American Drivers Safety Ratings

Posted by Lisa Nichols May 25, 2008

This week the GMAC auto insurance company released survey results from the 2008 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test. The auto insurance company polled 5524 licensed drivers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. I already reported on some of the major findings in an earlier blog. Some additional findings from the auto insurance company survey that you might find interesting:

Auto Insurance Company Finds American Drivers Lacking Knowledge

According to the survey results released by the auto insurance company, an “alarming” number of American drivers lack knowledge about driving laws. The drivers were tested on questions from standard DMV driving tests. Results include:

• The auto insurance company found that the lowest average test scores were in the Northeast.
• 84% of driver safety survey respondents couldn’t identify the action to take when approaching a yellow traffic light.
• 73% of drivers surveyed by the auto insurance company didn’t know the proper safe following distance to use while driving behind another car.
• Overall, the national average test score improved, up to 78.1% from 77.1% last year.

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