State-by-State scores on driving tests

[Koll]

http://207.25.71.61/2005/05/27/Auto...cores/index.htm


These are the average scores for each state on the GMAC Insurance National Driver's Test.


New York (CNN/Money) - These are the average scores on a 20-question driver's test administered to more than 5,000 licensed drivers in a survey commissioned by the GMAC Insurance.

Nation -- 82.7

1. Oregon -- 89.4

2. Washington -- 88.4

3. Iowa -- 87.7

4. Idaho -- 87.5

5. Wyoming -- 87.4

6. Vermont -- 86.6

7. Nebraska -- 86.5

8. Wisconsin -- 86.3

9. Montana -- 86.2

10. West Virginia -- 86.2

11. Minnesota -- 86.1

12. North Dakota -- 85.6

13. North Carolina -- 85.2

14. Indiana -- 85.1

15. Alabama -- 84.7

15. Virginia -- 84.7

15. Nevada -- 84.7

16 Missouri -- 84.7

19. Ohio -- 84.3

19. South Dakota -- 84.3

21. Colorado -- 84.2

22. Kansas -- 84.0

23. Michigan -- 83.8

24. New Hampshire -- 83.7

25. Tennessee -- 83.4

26. Maine -- 83.2

27. Arkansas -- 83.1

27. South Carolina -- 83.1

29. Georgia -- 82.9

29. New Mexico -- 82.9

31. Oklahoma -- 82.8

32. Texas -- 82.7

33. Utah -- 82.6

33. Arizona -- 82.6

35. Mississippi -- 82.5

35. Delaware -- 82.5

35. Kentucky -- 82.5

38. Pennsylvania -- 82.1

39. Louisiana -- 81.7

40. Illinois -- 81.6

41. Florida -- 81.1

42. Connecticut -- 80.9

43. California -- 80.4

44. Maryland -- 79.8

44. Washington, D.C, -- 79.8

44. New York -- 79.8

47. New Jersey -- 78.3

48. Massachusetts -- 77.2

49. Rhode Island -- 77.0

[CrAsH]

i got a 96 on my writen test...

[Slow_88]

W. Virginia did better then NJ!!!

[CrAsH]

how the hell does ny score better?

[Little G]

I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the machine at the DMV shuts off when you've answered enough correct questions to pass?

[Wasted Youth]

it says survey commisioned by gmac insurance...not drivers license test scores guys.....

[enRo]

Go figure, Rhode Island has the lowest score. How many schools do they have there, four?

[jims69camaro]

i think this is very telling. licensed drivers cannot remember enough of the rules of the road in order to pass the test again. i'd like to see some demographics, though, as in what age group was tested, etc. once people get their driver's license they forget all about the info you need to pass. they just couldn't care less. and NJ being the third worst tells even more: we care less than most states.

i know most people feel their car is their own private world and feel very passionate whenever anyone attempts to tell them how to drive. looks like everyone could use a refresher course.

[ShitOnWheels]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/AUTOS/05/26/...udy/index.html

"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."

[Fasterthanyou]

Blah blah ba blah blah blah. That's all I gotta say about that test. Nothing new. All I know is I'm a good driver and I've got the record, tests, and passengers to prove it. I've also been blessed with fast reactions making me that much safer. What they need to do is build a simulator where people are subjected to various scenarios at real time and score them on the way they handle the situation. THAT alone could be enough to scare enough drivers into learning the rules because as it sits passing the written test is too easy. We've got too many dip ****s driving around.
Anybody else think a simulator would be a good use of tax payers money? It's worked for the military pilots that fly billion dollar equipment. NASA believes in them too so... BTW, they've been using simulators for how many years now? The only problem I see with young drivers is the consiquences of driving cars fast and crashing them. They don't see what really happens. Video games you just press restart or the games automatically flip your car back over and off you go... that's not helping.
Those tests should definatly post the demographics. I've found the safest drivers are those that live in less stressful area's of the state. Lower traffic and straighter roads.

[CrAsH]

i agree with we should use simulators, but disagree that the safest drivers live in the less stressful areas i jus think its more bad drivers live in the more stressful areas.

[jims69camaro]

Originally Posted by Fasterthanyou

Blah blah ba blah blah blah.

forget about a simulator if people can't get the basics down. they have trouble with merging and interpreting road signs, floor it to make a yellow light even with pedestrians present, don't know (especially in our state) that pedestrians have the right of way and exhibit dangerous driving habits like speeding more than 11 mph and drinking and driving. it's one thing to know the law and break it anyway, but these slapnuts couldn't even come up with the correct answer.

a driving simulator won't fix these ills.

[Fasterthanyou]

Originally Posted by jims69camaro

forget about a simulator if people can't get the basics down. they have trouble with merging and interpreting road signs, floor it to make a yellow light even with pedestrians present, don't know (especially in our state) that pedestrians have the right of way and exhibit dangerous driving habits like speeding more than 11 mph and drinking and driving. it's one thing to know the law and break it anyway, but these slapnuts couldn't even come up with the correct answer.

a driving simulator won't fix these ills.

Originally Posted by Fasterthanyou

... What they need to do is build a simulator where people are subjected to various scenarios at real time and score them on the way they handle the situation. THAT alone could be enough to scare enough drivers into learning the rules because as it sits passing the written test is too easy.

I think if they are scared that they'll fail they would know the signs and rules better. Make it harder to pass and they'll have to study harder to pass. Yes the dangerous habits is something you can't fix but you'll have less accidents from people not understanding WHY it's best to merge at the same speed of traffic (just as an example). Or why they should slow down when there is heavy cover close to the sides of the roads. Show a deer jumping out and the aftermath. There are enough deer lovers that showing a picture of road kill might make them actually slow down! Being young and nieve is one thing but if you show enough of the kids what happens then you'll have better back seat drivers. One thing leads to another and I think the simulation would do a lot of good.
There should also be a retest ever 6 years.

[bad64chevelle]

I dont care, as long as we did better than Mass. Those drivers absolutely suck! If anyone has driven through there or seen someone from there they know what i am talking about! Damn Massholes!

[BigAls87Z28]

Deffinatly, Massholes are by far driving without any care for anyone else. I have never seen soo many people drive with there headlights off when it was clearly night time? WTF?

[jims69camaro]

Originally Posted by Fasterthanyou

There should also be a retest every 6 years.

now you're talking. but you're also intruding on people's lives; people are very resistent to change. make it that way from the beginning, like the probationary period for new drivers, and you might make some headway. unfortunately, that does nothing for the slew of bad drivers on the road that would be unaffected by a law like that. the future of our society is in the young people's hands. i'm not saying all young people are bad drivers, but typically if i see a car exhibiting dangerous or illegal behavior there is a younger person behind the wheel. how many older drivers do you know that put the seat back in the fully reclined position to drive?

our generation was no different: most of the drunks getting locked up for DWI come from my generation. and they are more likely to repeat the offense.