Are Oregonians bad drivers?

Oregon State Police gives a driver a speeding ticket near Eugene Oregon
Oregon State Police gives a driver a speeding ticket near Eugene Oregon.

(SEPTEMBER 4, 2018) About 3.2 million Oregonians have drivers licenses. Many drive well. Some do not. There were more than 353,000 traffic convictions in 2017. A conviction means someone did something wrong.

There were 1.86 million traffic convictions in Oregon from 2013-2017. The most common types of traffic convictions were:

  1. Driving after drinking or using drugs
  2. Not using seat belts
  3. Using a cell phone
  4. No insurance
  5. Unsafe driving
  6. Not following traffic stop signs, traffic lights, etc.
  7. No drivers license
  8. Speeding
Sources:
TACT Speeding Violation b Oregon Department of Transportation (TACT speeding violationUploaded by Smallman12q) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Theen, Andrew. “Top 10 Oregon Traffic Convictions: Speeding, Texting and More.” OregonLive.Com, OregonLive.com, 4 Sept. 2018, https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/d24d840d843464/top-10-oregon-traffic-convicti.html. Accessed 4 Sept. 2018.
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