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Old May 21, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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Old May 21, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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This is really funny!!


I was going to post back that Wisconsin is the worst then I read the article!!! HAHAHA!!
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Old May 21, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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...then they all must move to FL

((Sorry my brothers and sisters in FL, we love you anyways ))

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Old May 21, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Wow, I think its wrong. My state SC is 40th, yea right, these people are NUTZ around here!
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Old May 21, 2009 | 10:27 PM
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Wow, I think its wrong. My state SC is 40th, yea right, these people are NUTZ around here!
In case you didn't notice, they're ranked from best to worst, so SC is the 11th worst state and Wisconsin tied with Idaho as the best.
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Old May 21, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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I was surprised to see Texas in the middle of the pack and no surprise to see Calif at the bottom
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Old May 21, 2009 | 10:53 PM
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I commute on the Long Island Expressway every day. The articles right. I have to up my life insurance!
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Old May 21, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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Shoot we are number 4 here in Kansas. I wonder why? You have to drive for ever to get to the next city. Man my parents are awesome for having moved here.
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Oregon tied for 8th? Who knew?

And California at 48? In defense of some Calif. drivers I will say that (at least from the Bay area north) most of them know what the left lane is for and stay out of it. Sure can't say that for the drivers in Oregon.
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Surprising Missouri is ranked #15 - from what I've seen, the drivers here should be much lower.
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Old May 21, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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What does laws and driving skill have to do with anything! California at 48 no way. I've seen women getting dressed on the freeway behind the wheel, people on cell phones while eating and cooking crack all at the same time. GMAC is wacked!
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Old May 22, 2009 | 12:35 AM
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What does laws and driving skill have to do with anything! California at 48 no way. I've seen women getting dressed on the freeway behind the wheel, people on cell phones while eating and cooking crack all at the same time. GMAC is wacked!
Knowledge of the traffic laws and skill in driving a vehicle are two entirely different things! In my case though, my state is ranked 3rd worst in the country for knowledge of the rules and that seems about right. Unfortunately, if you ranked us by skill, I suspect we'd end up at about the same place!

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Originally Posted by damilleniumboy
Shoot we are number 4 here in Kansas. I wonder why? You have to drive for ever to get to the next city. Man my parents are awesome for having moved here.
Shhh! Don't be telling other people or they will want to move here. It is nice to have some distance between towns that all look alike anymore. Wide open road is what driving a vette is all about.
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Oh my I didn't know there are driving laws in New York!
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Old May 22, 2009 | 10:17 AM
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You've got to be a good driver here in Calif. just to survive but yeah, there are those who have a cell in one hand, eating a burger in another and driving with their knee. It happens all over but you see so many more cars on the road here, you see more people doing those things.
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North Carolina - 20th?? Did they do this test in Raleigh, Charlotte, or Fayetteville/Fort Bragg?!
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Old May 22, 2009 | 10:49 AM
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without looking at the article, i would say new yorkers are the worst!!! i was right new york drivers suck!!!!!!
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I have live in Florida since 1968, and I think that we have a good share of this market covered. I have read previous post on bad drivers and the normal response to Florida is all the old drivers. This is a small per centage of the problem, the real problem is we end up with drivers from all over the country moving here and they drive as they did in the state that just left. Now you put all these different drivers together and this is what you get.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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Nevada, 26th? Must not have tested anyone from Vegas. That place is plumb scary!
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Old May 22, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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you need a drivers lic in Georgia?
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