{"id":170499858,"date":"2010-05-28T09:04:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T09:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=170499858"},"modified":"2010-05-28T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T09:04:18","slug":"nearly-20-percent-of-drivers-may-be-unfit-for-roads-says-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=170499858","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 20 Percent of Drivers May Be \u2018Unfit for Roads,\u2019 Says Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nRoughly 38 million licensed drivers \u2014 nearly one in five \u2014 would not pass a written drivers exam if taken today, according to a survey released Thursday morning.<br \/>\nThe survey, the National Drivers Test, conducted by GMAC Insurance, polled 5,202 licensed drivers from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Driving knowledge was based on 20 questions taken from exams given by state departments of motor vehicles. Questions addressing distracting driving behavior were also included in the report.<br \/>\nThe overall findings indicate that many licensed drivers lack knowledge of basic rules and \u201cmay be unfit for roads.\u201d Eighty-five percent of participants could not identify the correct action to take when approaching a steady yellow traffic light, and many remained confused by safe following distances<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/27\/nearly-20-percent-of-drivers-may-be-unfit-for-roads-says-survey\/\">https:\/\/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/27\/nearly-20-percent-of-drivers-may-be-unfit-for-roads-says-survey\/<\/a>oldId.20100528090418773<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Roughly 38 million licensed drivers \u2014 nearly one in five \u2014 would not pass a written drivers exam if taken today, according to a survey released Thursday morning. The survey, the National Drivers Test, conducted by GMAC Insurance, polled 5,202 licensed drivers from 50 states and the District of Columbia. Driving knowledge was based &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=170499858\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nearly 20 Percent of Drivers May Be \u2018Unfit for Roads,\u2019 Says Survey&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170499858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170499858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170499858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170499858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170499858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170499858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170499858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}