CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
DRIVER’S RANKED
06-26-08
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
41 Million Licensed Americans May be Unfit for Roads, according to Fifth Annual
GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test.
Results from the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test found that 20.1 percent
of licensed Americans - amounting to roughly 41 million drivers on the road - would
not pass a written drivers test exam if taken today.
Additional key findings from the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test include:
• With Age Comes Wisdom: The older the driver, the higher the test score
Drivers 35+ years old were most likely to pass. The age group with the
highest failure rates was young adults (18 to 24 years old). White males
older than 45 received the highest average score
• The Northeast had the lowest average test scores (74.5 percent), the South
had the highest failure rate (41 percent). The Midwest had the highest
average test scores (79 percent) and the lowest failure rates (15 percent).
• Idaho and Wisconsin replaced Kansas's 2008 ranking as most knowledgeable;
New York replaced New Jersey's 2008 ranking as least knowledgeable
California is ranked in the top ten worst out of the 50 states and District of Columbia.
TOP TEN BEST
Idaho
Wisconsin - tied for first
Montana
Kansas
South Dakota
Nebraska - tied for fifth
Utah
Wyoming -tied for eighth
Iowa – tied for eighth
Oregon – tied for eighth
Minnesota – tied for eighth
TOP TEN WORST
1. New York
2. New Jersey
3. Hawaii
4. California
5. Georgia
6. Rhode Island
7. Massachusetts
8. Washington DC
9. Florida
10. Connecticut
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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