INDIANAPOLIS — Despite making national headlines in 2019 for the potholes that plagued the state's capital, Indiana was named one of the best states for driving.
Wallethub released its study, "2020's Best & Worst States to Drive in" on Tuesday.
The top ten best states for driving are:
- Iowa
- Tennessee
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Nebraska
- Georgia
- Virginia
- Indiana
- Arkansas
- Alabama
The top ten worst states for driving are:
- Hawaii
- Rhode Island
- Washington
- California
- Colorado
- Maryland
- West Virginia
- New Jersey
- Alaska
- Montana
The report's findings were based on a comparison of the states' cost of ownership and maintenance, traffic and infrastructure, safety, and access to vehicles and maintenance.
Not only did Indiana come in as the eighth-best state for driving, but Hoosiers were also ranked with the fourth-lowest amount of auto maintenance costs.
Indianapolis drivers may disagree with Wallethub's findings — citing potholes as the reason.
However, potholes would fall under Wallethub's traffic and infrastructure study, where "rush hour traffic" had the most weight in metric.
