dillsrotary

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/05/26/...tes/index.html

Test scores are in: Northeast still has dumbest drivers

here are the test scores from each state:

Story: Test scores are in: Northeast still has dumbest drivers

Average: 83.7 percent

1. Oregon 90.6

2. Washington 88.2

3. Vermont 87.5

4. Idaho 87.3 (Tie)

4. South Dakota 87.3 (Tie)

6. Montana 87.2

7. Nebraska 87.0

8. Kansas 86.8

9. Iowa 86.7

10. Wyoming 86.2

11. Wisconsin 86.1

12. Minnesota 86.0

13. Alaska 85.8

14. California 85.6

15. Indiana 85.2 (Tie)

15. Colorado 85.2 (Tie)

17. Michigan 85.1

18. North Dakota 85.0

19. West Virginia 84.8

20. Utah 84.5

21. Mississippi 84.4

22. Illinois 84.3

23. Tennessee 84.2

24. Texas 84.0 (Tie)

24. Kentucky 84.0 (Tie)

26. New Hampshire 83.9

27. Arkansas 83.8

28. Virginia 83.5

29. Arizona 83.4

30. Georgia 83.2 (Tie)

30. Louisiana 83.2 (Tie)

32. North Carolina 83.1 (Tie)

32. Maine 83.1 (Tie)

34. Ohio 83.0

35. Oklahoma 82.9

36. Alabama 82.8

37. Missouri 82.7 (Tie)

37. Delaware 82.7 (Tie)

39. Nevada 82.6

40. South Carolina 82.3 (Tie)

40. Florida 82.3 (Tie)

42. Pennsylvania 82.1

43. New Mexico 81.5

44. Connecticut 80.9

45. Hawaii 80.7

46. Maryland 79.5

47. New York 79.4

48. New Jersey 78.6 (Tie) (WOO-HOO!)

48. Massachusetts 78.6 (Tie)

50. Washington, D.C. 76.5

51. Rhode Island 75.1

lshu

I'm in CA and got 85 (stupid slow-moving vehicle sign), right on the money.

Animagix

doesn't cali have the highest asian population? what gives?

Ike

They're excellent at taking tests despite their driving abilities?

NgoRX8

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^yea we are...

swiftnet

Test scores mean nothing..
SouthWest Florida has the crappiest drivers! Florida has got to have the dumbest, most inconsiderate and the highest percentage of legally blind drivers of anywhere....
It is one of the reasons I'm considering moving.

dillsrotary

don't move to south carolina, they tied you

NgoRX8

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let's all move to RI and take over the place

dillsrotary

by the way, i took the 20 question test and its pretty freakin accurate for nj:
Your score was: 75%

DAMN, i just put massuschetts in the lead

mysql101

I've never seen worse driving than in the NJ/NY area, and CA. FL is mild compared to them.

I've only been in 3 car accidents, all 3 happen to have taken place in NJ within a 2 year timeframe. None my fault.

aggietiff28

I took it and got this:

Your score was: 90%

Not too bad since Texas is at about the halfway mark on that list.

Blue87Sport

Aggietiff, don't move to Oregon. You'll bring their score down.

Washington, on the other hand, would welcome you.

Ike

I got 95% but didn't get any wrong...

Rootski

iTrader: (1)

Michigan is only 17th?

I'm shocked.

dtorre

75% and in Texas...hmmm...could of been the fact that I was raised in NY

REMillers

Gah got 1 wrong, didn't look closely at the shape of the sign and though road work, not slow moving veh.

DrDiaboloco

95% because I didn't agree with any of the choices in the "you're turning left across traffic" question. Wait for ALL the cars to go by? What if you see one a quarter mile away coming the opposite direction? Are we supposed to wait for THAT one, too? That question is BS and I demand a recount.

I grew up, learned to drive, and spent most of my life in the NYC metro area... And as ridiculous a display of driving as most of the people in that area are capable of (I'm including Nothern Jersey and SW CT, too), Massachusetts still takes the cake. Simply abominable... They're not called Massholes for nuthin'.

As for individual cities, I think they need to throw tire-shredding spikes across every lane of every highway in the Houston metro area, just to save all them thar yahoos from themselves.

zoom44

should i take the test as a person living in oregon or one who learned to drive in PA?

well PA i suppose since it would help their score

thats one time thru carefully reading each question, no cheating or do overs. (took 3mins)

wait til i tell my wife

BlueEyes

That test is retardly easy if you think about the questions. The only question I really had to think about was the one about the right lane ending. Usually, if there is no dotted line in the picture, it means lanes narrow in Canada, not that the right lane ends. Since that wasn't an option, the answer was obvious, as was predicting my score.

zoom44

exactly^^

spork

Same here. Except I missed the "When waiting to make a left turn, you should give the right-of-way to vehicles coming from the opposite direction" one.

Until ALL of the cars have passed? C'mon. If there's like a very comfortable period when you can turn left, you turn left. You don't wait until there's no cars period...

Ah whatever.

UFGator12

Ga, 85%.

aggietiff28

I missed the same one for the same reason. Oh well.

VikingDJ

What a crock. Notice how the percentages are high according to dense population. NJ is insanely populated, and drivers of those states like Oregon and Washington wouldn't know what to do if they set foot on these roads with this traffic. Perhaps the Northeast are not the safest drivers, but I'd like to see you midwest, westerners take your car through the heart of Manhattan. Bronx, Queens, ect ect and try and survive the flow of traffic without pulling your hair out or causing an accident yourself. They may be crazy drivers, but those Taxi cabs can do things most of us could never do. I had a hard time the first time I set foot on the streets of NYC, but after some time, I adjusted and was flying through that traffic with precision and craft. Those who cannot do that, or are not used to it will call them lousy drivers. Those very same people will drive out to other parts of US and say the same thing, that the West has the worst drivers. Pure subjective, but my recommendation is that if you wanna learn some seirous skill driving in HEAVY traffic, ald learn some defensive skills, then get your *** to NYC and the outskirts of NJ, so you can truly learn. Take your RX8 right smack into manhattan during rush hour if you got the guts, and you'll really learn how to drive. It makes you a smart, skilled, and defensive street driver.