Comments on: 1 in 6 American drivers would flunk test

By: oxvehmlbgj

oxvehmlbgj — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:55:55 +0000

By: Zaiyah

Zaiyah — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:38:08 +0000

Unebleiabvle how well-written and informative this was.

By: Matt Scott

Matt Scott — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:27:00 +0000

I can vouch that coastal cities have the worst drivers in the country. Here in Seattle, and I’m sure all the way down the west coast, non-english speaking people (mainly of Asian descent) don’t understand speed up from slow down and CONSTANTLY plug up the fast lane. When it rains… oh look a wreck. When it’s cloudy… oh look a wreck. When it’s sunny…. yep. It doesn’t help that we’re shoving about 3 million people through a city built for about 700K.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:00:16 +0000

I found it odd that when I took my first drivers test (written) in Indiana back in 1999 I could miss two questions total out of 40 (I could miss a max of 1 sign out of 15), however, here in Illinois (Chicago at least) I could miss a total of 7 questions and number of signs didn’t matter (same number of questions and signs) just last year.

Interestingly enough, I find that Illinois drivers are much worse at driving than drivers in Indiana are.

I don’t believe this is coincidence…

By: Deedee

Deedee — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:46:03 +0000

I think I would get the question about 4-way stops wrong… which is unfortunate since there’s quite a few of them in my neighborhood. I just slow way down and control who gets there first and try to get by like that but I’ve messed it up a couple of times, for sure.

It took me a good 20 years from the time I passed my first written test (with a grade of 100%) to actually taking my first road test to complete the legit paperwork, but I knowingly took the test in a jurisdiction that I knew was easy to pass (no P park or K turn even) so that was sorta cheating – but what can I say? I don’t like test stress, heh.

At least I’m not one of those that think they’re a great driver. I know I’m not and I stay off the road as much as possible, especially during peak usage times. I’m better in a racecar than on the street. In racing you only have to understand physics, in street driving there’s all those arbitrary rules… “those on the right with brown leather interiors get to go first if they’re sticking their arms out the window” sorta thing… who’s on the right if all 4 cars get to the intersection at the same time – that’s what I’d love to know. The guy traveling North? Who has time to check a compass at a time like this? Not me, I’m under enough stress, LOL!