Produced By: Hitansh Gaur
UK-based finance and loan company Moneybarn recently released the list of top ten slowest countries to drive in. Each country was given a score out of 10 based on the factors decided by the researchers.
Factors on which the researchers grade the country were average congestion level, average days with high traffic, average days with low traffic, highest speed limit in towns (mph), highest speed limit (mph), road quality score (out of 7), Numbeo traffic index score and the overall slow traffic score (out of 10).
The firm judged 49 countries in total, out of which it ranked the top 10 slowest countries and also the top 10 fastest countries.
The British firm has ranked India as the 10th slowest country in the world with an overall traffic score of 6.46 out of 10. In terms of road quality, India secured a score of 4.5 out of 7.
No. 1 – Peru (8.45/10) No. 2 – Romania (7.83/10) No. 3 – Israel (7.35/10) No. 4 – Mexico (7.20/10) No. 5 – Latvia (6.73/10)
No. 6 – Poland (6.58/10) No. 7 – Belgium (6.55/10) No. 8 – Chile (6.49/10) No. 9 – Argentina (6.46/10) No. 10 – India (6.46/10)
On the other hand, the US topped the chart of top ten fastest countries with a traffic score of 2.94. America secured a score of 5.5 out of 7 in terms of road quality.
No. 1 – Unites States of America (2.94/10) No. 2 – United Arab Emirates (2.95/10) No. 3 – Malaysia (3.63/10) No. 4 – Canada (3.93/10) No. 5 – Netherlands (3.96/10)
No. 6 – Portugal (4.02/10) No. 7 – Austria (4.08/10) No. 8 – Australia (4.23/10) No. 9 – Denmark (4.47/10) No. 10 – Thailand (4.61/10)