Bad drivers

By Lisa on May 27, 2005 10:05 PM | linkyness | Permalink | Comments (2)

BlogDaddy Dave spotted this link on CNN today...

More than 5,000 licensed drivers between the ages of 16 and 65 were administered a 20-question written test designed to measure basic knowledge about traffic laws and safety. They were also surveyed about their general driving habits.
Drivers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states did worst. Twenty percent of test-takers failed there.

The state of Rhode Island leads the nation in driver cluelessness, according to the survey. The average test score there was 77, just eight points above a failing grade.

Those in neighboring Massachusetts were second worst and New Jersey, third worst.

Is it any wonder that car insurance is so damn expensive back there?

2 Comments

eschamp said:

Other interesting facts from the CNN story:

"One out of 10 drivers regularly exceeds the speed limit by 11 or more miles per hour, with drivers aged between 18 and 24 years showing the greatest propensity for speeding, the study said."

"Younger drivers are the most likely to fail a written driving test while those between the ages of 50 and 64 are the most likely to pass."

On the whole, a pretty useless piece of news. I didn't see them try to correlate test scores with driving ability.

Insurance costs are higher out here because of the number of cars/sq. mile and the "energy" in the East. :-)

May 27, 2005 11:41 PM

Christine said:

What does a yellow light mean?

Slow down.

W-h-a-t d-o-e-s a y-e-l-l-o-w l-i-g-h-t m-e-a-n?\

Slow down!

Whhhhhaaaaaaat dooooooes aaaaaa yeeeelllllooooow lllllliiiiiiiighttttt mmmmmmeeeeeeannnnnnnn?

May 29, 2005 12:13 AM