No surprise to locals: Pittsburgh has been named one of America\u2019s most stressful cities to drive in.<\/p>\n
It falls in ninth place on the list of top 10 most stressful cities to drive in, according to an article from Time Out <\/a>USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ranking is an affirmation for Pittsburgh drivers who have long questioned the sanity of those they share the road with.<\/p>\n Common questions have included, \u201cIs that left turn even legal?\u201d or \u201cdid you NOT see the maintain speed through tunnel sign?\u201d<\/p>\n The study, conducted by Lemon Law Experts, surveyed residents across 40 major cities to evaluate the impacts of traffic on stress.<\/p>\n Atlanta, the nations most stressful city to drive in, received a stress score of 99.40 out of 100.<\/p>\n The study revealed that 54% of drivers feel anxious before starting their engines, and 89% experience physical stress symptoms (jaw clenching, elevated heart rates, etc.).<\/p>\n Seventy-four percent of Americans said they would rather do household chores than sit in traffic, and 31% said they would rather go to the dentist.<\/p>\n List of top 10 most stressful cities to drive in:<\/p>\n 1. Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n 2. Nashville, TN<\/p>\n 3. Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n 4. San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n 5. Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n 6. Columbus, OH<\/p>\n 7. Orlando, FL<\/p>\n 8. Louisville, KY<\/p>\n 9. Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n 10. Houston, TX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No surprise to locals: Pittsburgh has been named one of America\u2019s most stressful cities to drive in. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-259324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}