DRIVERS TEST!

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. That's 33 MILLION Americans who don't know the rules of the road.

But 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.)


The top five states where drivers actually know the rules of the road are:


#5.) Minnesota

#4.) Idaho

#3.) Nebraska

#2.) Wyoming

#1.) Kansas. Drivers in Kansas got 84% of the questions right . . . making them the most knowledgeable drivers in the nation.

SEE HOW YOU DO ON THE TEST HERE!