Area drivers found to be dumb and dumber

WASHINGTON - You probably think you share the road with some of the dumbest drivers around. Guess what? You do.

Drivers in the District have been ranked the second dumbest in the country. Maryland ranks 10th and Virginia 12th.

According to the survey, the only place with dumber drivers than the District is New Jersey. Kansas has the smartest drivers.

Perhaps the most frightening statistic, the survey found that about 33 million licensed Americans would fail a written drivers test if they took it today. While national scores improved, the lowest test scores were found in the Northeast.

The toughest questions for those surveyed were about yellow lights and safe following distances.

"It's encouraging to see that scores are beginning to get better, but there is still a lot of room for improvement," said Wade Bontrager, GMAC's Vice President of Marketing in a press release.

"To do this, we all need to make safety our top priority, review the basic road rules and put them into practice every day. By announcing these results and offering a venue to learn proper procedures, it's our goal to help people become more knowledgeable, and therefore safer, drivers."

To view the full results of the study, click here.

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