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GMAC Insurance Study: Some 20 Million Drivers are Potential Accidents Waiting to Happen
National News • May 26, 2005
Results of a study released Thursday suggest that millions of Americans lack basic knowledge of rules of the road and safe automobile operation.
In fact, the study shows that if tested today, one ...
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| RE: TO SEE IF YOU NEED A TOWING VENDOR | CRYSTAL | Jan 12, 2007, 12:06 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: GMAC Driver Test at this URL address | Russell Morrow | Nov 7, 2006, 2:35 pm |
| RE: RE: GMAC Driver Test at this URL address | tma714 | Jun 17, 2006, 11:51 am |
| RE: GMAC Driver Test at this URL address | CAUTIOUS IN GA | Jun 5, 2006, 8:27 am |
| GMAC Driver Test at this URL address | Dan | Jun 4, 2006, 10:08 am |
| Test Available? | tony the wheelman | Jul 21, 2005, 10:24 am |
| RE: Test Available? | Jerry Koopman | Jul 21, 2005, 9:35 am |
| Schools Don't Teach Driver's Ed Anymore | W.R. Eckless | Jul 7, 2005, 8:17 pm |
| RE: stop use and stop do it | Jun 28, 2005, 10:14 am |
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| RE: RE: RE: Forgotten States | Virginia | Jun 17, 2005, 8:52 am |
| RE: Forgotten States | YO | Jun 11, 2005, 8:33 am |
| Can we have a decent driving test please? | good driver/bad driver | Jun 10, 2005, 11:06 am |
| RE: Educating the Public | Tracy Carlson | Jun 7, 2005, 3:42 pm |
| RE: Test Available? | tony the wheelman | Jun 7, 2005, 1:16 pm |
| no surprise | Stat guy and parent | Jun 7, 2005, 10:26 am |
| RE: Ontario | driving in ontario | Jun 6, 2005, 5:50 pm |
| RE: RE: Forgotten States | perplexed | Jun 6, 2005, 2:55 pm |
| RE: We're Number 1!!! | frightened oregonian | Jun 6, 2005, 2:44 pm |
| RE: Forgotten States | Jun 6, 2005, 2:11 pm |
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| Forgotten States | Jun 6, 2005, 1:47 pm |
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| Don't believe the hype... | John Q Consumer | Jun 6, 2005, 1:43 pm |
| RE: Would like to see test | x | Jun 6, 2005, 1:19 pm |
| Hawaii used to be a state | steve | Jun 6, 2005, 1:19 pm |
| Florida is Bad | jason from florida | Jun 6, 2005, 1:10 pm |
| stop use and stop do it | David | Jun 6, 2005, 10:02 am |
| Would like to see test and results | Tracey | Jun 6, 2005, 9:18 am |
| Would like to see test | Eddy | Jun 6, 2005, 7:49 am |
| Making left turns in MA | PADriver | Jun 6, 2005, 7:24 am |
| Ontario | Bill | Jun 5, 2005, 4:35 pm |
| Low Standard | Alf | Jun 2, 2005, 1:36 pm |
| Low Standard | Alf | Jun 2, 2005, 1:36 pm |
| RE: margin of error | Eric | Jun 2, 2005, 8:21 am |
| RE: PNW drivers rate 1 & 2? absurd! | Linda | Jun 2, 2005, 5:23 am |
| PNW drivers rate 1 & 2? absurd! | john | Jun 1, 2005, 5:21 pm |
| Test Available? | EJH | Jun 1, 2005, 8:38 am |
| Driver's Testing | Linda | May 31, 2005, 1:30 pm |
| don't mess with Texas | caliche-pit | May 31, 2005, 1:15 pm |
| MA is only 49? | MICMAC | May 31, 2005, 10:13 am |
| RE: RE: NJ | May 28, 2005, 11:16 pm |
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| RE: Believable | Pipe-O-Rama | May 28, 2005, 11:13 pm |
| RE: RE: NJ | mario andretti | May 28, 2005, 5:49 pm |
| Are you kidding me??? | VTers are colorblind | May 28, 2005, 10:17 am |
| Hypocrisy | Teels | May 28, 2005, 7:34 am |
| Don't forget Florida | Blue hair | May 28, 2005, 2:26 am |
| Believable | Not Surprised | May 27, 2005, 11:05 pm |
| Conclusive proof | John Peters | May 27, 2005, 1:51 pm |
| Article | Kim Cyr | May 27, 2005, 10:19 am |
| margin of error | chip | May 27, 2005, 8:39 am |
| PA = P.U. | Runningoutofpatience | May 27, 2005, 7:38 am |
| Educating the Public | Edwin W. Thompson | May 27, 2005, 7:28 am |
| Oklahoma Suprise | jason, St. Louis, MO | May 26, 2005, 5:19 pm |
| We're Number 1!!! | Car L. Crash | May 26, 2005, 3:45 pm |
| WI is 8? | M | May 26, 2005, 2:45 pm |
| RE: no more insurance? | mario | May 26, 2005, 12:46 pm |
| RE: NJ | mario | May 26, 2005, 12:43 pm |
| RE: no more insurance? | Dallas survivor | May 26, 2005, 12:42 pm |
| no more insurance? | literal louie | May 26, 2005, 12:39 pm |
| RE: NJ | Hanging In There | May 26, 2005, 12:33 pm |
| PA is 38 | mario andretti | May 26, 2005, 12:04 pm |
| Illinois is 40 | Use Your Accelerator Please | May 26, 2005, 11:14 am |
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Subject: Believable
I'm sure much of the problem is caused by the lack of proper road markings. Traveling through Connecticut, we had to detour off the interstate (46 mile backup), and ask for directions. No one where we stopped had any idea which way was north (we were on US Rt1). We find a lack of street signs throughout New England, on many secondary and tertiary roads.
I agree, though, the survey did not represent a large enough and broad enough sample.