Are Christians particularly bad (or unlucky) drivers?

I was driving about 5 hours today on I-40 through Tennessee and North Carolina. It was a gorgeous day, and the trees are just beginning to lose their green. A great day for a drive.

On the sides of the interstate I noticed numerous – like more than 25 – crosses. At least in the south (I don’t know how prevalent this is up north or out west), these roadside memorials are placed at the location where, presumably, a loved one died while on the highway.

But they were all crosses – not a single Magen David, not one crescent – only symbols of Christianity. 100%. Every one of them.

Statistically, that’s bizarre. While there are a lot of cross-worshippers, they do not make up 100% of the population.

Which leads to a number of questions: Are Christians particularly bad drivers? Are they more likely to die in crashes? Are their prayers for long life ineffective? Why do they feel compelled to mark these fatalities when other religions don’t?