Speeding in Colorado Nearly the Worst in the Nation, Study Says

Speeding is a growing problem in the Centennial State. How severe is Colorado's speeding problem? Our speeding habits are nearly the worst in the nation.

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A new report by Forbes Advisor revealed that Colorado is the second most dangerous state for speeding. The only other state that has a worse speeding problem is South Carolina.

Forbes analyzed speeding deaths while driving. The data comes from the number of drivers who die due to speeding annually and the percentage of fatalities while driving over the speed limit.

Colorado's Speeding Analytics Broken Down

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Out of 622 driving fatalities, 46% were caused by speeding. That means that 287 lives were lost because of excessive speeding. That is an alarming amount of fatalities for something we can easily decide to control.

Speeding Is On The Rise in Colorado

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According to the data pulled by Forbes, Colorado has had a 10% rise in deaths caused by fast drivers between 2010 and 2020. The top reasons why we speed, according to Build Price Option, are that we are in a hurry, love the thrill, and are familiar with the roads.

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I'm not going to sit here and act like a saint, I am definitely guilty of speeding from time to time. In my own personal experience, I speed the most on county roads when there is nobody around. Also, if I am on I-25, I typically want to keep up with the rest of the vehicles on the road.

5 Things You Should Do If You Hate Driving In The Snow

There are many reasons to hate driving in the snow.

Snow creates a high potential for dangerous road conditions, produces less-than-decent drivers (who probably aren't decent drivers, to begin with - but that's a conversation for another time), often adds travel time to your trip - the list goes on.

Maybe you don't mind driving in the snow, maybe it doesn't even phase you when it snows (can't relate) - BUT if you need to be out and about on a snow day and you hate driving in the snow, here are five things you could try - or should try - do to, essentially cope with the fact that you can't stop mother nature from bringing snow to Colorado.