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Massachusetts Drivers Among Rudest In Country, Survey Says

BOSTON (CBS) - Massachusetts ranks fifth in a new survey of the nation's rudest drivers.

Insure.com spoke to 2,000 drivers across the country in July and determined Idaho is the rudest.

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Washington, DC was second, New York came in third and Wyoming was fourth.

Rhode Island was 14th and New Hampshire was near the bottom at 48.

The survey not only ranked the states, but identified other states that hate them the most.

Massachusetts drivers were hated the most by New Hampshire drivers.

Rhode Island drivers were hated the most by Massachusetts drivers.

Here's what one woman told Insure.com:

"Massachusetts has the rudest drivers I have ever encountered," says Judy Crockett, who owns a Michigan-based marketing and communication firm and frequently travels to Massachusetts. "I rode in the car with one of my clients, and she never stopped shaking her fist at other drivers, spewing insults and profanities, tailgating and rushing lights. It was as if she owned the road, and other drivers were trespassing and in her way."

A study released last month by Allstate Insurance suggested drivers in Worcester and Boston were the worst in the country.

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