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According to this article from Forbes, the most dangerous driving holiday is Thanksgiving ...

"On certain holidays, scores of drivers get behind the wheel when they shouldn't. But the deadliest holiday isn't the first that springs to mind.


It's late at night on a holiday, and local emergency workers are on high alert. In upstate New York, a speeding car splits into three pieces after slamming into a utility pole. In Longview, Texas, a drunk driver hits a Mitsubishi Montero, killing a college student. In Western Michigan, a driver loses control of her car and crashes into a parked ambulance.


Just another New Year's Eve, right? Wrong. These things all happened on Thanksgiving, the most dangerous holiday of the year for drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Thanksgiving is the day when heavy traffic, drinking and long-distance car trips combine to create fatal travel conditions...." Most dangerous driving holiday -