Teen drivers in South Dakota are considered to be the worst inthe nation.
|That's according to personal finance site WalletHub.com, whichlooked at 16 metrics including the average cost of carrepairs and the number of teen drivers in each state toimpaired-driving laws and teen driver fatalities, to rank the bestand worst states for teen drivers.
|Although young people ages 15 to 24 represent only 14% of thepopulation, they accounted for about 30% of the total costs ofmotor vehicle injuries, WalletHub said.
|That's not counting auto maintenance, high insurance premiums,possible traffic citations and other vehicular incidents that canrack up expensive costs over time, the firm noted.
|According to WalletHub, the top 10 best states for teen driversare:
|1. New York
2. Hawaii
3. Illinois |
4. Oregon
5. Rhode Island
6. Massachusetts
7. Maryland
8. Delaware
9. Washington
10. Nevada
The 10 worst states are:
|1. South Dakota
2. Mississippi
3. Nebraska
4. Oklahoma
5. Wyoming
6. Arkansas
7. Montana
8. South Carolina
9. Missouri
10. Arizona
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