexico	54.75	29	5	45	44
35	Connecticut	54.64	43	34	3	24
36	Nevada	54.26	39	16	16	41
37	Oregon	54.15	45	14	24	23
38	Michigan	53.45	41	28	22	11
39	Massachusetts	53.08	42	50	4	10
40	Missouri	52.99	11	29	50	15
41	Colorado	52.71	32	39	28	16
42	New Jersey	51.42	44	48	8	12
43	New Hampshire	51.41	21	45	34	40
44	Pennsylvania	50.83	46	44	30	6
45	Rhode Island	50.13	47	47	1	47
46	Delaware	50.01	35	36	11	49
47	Maryland	49.91	38	49	14	20
48	Washington	49.82	48	35	13	14
49	California	49.38	49	42	7	1
50	Hawaii	36.42	50	43	19	39

Note: With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the best conditions for that metric.

Source: WalletHub

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