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Pippi
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Username: Pippi
Post Number: 2258
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 2:38 pm: | 
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Well this should finally put to end the argument over which state has the worst drivers.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/05/26/dumb_driver_states/index.html
Test scores are in: Northeast still has dumbest drivers
Insurance company exam indicates one in 11 drivers would fail state licensing exam.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The tiny state of Rhode Island still ranks rock bottom in terms of driving knowledge, according to a national test conducted by GMAC Insurance. Oregon drivers answered the most questions correctly.
The test revealed that about one in 11 licensed drivers in the United States would fail a state drivers test, according to GMAC Insurance.
Rhode Island ranked last year, also, with an average score of 77. Last year, Oregon's average score was 89, which still placed at the top of the rankings that year.
Based on average scores, northwestern states generally ranked highest while the bottom-ranking states were mostly in the northeast. One exception was Vermont, which ranked third. Washington state drivers ranked second. Drivers in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia ranked at the bottom, with D.C. finishing just ahead of Rhode Island.
The test and an accompanying survey were completed by 5,288 licensed drivers including at least 100 from each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The survey asked about responses to specific driving situations.
(Cheat alert: The following paragraph includes some answers to the test.)
Approximately one in three drivers said they usually do not stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. At least one out of five drivers did not know that pedestrians in a crosswalk have the right of way. At least one in five also did not know that roads are most slippery when it first starts to rain after a dry spell.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/05/26/gmac_test_rankings/index.html
Average: 83.7 percent
40. Florida 82.3 (Tie)
42. Pennsylvania 82.1
44. Connecticut 80.9
47. New York 79.4
48. New Jersey 78.6 (Tie)
48. Massachusetts 78.6 (Tie)
50. Washington, D.C. 76.5
51. Rhode Island 75.1 |
Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 3250
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 4:36 pm: |
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90%. I wonder which ones I missed. |
Wendy
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Username: Wendy
Post Number: 2514
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 6:01 pm: |
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Not wanting to double post, I decided to comment in Soapbox where a similar thread was started. |
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