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Quality of life index

By TIMES WIRES
Published February 5, 2007

156 Rank, out of 200 American cities, of Tampa on a 2006 study of the cities with the safest drivers.

10 Number of Florida cities that ranked ahead of Tampa on that study, including St. Petersburg at No. 72.

83 Percentage of Americans who said in a recent survey that they consider themselves safe drivers.

73 Percentage of those drivers who admit they regularly talk on cell phones while driving.

16 Percentage of drivers who say they mostly drive at or below the speed limit.

31 Percentage of drivers who say they'd like to have a refrigerator in their car.

26 Percentage of drivers from the South who say they have road rage on occasion, a higher percentage than that of drivers from northeastern and western states.

19 Percentage of drivers who say they send text messages while driving.

2 Percentage of drivers who admit to shaving while driving.

5 Percentage of drivers who say they've driven drunk.

8 Percentage of drivers who say they drive with a pet in their lap.

31 Percentage of drivers who spend time daydreaming behind the wheel.

38 Percentage of drivers who say they've driven some distance without any recollection of doing so.

Source: Allstate, Nationwide, Reuters

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