As if Texas drivers needed one more reason to obey the rules of the road: The Lone Star State now holds the undesirable distinction of being the most dangerous state for motorcyclists.

A new study from personal injury law firm Nicolet Law assigns a motorcyclist risk score to Texas of 99 out of 100. At No. 2 is Louisiana, with a score of 77.

The study bases the scores on factors such as the number of deadly motorcycle crashes per 100,000 motorcycles, the number of motorcyclists killed vs. the number of motorcyclists involved in crashes, average annual rainfall, road conditions, alcohol and drug impairment, and speed-related traffic deaths.

The worst of the study’s findings: Texas ranks first in the country for the average number of deaths per 100,000 motorcycles — 133. It also lands

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