{"id":91316388,"date":"2007-11-23T21:39:48","date_gmt":"2007-11-23T21:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=91316388"},"modified":"2007-11-23T21:39:48","modified_gmt":"2007-11-23T21:39:48","slug":"36-million-drivers-would-flunk-drivers-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=91316388","title":{"rendered":"36 million drivers would flunk drivers tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nWell, if a test administered by GMAC Insurance is any indication, one in six people cruising our highways and byways &#8212; roughly 36 million licensed drivers &#8212; would flunk their driver&#8217;s test if they had to take it today. Not only that, but based on the 2007 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test data the state with the most road-going dummies is New York, while the most knowledgeable ones are out West to Idaho.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n* Drivers 35 and older were more likely to pass<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nAccording to GMAC Insurance, 18 percent of respondents failed its National Driving Test in 2007, compared with 9 percent in 2006. The test can be taken online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmacinsurance.com\">www.gmacinsurance.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe following state rankings were released for the 2007 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test:<br \/>\n1. Idaho.<br \/>\n2. Alaska<br \/>\n3. Minnesota<br \/>\n4. Wisconsin<br \/>\n5. Kansas<br \/>\n6. Washington<br \/>\n7. South Dakota<br \/>\n8. Montana<br \/>\n9. Oregon<br \/>\n10. Iowa<br \/>\n11. Nebraska<br \/>\n12. Wyoming<br \/>\n13. Oklahoma<br \/>\n14. Indiana<br \/>\n15. North Carolina<br \/>\n16. New Mexico<br \/>\n17. North Dakota<br \/>\n18. Missouri<br \/>\n19. Delaware<br \/>\n20. Nevada<br \/>\n21. Vermont<br \/>\n22. California<br \/>\n23. Hawaii<br \/>\n24. Texas<br \/>\n25. Maryland<br \/>\n26. Alabama<br \/>\n27. Arkansas<br \/>\n28. Michigan<br \/>\n29. Kentucky<br \/>\n30. Utah<br \/>\n31. Ohio<br \/>\n32. Colorado<br \/>\n33. South Carolina<br \/>\n34. Arizona<br \/>\n35. Florida<br \/>\n36. Maine<br \/>\n37. New Hampshire<br \/>\n38. Mississippi<br \/>\n39. Tennessee<br \/>\n40. Connecticut<br \/>\n41. Virginia<br \/>\n41. Louisiana<br \/>\n43. West Virginia<br \/>\n44. Georgia<br \/>\n45. Illinois<br \/>\n46. Pennsylvania<br \/>\n47. Rhode Island<br \/>\n48. Massachusetts<br \/>\n49. District of Columbia<br \/>\n50. New Jersey<br \/>\n51. New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/11\/16\/driving.stupid\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/LIVING\/wayoflife\/11\/16\/driving.stupid\/index.html<\/a>oldId.20071123213948194<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; Well, if a test administered by GMAC Insurance is any indication, one in six people cruising our highways and byways &#8212; roughly 36 million licensed drivers &#8212; would flunk their driver&#8217;s test if they had to take it today. Not only that, but based on the 2007 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test data the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=91316388\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;36 million drivers would flunk drivers tests&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91316388","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\/91316388","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91316388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91316388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91316388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91316388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91316388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}