33 million drivers would fail the written drivers test if they took it today:
A new survey (by the GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test) found that 16.4% of American drivers wouldn't pass the written portion of the DMV test if they took it today.
-- Let's see if you do.Here are the two questions that tripped people up the most:
--What should you do when you approach a steady yellow traffic light?
A.)Run it before it turns red.
B.)Stop if it is safe to do so.
C.)Slow down and proceed with caution.
--If you said A or C, you're wrong . . . but so were most people.84% of drivers didn't know that when you approach a steady yellow . . . you should stop if it's safe to do so.
--Here's the other question that stumped drivers:What is a safe following distance?
A.)Ride the bumper of the person in front of you to make them go faster.
B.)Leave a 3-second cushion.
C.)Leave a 10-second cushion and hold up traffic.
--73% of drivers got this wrong.The correct answer is B.You're supposed to leave a 3-second cushion between you and the car in front of you.That means that when the car in front of you passes a sign . . . it should take 3 seconds before you pass the same sign.
--So which places scored lowest on the test?Here are the five worst:
#47.)Georgia
#48.)Massachusetts
#49.)New York
#50.)Washington, D.C.
#51.)New Jersey.(--Jersey drivers only got 69.9% of the questions right.)
#1.)Kansas.Drivers in Kansas got 84% of the questions right . . . making them the most knowledgeable drivers in the nation.
