GMAC Survey puts New Jersey at the bottom as having the worst drivers in the country (http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/080523-The-Worst-Drivers-in-the-U-S-Live-in-/).
"ongratulations, New Jersey drivers! You are officially the worst drivers in the United States!
No, we didn't just pull of the turnpike with this conclusion. There was a test...
CNN Money explains, "The 2008 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test found that 16.4%, of drivers, or 33 million, don't know the rules of the road." The survey asked 5,524 drivers from all 50 states and the District of Columbia a series of "questions derived from official Department of Motor Vehicle tests" to gauge their knowledge of driving laws. "Among the main sticking points were what to do when approaching a yellow light, and the safe distance to maintain behind another car."
According to a GMAC press release, New Jersey drivers finished 51st in the survey, with an average score of just 69.9 percent. Almost 37 percent of New Jersey drivers failed the test. Kansas drivers did the best. The average score in that state was 84 out of 100, and only 5.7 percent of Kansas drivers failed. GMAC also notes, "The older the driver, the higher the test score. Drivers 35+ years old were most likely to pass," and, "While average test scores between the genders were similar, women were more likely to fail the test than men (20 percent versus 13 percent).""
The ten lowest-scoring states, according to GMAC:
1. New Jersey
2. Washington, DC
3. New York
4. Massachusetts
5. Georgia
6. Mississippi
7. Hawaii
8. Lousiana
9. West Virginia
10. Maryland
From experience, #s 1, 3 and 4 do not surprise me in the least.
BTW, there is a link to take the same test: http://www.gmacinsurance.com/SafeDriving/
I got a 90%, missed the ones about passing on the right and how to handle a solid yellow light. Oh well.
Quote from: MX793 on April 03, 2009, 04:27:14 PM
From experience, #s 1, 3 and 4 do not surprise me in the least.
Colorado was 15 on the list, which is generous.
Hell yes! Texas is 18!
I missed the question about the yellow light, though in looking at the online driver's manual for my state just now, my answer was not incorrect. Though I agree that the "correct" answer on the test was also correct.
GA drivers are much better than Cali drivers; they know how to use the left lane, at least.
Quote from: MX793 on April 03, 2009, 04:42:41 PM
I missed the question about the yellow light, though in looking at the online driver's manual for my state, my answer was not incorrect.
Yeah, generally I thought that a solid yellow meant to prepare for a red, i.e. slow down and prepare to stop, not stop immediately.
The one about passing on the right... I knew you could pass on the right if there was room and someone was turning left, but I wasn't sure if it was otherwise technically legal to overtake on the right when on a multilane road, just not enforced. Turns out it's alright after all then?
95%, missed the flashing yellow light one.
WA state, 9th best?
How is that possible when everybody from out of state bitches about our drivers?
26. Ohio - Understandable.
36. Pennsylvania - :confused:
Quote from: Laconian on April 03, 2009, 04:51:25 PM
WA state, 9th best?
How is that possible when everybody from out of state bitches about our drivers?
Well, they do obey the speed limit..
Quote from: Laconian on April 03, 2009, 04:51:25 PM
WA state, 9th best?
How is that possible when everybody from out of state bitches about our drivers?
:lol:
The only thing I've noticed about "your" drivers is that they tend to camp the left lane, but then again do does everyone else in nearly every other state.
Quote from: MX793 on April 03, 2009, 04:27:14 PM
From experience, #s 1, 3 and 4 do not surprise me in the least.
I've never been to 4, but passing through 2 was almost worse than a day of driving in 1.
So I guess there's some truth to the old joke about New Jersey drivers. It's good to see a semi-scientific study that confirms what a lot of people already think.
AhHAHAHAHA! #2 bitches
:rockon: :partyon: :rockon: :partyon: :rockon: :rastaman: :rastaman: :rastaman: :rastaman: :rastaman:
Quote from: Laconian on April 03, 2009, 04:51:25 PM
WA state, 9th best?
9th? That's fucking horrible. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Quote from: CJ on April 03, 2009, 04:38:25 PM
Hell yes! Texas is 18!
I'd slit my wrists if I were 18. How do you sleep at night?
I have never seen such aggressive driving as I did in Boston. I thought New York was bad...unitl I visited my dad's friends in Andover. The drivers in Boston where the absolute worst I've ever seen. People don't just cut you off, they practically merge right into you and force you to move.
It was insane.
I know I'm not the one to talk about bad driving, but damn. MA drivers were awful. Here in Cali, people just drive fast. Make that SoKal. Here in the Bay Area, everyone drives pretty slow. In L.A/O.C, if there's no traffic, it's Nascar. Through O.C on the toll road or I-5 from the power plant north through Torrance on the 405 has the fastest drivers I've seen anywhere. 85 is the speed of traffic. haha
Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on April 03, 2009, 06:52:44 PM
I have never seen such aggressive driving as I did in Boston. I thought New York was bad...unitl I visited my dad's friends in Andover. The drivers in Boston where the absolute worst I've ever seen. People don't just cut you off, they practically merge right into you and force you to move.
It was insane.
I know I'm not the one to talk about bad driving, but damn. MA drivers were awful. Here in Cali, people just drive fast. Make that SoKal. Here in the Bay Area, everyone drives pretty slow. In L.A/O.C, if there's no traffic, it's Nascar. Through O.C on the toll road or I-5 from the power plant north through Torrance on the 405 has the fastest drivers I've seen anywhere. 85 is the speed of traffic. haha
Interesting. I never found Boston drivers to be any worse than anyplace else, but I don't drive in Boston that much. I've generally parked the car on the perimeter and gotten around on foot.
I have to say BenzBoy, you probably single-handedly brought California down a few spots in the rankings with your ditzy chick style of driving..... :evildude:
I called 1-5. I'm surprised California didn't make the top ten, though. (Or, bottom ten rather)
Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on April 03, 2009, 06:52:44 PM
Here in Cali, people just drive fast. Make that SoKal. Here in the Bay Area, everyone drives pretty slow. In L.A/O.C, if there's no traffic, it's Nascar. Through O.C on the toll road or I-5 from the power plant north through Torrance on the 405 has the fastest drivers I've seen anywhere. 85 is the speed of traffic. haha
Exaggerate much? Most of the time, I'm just sneaking past the flow of traffic at 75. Norcal drivers are just annoyingly slow; they'll barely peek above the speed limit. Lame. :rolleyes:
Then again, I'm not fortunate enough to be out on the freeway when noone else is, during daylight hours. But even late at night, the few cars on the freeway aren't really going that fast
Quote from: Vinsanity on April 03, 2009, 04:44:24 PM
GA drivers are much better than Cali drivers; they know how to use the left lane, at least.
:nono:
But I missed the first one, about the pedestrian.. :heated:
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on April 03, 2009, 07:05:44 PM
:nono:
But I missed the first one, about the pedestrian.. :heated:
I've never encountered the nuisance of being stuck behind two cars taking up both lanes doing the speed limit on a Georgia highway.
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on April 03, 2009, 07:05:44 PM
:nono:
But I missed the first one, about the pedestrian.. :heated:
I'll bet Raza got that one wrong.
95 percent. I didn't know what they officially would consider a safe following distance and erred too much on the side of caution. I guess if I'd thought about it more I'd have gotten it.
85%
That's funny, because a couple years ago, Massachusetts (#4 here) was the statistically the safest state to drive in.
95%
I got the one wrong about passing on the right. Bullshit, asshole.
Quote from: NACar on April 03, 2009, 07:54:13 PM
95%
I got the one wrong about passing on the right. Bullshit, asshole.
Twice ditto. Actually, thrice. It is bullshit.
Maryland state law allows passing on the right.
Quote from: ifcar on April 03, 2009, 07:36:59 PM
95 percent. I didn't know what they officially would consider a safe following distance and erred too much on the side of caution. I guess if I'd thought about it more I'd have gotten it.
Yeah- I missed that one to 3 seconds isn't enough time to be "safe" in most cases. Maybe in areas where speed limits are lower but certainly not where it's 55 or higher.
Three seconds is a pretty long time... Ten would be ridiculous. I can see four, though.
I was taught in driver's ed way back in the stone age that 2 seconds was the absolute minimum but 3 seconds was optimal. That question I got right.
I bet Maryland was ranked 10th because of IFCAR, who is always photographing cars from his Kia Sedona in order to give me a hard time in the Guess What Car American Edition thread! :winkguy:
All I know is I don't want any of you inept, crash-ready bozos driving anywhere near me. :evildude:
Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on April 03, 2009, 06:52:44 PM
I have never seen such aggressive driving as I did in Boston. I thought New York was bad...unitl I visited my dad's friends in Andover. The drivers in Boston where the absolute worst I've ever seen. People don't just cut you off, they practically merge right into you and force you to move.
It was insane.
I know I'm not the one to talk about bad driving, but damn. MA drivers were awful. Here in Cali, people just drive fast. Make that SoKal. Here in the Bay Area, everyone drives pretty slow. In L.A/O.C, if there's no traffic, it's Nascar. Through O.C on the toll road or I-5 from the power plant north through Torrance on the 405 has the fastest drivers I've seen anywhere. 85 is the speed of traffic. haha
I disagree, MA drivers are my heros. They know where they are going and they GTFO of the way. Almost everyone speeds, so the flow of traffic is superb. And if you need to get into another lane you simply do it. People slow down to let you in and then work it out without fussing like folks do here, because they are actually paying attention to the road; basically they take it seriously as opposed to the assholes everywhere else.
Quote from: rohan on April 04, 2009, 01:18:44 AM
Yeah- I missed that one to 3 seconds isn't enough time to be "safe" in most cases. Maybe in areas where speed limits are lower but certainly not where it's 55 or higher.
What? I count to three-one-thousand behind a car at 80mph and I am literally 5 or more car lengths behind them. That's a lot of space.
I'll have to test it out sometime to make sure. But even 2 seconds gives me a ton of reaction time, again because I am paying attention to the road.
Then again, the way others drive I wish they would count to 10 instead lol, while they fuck with their iPuds.
Quote from: 280Z Turbo on April 03, 2009, 07:25:58 PM
I'll bet Raza got that one wrong.
Ha!
You really think that, don't you?
I pick up the PA driver manual every year or two to brush up on the laws in case anything has changed. The only question I missed was the signaling distance question.
Here's a question for you. What do you do if you come to a downed traffic light?
Quote from: R-inge on April 04, 2009, 07:19:18 AM
What? I count to three-one-thousand behind a car at 80mph and I am literally 5 or more car lengths behind them. That's a lot of space.
I'll have to test it out sometime to make sure. But even 2 seconds gives me a ton of reaction time, again because I am paying attention to the road.
Then again, the way others drive I wish they would count to 10 instead lol, while they fuck with their iPuds.
As I recall, in PA, it's taught as two seconds.
Quote from: Raza on April 04, 2009, 08:46:58 AM
Ha!
You really think that, don't you?
I pick up the PA driver manual every year or two to brush up on the laws in case anything has changed. The only question I missed was the signaling distance question.
Here's a question for you. What do you do if you come to a downed traffic light?
If the light's out of commission, the intersection is supposed to default to an all-way stop, IIRC.
Quote from: MX793 on April 04, 2009, 08:58:20 AM
If the light's out of commission, the intersection is supposed to default to an all-way stop, IIRC.
:ohyeah:
I did that when a copper was behind me, and he looked very, very confused, as well as a little upset about me making a full stop.
Quote from: Raza on April 04, 2009, 08:47:39 AM
As I recall, in PA, it's taught as two seconds.
Same here. Two seconds is a safe distance, three very safe, IMHO.
Quote from: MX793 on April 04, 2009, 08:58:20 AM
If the light's out of commission, the intersection is supposed to default to an all-way stop, IIRC.
We had a major intersection go down one day last year... omg what a clusterfuck. People flying through it while others sat there stupidly, and a few of us had a clue and just GTFO of there before someone got nailed.
Quote from: Raza link=topic=18278.msg1034675#msg1034675 date=1238856418
Here's a question for you. What do you do if you come to a downed traffic light?
Is this supposed to be a hard question?
I guess when you're comming from #36, it's a miracle that you even know how to navigate a working traffic light.
Quote from: Tave on April 04, 2009, 09:13:13 AM
Is this supposed to be a hard question?
I guess when you're comming from #36, it's a miracle that you even know how to navigate a working traffic light.
Most people don't know it, considering the reaction of the sheriff behind me one of the times I've had to stop.
Quote from: Tave on April 04, 2009, 09:13:13 AM
Is this supposed to be a hard question?
I guess when you're comming from #36, it's a miracle that you even know how to navigate a working traffic light.
Wyoming only has like 2 lighted intersections in the whole state man. :lol:
Quote from: R-inge on April 04, 2009, 09:20:11 AM
Wyoming only has like 2 lighted intersections in the whole state man. :lol:
Silence! You need to learn to treat your superiors with some respect, #15 :heated:
Quote from: Tave on April 04, 2009, 10:05:08 AM
Silence! You need to learn to treat your superiors with some respect, #15 :heated:
:lol:
Quote from: Raza on April 03, 2009, 05:32:32 PM
I've never been to 4, but passing through 2 was almost worse than a day of driving in 1.
4 is awful.
90%
I'll be damned if I stop for a jaywalker, and how the hell is using your foglights in fog a wrong answer?
Quote from: sandertheshark on April 04, 2009, 12:20:16 PM
90%
I'll be damned if I stop for a jaywalker, and how the hell is using your foglights in fog a wrong answer?
I believe it said "use only your foglights", which you shouldn't do. You should have your low beams and, if your car is equipped with them, your foglights.
Quote from: MX793 on April 04, 2009, 12:43:27 PM
I believe it said "use only your foglights", which you shouldn't do. You should have your low beams and, if your car is equipped with them, your foglights.
Still a stupid question.
I got the one about the diamond shaped sign wrong. It was really late and I was tired, so I was thinking triangular...
Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on April 03, 2009, 06:52:44 PM
I have never seen such aggressive driving as I did in Boston. I thought New York was bad...unitl I visited my dad's friends in Andover. The drivers in Boston where the absolute worst I've ever seen. People don't just cut you off, they practically merge right into you and force you to move.
It was insane.
I know I'm not the one to talk about bad driving, but damn. MA drivers were awful. Here in Cali, people just drive fast. Make that SoKal. Here in the Bay Area, everyone drives pretty slow. In L.A/O.C, if there's no traffic, it's Nascar. Through O.C on the toll road or I-5 from the power plant north through Torrance on the 405 has the fastest drivers I've seen anywhere. 85 is the speed of traffic. haha
Try Atlanta, I was going 75 in a 55 and got passed by a Greyhound bus in the HOV lane.
While New Jersey drivers don't deserve a pass, our state has some of the strangest obstacles on our roadways that you simply don't find anywhere else. For example, for several decades turning lanes were outlawed, and traffic was redirected through half-circles called "jug handles" to make a turn - sometimes two at a time to make a complete U-Turn. Then, in some areas, they got rid of the circles and made strange traffic light patterns that had traffic flowing forward, left, right and in up to two diagonal directions all at once.
Most New Jersey drivers just got with the flow of things and try to stay alive rather than pay much attention to official rules.
Quote from: CJ on April 03, 2009, 04:38:25 PM
Hell yes! Texas is 18!
Apparently they've never been to the Houston area. Some of the worst drivers I've ever encountered reside in this area.
I scored 100% by the way. :praise:
Quote from: Raza link=topic=18278.msg1034723#msg1034723 date=1238858210
Most people don't know it, considering the reaction of the sheriff behind me one of the times I've had to stop.
I suspect most people know what to do. Their hesitation probably results from them being afraid the other person doesn't know. I know when I come to that situation I don't assume everybody else understands you take turns. I make damn sure some bozo isn't going to jump out there when I'm suppose to be going.
Quote from: hotrodalex on April 04, 2009, 03:43:13 PM
Still a stupid question.
I got the one about the diamond shaped sign wrong. It was really late and I was tired, so I was thinking triangular...
No it's not. Using only your fog lights means you have no taillights and side marker lights on. In the fog you want to see and be seen.
Quote from: ifcar on April 03, 2009, 08:40:54 PM
Maryland state law allows passing on the right.
As does Texas on a two lane road
with a paved shoulder when there are signs that specifically state you can pass on the shoulder.
Man, I expected MD to be up in the top 5 (or is that worst 5?). I mean, DC is mostly part of MD, so it follows that most of the drivers there are from MD (and northern VA).
Quote from: TurboDan on April 05, 2009, 11:12:34 PM
While New Jersey drivers don't deserve a pass, our state has some of the strangest obstacles on our roadways that you simply don't find anywhere else. For example, for several decades turning lanes were outlawed, and traffic was redirected through half-circles called "jug handles" to make a turn - sometimes two at a time to make a complete U-Turn. Then, in some areas, they got rid of the circles and made strange traffic light patterns that had traffic flowing forward, left, right and in up to two diagonal directions all at once.
Most New Jersey drivers just got with the flow of things and try to stay alive rather than pay much attention to official rules.
Yes, New Jersey roads are ridiculous. I remember driving someone from Jersey around who was shocked to see me make a left turn. He'd never seen it done before.
Quote from: hotrodalex on April 04, 2009, 03:43:13 PM
Still a stupid question.
I got the one about the diamond shaped sign wrong. It was really late and I was tired, so I was thinking triangular...
It's like a permit test question, they're meant to trick you.
Quote from: Raza on April 06, 2009, 09:25:21 AM
Yes, New Jersey roads are ridiculous. I remember driving someone from Jersey around who was shocked to see me make a left turn. He'd never seen it done before.
Yeah, Jersey has its jughandles, where you get in the right lane, turn right into the jughandle to circle around and cross again to make your left turn. MD drivers have decided that that's too complex and takes too much time, so they merely turn left from the right hand lane across in front of you (and conversely, take a "free right" from the left turn lane...) Considering I've seen them do both in front of police officers with no repercussions, I'm going to have to assume that it's in the manual somewhere... lol!
Quote from: ChrisV on April 06, 2009, 09:29:51 AM
Yeah, Jersey has its jughandles, where you get in the right lane, turn right into the jughandle to circle around and cross again to make your left turn. MD drivers have decided that that's too complex and takes too much time, so they merely turn left from the right hand lane across in front of you (and conversely, take a "free right" from the left turn lane...) Considering I've seen them do both in front of police officers with no repercussions, I'm going to have to assume that it's in the manual somewhere... lol!
When I was in MD, I stuck to the highways. The drivers there seemed fine! DC was the worst part of that trip.
Quote from: R-inge on April 03, 2009, 04:23:22 PM
"ongratulations, New Jersey drivers! You are officially the worst drivers in the United States!
captain obvious to the rescue!!
Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on April 03, 2009, 06:52:44 PM
Through O.C on the toll road or I-5 from the power plant north through Torrance on the 405 has the fastest drivers I've seen anywhere. 85 is the speed of traffic. haha
No lie... I-95 just north of Baltimore I gradually incresed my cruise control to 90mph and was still getting passed by just about everyone
Quote from: ChrisV on April 06, 2009, 09:29:51 AM
Yeah, Jersey has its jughandles, where you get in the right lane, turn right into the jughandle to circle around and cross again to make your left turn. MD drivers have decided that that's too complex and takes too much time, so they merely turn left from the right hand lane across in front of you (and conversely, take a "free right" from the left turn lane...) Considering I've seen them do both in front of police officers with no repercussions, I'm going to have to assume that it's in the manual somewhere... lol!
I had to look that up on Wiki to work out what on earth you were talking about. A bit like a Melbourne hook-turn with its own slip-lane, it seems. I'd imagine the hook-turn is far more hilarious when you do it the first few times, though, because all the action takes place right in the middle of the intersection.
For those playing at home, a hook-turn for those driving on the right looks like this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hook_turn.png/600px-Hook_turn.png)
Parked at the front of the queue waiting to turn is always fun when cars pull up inches away from the driver's door.
Quote from: TurboDan on April 05, 2009, 11:12:34 PM
While New Jersey drivers don't deserve a pass, our state has some of the strangest obstacles on our roadways that you simply don't find anywhere else. For example, for several decades turning lanes were outlawed, and traffic was redirected through half-circles called "jug handles" to make a turn - sometimes two at a time to make a complete U-Turn. Then, in some areas, they got rid of the circles and made strange traffic light patterns that had traffic flowing forward, left, right and in up to two diagonal directions all at once.
Most New Jersey drivers just got with the flow of things and try to stay alive rather than pay much attention to official rules.
:confused:
Another reason to stay out of that place.
Quote from: omicron on April 07, 2009, 10:03:26 AM
I had to look that up on Wiki to work out what on earth you were talking about. A bit like a Melbourne hook-turn with its own slip-lane, it seems. I'd imagine the hook-turn is far more hilarious when you do it the first few times, though, because all the action takes place right in the middle of the intersection.
For those playing at home, a hook-turn for those driving on the right looks like this:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hook_turn.png/600px-Hook_turn.png)
That is perhaps the single stupidest thing I have ever seen.
Quote from: 93JC on April 07, 2009, 10:14:23 AM
That is perhaps the single stupidest thing I have ever seen.
+1
I still have a hard time comprehending how that is supposed to safely work.
Also fucked up but slightly more logical solution: Michigan Left (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_left)
I mean, who in their right mind thinks cutting across two lanes of traffic to make a left turn is a good idea? I could see this being necessary in places with trams/trolleys in the middle lanes, but for regular old car traffic? Dumb.
People around here constantly bitch about our road system, but given the alternatives I think we're doing just fine.
Quote from: 93JC on April 07, 2009, 10:14:23 AM
That is perhaps the single stupidest thing I have ever seen.
The map leaves out one crucial part - the tramline running down the centre lanes of the road. The idea is that the tram does not have to wait for drivers banked up in the left lane waiting to turn left, so instead drivers wait on the right and proceed once the light on the left goes green. Once all cars have turned, the east-west traffic crosses as usual.
It's only found on Melbourne CBD intersections with tramlines on the centre lanes.
Oh, and obviously I've reversed all the directions for your added convenience.
Quote from: R-inge on April 07, 2009, 10:16:14 AM
+1
I still have a hard time comprehending how that is supposed to safely work.
If you're making a left turn you stay in the right lane, pull into the intersection when you have a green light, sit and wait in front of traffic to your right, and then pull a sharp left when the lights change and the traffic on the road you're turning onto has a green.
I understand why they'd do it: if you have two lanes the traffic in the left lane can proceed straight through and is never slowed by people waiting to turn. It must make turning an incredible chore though.
We use one-way streets here instead. That way there are two lanes of free-flowing traffic in the middle and the two outside lanes are used for turning.
Quote from: 93JC on April 07, 2009, 10:30:21 AM
If you're making a left turn you stay in the right lane, pull into the intersection when you have a green light, sit and wait in front of traffic to your right, and then pull a sharp left when the lights change and the traffic on the road you're turning onto has a green.
Not directed at you but that's the stupidist thing I've heard of this week.
Quote from: omicron on April 07, 2009, 10:28:13 AM
The map leaves out one crucial part - the tramline running down the centre lanes of the road. The idea is that the tram does not have to wait for drivers banked up in the left lane waiting to turn left, so instead drivers wait on the right and proceed once the light on the left goes green. Once all cars have turned, the east-west traffic crosses as usual.
It's only found on Melbourne CBD intersections with tramlines on the centre lanes.
Quote from: 93JC on April 07, 2009, 10:25:02 AM
I mean, who in their right mind thinks cutting across two lanes of traffic to make a left turn is a good idea? I could see this being necessary in places with trams/trolleys in the middle lanes, but for regular old car traffic? Dumb.
:lol:
I'm smarter than the average bear. :praise:
Doesn't that make right (left in OZ) turns really difficult at times?
Quote from: Tave on April 07, 2009, 10:41:33 AM
Doesn't that make right (left in OZ) turns really difficult at times?
There are only 20-ish such intersections in the middle of Melbourne and one in Adelaide (for buses only), so as long as you know that you're coming up to a hook-turn intersection and stay close to the kerbside, all you're really doing is making the same turn from a bit further over than normal.
In the suburbs, it's every man and tram for himself:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/56/JettyRd_Glenelg.jpg)
Quote from: 93JC on April 07, 2009, 10:35:59 AM
:lol:
I'm smarter than the average bear. :praise:
(http://www.nbcanada.com/yogi08.jpg)
Quote from: rohan on April 04, 2009, 01:18:44 AM
Yeah- I missed that one to 3 seconds isn't enough time to be "safe" in most cases. Maybe in areas where speed limits are lower but certainly not where it's 55 or higher.
Actually, they use the 3 second rule as opposed to a distance because 3 seconds changes distance depending on how fast you're going. But yes, in theory, your car should be able to brake as fast as the car in front of you. That gives you a 3 second window of time to hit your brakes after you see the brake lights of the car in front of you.
I also missed the question about passing on the right.
[Spoiler] I thought it was technically illegal to pass on the right, but I guess not.
Oh, BTW, that with me learning to drive in the #47 state. I'm actually a bit surprised we're that low. Sure there are a lot of idiots out there, but I always figured there were idiots everywhere. It's good for me thought - if I can drive in Atlanta, I can drive pretty much anywhere.
and yeah, it's pretty common that the flow of traffic in Atlanta is 85-90. I love it.
Quote from: Psilos on April 03, 2009, 08:39:00 PM
Twice ditto. Actually, thrice. It is bullshit.
:ohyeah:
It's illegal here, so I didn't know what to do with that question.