1051 per 1000. Neat trick.

and yet you all collectively drive better than everyone in Massachusetts source

How can we have more than 100%. 1056 per thousand, something’s wrong here

Easy - 56/1000 NH drivers have 2 licenses.

What does that mean? A commercial and regular, I didn’t think you would need both.

Oh, I get it. Fake ids

If only there was some source for that info...

From the article:

> How is it possible to have more than 1,000 drivers per 1,000 driving-age individuals? The Federal Highway Administration doesn’t make that clear but we suspect it has to do with data sets that do not perfectly overlap.

So it sounds like this data is indeed shit.

I don't think you do but some people may want to keep them separate for various reasons.

I wonder if it also considers boating licenses?

495 is a freaking warzone the second a snowflake touches that pavement. Don't even get me started on 95.

The graphic is shit too. It's sorted by total drivers per thousand, but the bars aren't centered so you can't compare them.

It’s cause we have easier drivers Ed and less lose driving permit laws.

Like turning 15 1/2 and being able to drive with an adult is unique to NH

I'll take 95 over 93 any day of the week

The numerator is reported by the state and could have some caveats (i.e., includes any active license, regardless of of the person is alive, etc.). The denominator is the estimate of people 16 & over from the census, which could have some variation. A census is also more likely to undercount people, so I think it's safe to assume that the ratio is going to skew high based on those two data sets.

Fewer kids

We’ll ya you can get all of fuckall nowhere without a car or being extremely fit in these woods.

Because you can’t function here without a car

"New Hampshire has the best drivers in the nation!... However, New Hampshire ranks last for wearing seatbelts, so that is a definitely an issue that needs to be worked on."

Fuck right the fuck off.

I was thinking maybe motorcycle

No that's pretty common actually.

E.g. Virginia gives you your permit at 15.5, and then full license 9 months later.

How do we have 51 extra drivers per 1000 drivers?

Out of 1000 eligible licensees we have 1051 licenses?

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Who's got the extra ones? Come on, share with us.

If it shows up on federal reporting that is a damn good fake id.

Pretty sure a permit isn’t required in NH. You can drive with a parent and your birth certificate, basically.

I remember getting my license at 15ish. The test was an absolute joke. I think I only took right turns and one left turn to pull back into the DMV.

A friend did it with the e-brake on and still passed.

Maybe they give you more slack for doing it with a manual?

Ah I see, I thought they were claiming the age was unique to NH, not the lack of an actual permit.

I’ve never seen worse drivers. Half of them don’t even stop for a red light 🤡🤡🤡

Are they counting Motorcycle licenses separately?

How else are you gonna get around? My drunken sister in law got a dwi and she is struggling to find ubers etc. There just aren't many around these parts.

are we licensing the children??? how do you get 1051 licensed drivers per 1000 people? are there ghosts?

Someone can't do math...

Right. No public transportation where I am. And nothing is walking distance other than maybe the library and elementary school. Which is fine but I don’t need either.

That would be my guess. It's probably two different sources, which means you can't just do X/Y and call it good.

I've seen this type of graph before (but done well) and it works for what they want to show. It needs a central axis and more distinct colors. The bars are centered for the total population, so the line separating male and female shows how much it goes to one side or the other. Without the axis and having such close colors it doesn't work.

😂 but we should actually wear our seatbelts

That actually seems possible and like a good explanation.

Everyone asking how it’s over 1000 per 1000. I am assuming since different states have a different minimum driving age the surveyors perhaps went somewhere in the middle and we’re a year or two below. Don’t just assume the person who put the data/survey together is stupid, use your critical thinking skills…

Different national minimum driving ages.

It's a state by state breakdown, NH being over 100%. As others mentioned, they're using inconsistent data sets. So they probably got population per state from one place and the number of licensed drivers from someplace else. Not a great methodology. Minimum driving ages doesn't factor into this, that might skew the overall ranking but not the individual percentages.

So 53 out of 1053 have moved to a different state but their NH licenses are still in the data set? I mean yeah either way the whole thing is a bit out of wack

How else you gonna get out of New Hampshire?

Probably college students

We have a lot of college students who aren't actually residents of NH

And possibly ghosts.. driving is a right if you are old apparently.

Maybe we drive safe because we don’t wear our seatbelts though. The fear of death might just be keeping us safe.

I’ve also seen statistics saying we have got the most vanity plates per capita. Saw another years ago saying we’re prescribed the most ADHD meds too per capita but not sure on that one. 🤣

If your assumption is correct it doesn't make them any less stupid. It makes it a pretty useless data set.

Yeah I'd like to see these numbers cross referenced against public transportation access

I am a recent college grad. I did not know a single student who switched to a NH license in their 4-6 years of college. 6 being masters students.

This is true.

The downvoters also must not stop at red lights 😆🤡

Tax fraud. New Hampshire has no state income tax. Getting your license or registration in New Hampshire Is a great way to “prove” you live in New Hampshire and thereby avoid state income tax where you really live like New York or Connecticut or Rhode island etc.

It doesn’t work like that. You need an address etc to show it is your domicile in order to claim residency. While NH has no sales or income tax the property taxes (real estate, car reg, etc) is sky high so it works out when you avg those three taxes in most surrounding states, the “NH tax advantage” is not as great as it appears

Cries in librarian

Live in NH, work in another state, and realize the NH Tax Disadvantage... (Also be sure your life insurance is squared away because the commutes are getting even more crazy)

interesting twist

So also the, Most Drivers with ADHD and Vanity Plates in the US

From the source "How is it possible to have more than 1,000 drivers per 1,000 driving-age individuals? The Federal Highway Administration doesn’t make that clear but we suspect it has to do with data sets that do not perfectly overlap."

Unfortunately, you can’t enlarge the text in books

It is certainly a disadvantage on the surface to work in another state and live in NH but normally its for a larger wage than the tax differential so it shouldn’t be a disadvantage otherwise you should find a job in NH.

This.

Expect for pockets, the entire state is built only to serve cars. Not humans.

Why would you need a NH license to vote as a college student?

II. College Student Voting New Hampshire election law provides college students with a special privilege when determining where they register to vote. A college student in New Hampshire may choose as his/her voting domicile, either the domicile he/she held before entering college or the domicile he/she has established while attending college. New Hampshire law provides the following definition of domicile: An inhabitant's domicile for voting purposes is that one place where a person, more than any other place, has established a physical presence and manifests an intent to maintain a single continuous presence for domestic, social, and civil purposes relevant to participating in democratic self-government. A person has the right to change domicile at any time, however a mere intention to change domicile in the future does not, of itself, terminate an established domicile before the person actually moves. A person’s claim of domicile for voting purposes shall not be conclusive of the person’s residence for any other purpose.