Widespread Bad Driving Habits
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Based on the average scores on a 20-question driving test commissioned by the GMAC Insurance Company, the most knowledgeable drivers in the U.S. are from Kansas and the least knowledgeable are from New York.
Rank | State |
---|---|
1. | Kansas |
2. | Oregon |
3. | South Dakota |
4. | Minnesota |
5. | Iowa |
6. | Nebraska |
7. | Indiana |
8. | Idaho |
9. | Montana |
10. | Alaska |
11. | Washington |
12. | Wisconsin |
13. | Oklahoma |
14. | North Dakota |
15. | Michigan |
16. | Missouri |
17. | Arizona |
18. | Wyoming |
19. | Tennessee |
20. | Maryland |
21. | Nevada |
22. | Vermont |
23. | Utah |
24. | Colorado |
25. | Delaware |
26. | Maine |
27. | Ohio |
28. | Virginia |
29. | New Mexico |
30. | South Carolina |
31. | Alabama |
32. | Georgia |
33. | Illinois |
34. | Connecticut |
35. | Texas |
36. | Arkansas |
37. | North Carolina |
38. | Massachusetts |
39. | Pennsylvania |
40. | Mississippi |
41. | Florida |
42. | Kentucky |
43. | New Hampshire |
44. | Hawaii |
45. | West Virginia |
46. | Louisiana |
47. | Rhode Island |
48. | California |
49. | District of Columbia |
50. | New Jersey |
51. | New York |
Source: General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) Insurance National Drivers Test administered to 5,000 licensed drivers nationwide.
According to the GMAC survey:
- 50% report that they do not know how to merge into heavy traffic.
- 60% say that they change lanes on a highway without using their blinker.
- 17% percent of Americans have driven without a rear view or driver's side mirror.
- 20% do not know that a pedestrian has the right of way at a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
- 25% drivers would roll through a stop sign rather than come to a complete stop.
- One-third admit they speed up to make a yellow light even when pedestrians are in the crosswalk.
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