Widespread Bad Driving Habits

According to the GMAC survey:

• 50% report that they do not know how to merge into heavy traffic.
• 60% say that they change lanes on a highway without using their blinker.
• 17% percent of Americans have driven without a rear view or driver's side mirror.
• 20% do not know that a pedestrian has the right of way at a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
• 25% drivers would roll through a stop sign rather than come to a complete stop.
• One-third admit they speed up to make a yellow light even when pedestrians are in the crosswalk.

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