Test results- Holy Crap

"Old-Busted-Hotness" (old-busted-hotness) 08/02/2015 at 07:41 • Filed to: None

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/quiz/2015/jul/…

Average quiz score 19%. Nineteen fucking percent? Now I’m really scared to go out there.

For the record, it’s been 35 years since I took the written test. And I wouldn’t bother with taking the test unless you have a really high threshold of boredom. I would think most if not all Opponauts can at least meet my 90%. It’s just not that hard.

Nineteen percent? Makes me proud to be an American.

Nerd-Vol > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 07:47

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I think EVERYONE should have to retake the test twice a year.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 07:59

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Man, I don’t even have a driving licence, have never taken a driving test, live in a RHD country and I got 87%. 19% is bloody atrocious.

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:00

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Tests like this aren’t that great of a gauge of “how good of a driver are you?” More a gauge of “have you learned the signage rules?”

I think the driver test should be a trip to your local circuit and exercises on a wet skid pad. Want to pass? Beat the target time. At least we might measure ability to drive a car.

Funktheduck > Nerd-Vol 08/02/2015 at 08:03

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That's a little much but I'm totally for regular retesting (every 5 years). Every 2 years for people over 67

Babz > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:04

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I got 85% ... I live in Belgium, English isn’t my first language and road signs aren’t the same.

How the hell all you americans are still alive if there is that much people going around not knowing shit about the basics of driving a car ?!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:05

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i just did it , ended up with same score as you.

Old-Busted-Hotness > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 08/02/2015 at 08:05

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That’s pretty much it. But how can you miss questions like “what does this sign that says NO PASSING ZONE mean”?

As long as The Stig doesn’t set the time, I approve of your plan.

m2m, apex detective > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:06

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As a non-American, I failed the broken white lines and stop signs on a highway bits and had to do some double takes.

Then I saw the 19% . I hadn’t even read on before, so it hit me like a truck.

You drive on the roads of a country that anwers 4 out of 5 questions wrong on avg. Impressive stuff!

Old-Busted-Hotness > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:07

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Maybe we need to replace road signs with text messages. Would that make people pay attention?

Yes, I’m replying to myself. Never mind the muttering old man.

SVTyler > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:09

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All this does is quantify what we already know: the vast majority of people are shit at driving.

m2m, apex detective > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:09

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It should be a reasonably shitty time. Most people are ridiculously slow when you tell ‘em to go fast.

Old-Busted-Hotness > Babz 08/02/2015 at 08:10

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If you’ve got a test in a language other than English, I’ll take it and see if I can beat 19%.

m2m, apex detective > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:10

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That would require people to read, though. Reading is hard, man!

Old-Busted-Hotness > m2m, apex detective 08/02/2015 at 08:11

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We are a hardy bunch here in Freedomland.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:13

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Damn it. I only got 82%. I missed a couple I shouldn’t have, if I had thought a bit longer I would have gotten them.

There are also a few very poorly worded questions.

m2m, apex detective > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:13

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The impressive bit is that if you picked an answer randomly in a 50/50 scenario, you’d still score higher. :?

Old-Busted-Hotness > m2m, apex detective 08/02/2015 at 08:13

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We could simplify them, though.

SPD LMT 35 LOL
U NO PASS HERE
HAY DUMMY STOP

m2m, apex detective > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:15

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STOP
SRSLY STOP
DO NOT PASS
MAX 55 MPH
CHECK TRAFFIC
AYY AQUAPLANING

m2m, apex detective > Babz 08/02/2015 at 08:16

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Did you also answer wrong on the broken white lines and some color-coded signs? /German

Old-Busted-Hotness > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 08/02/2015 at 08:17

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That and lack of coffee kept me from acing it. I’m still a bit awed by the 19% average.

Babz > m2m, apex detective 08/02/2015 at 08:19

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No, yellow broken lines, some harder to understand questions (lack of proper vocabulary in english) and something about a sign you can encounter on the highway where the correct answer was “a stop sign”.

Funktheduck > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:21

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Babz > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:24

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Alright, have a Belgian test in French :

http://apps.unms.be/drivemutquiz/3…

Old-Busted-Hotness > Funktheduck 08/02/2015 at 08:25

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Well done.

Babz > m2m, apex detective 08/02/2015 at 08:26

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Oh, and also stopping distances in feet and speed in MPH, no clue what to answer :P

Funktheduck > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:30

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Thanks. I missed the average stopping distance and the question about black and white signs.

The average stopping distance has way too many variables to be legit to me and I won’t apologize for not knowing government speak for the word for a type of sign. I think it’s more important I know what the sign itself means.

Any good race car driver needs excuses right? Zoom zoom

Flavien Vidal > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:40

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I think the 19% average is due to people starting the test and closing the test page after 2 or 3 questions because they don’t really give a fuck. Therefore the result of these people is counted as 5 out 10% score...

People in general are stupid, but not THAT stupid...

ShiroZ31 > Funktheduck 08/02/2015 at 08:51

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I like that the picture has a speedo reading 130. How many 19%ers will know that it’s kph?

MultiplaOrgasms > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 08:53

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I don’t live in the US, I haven’t taken my theoretical driving test yet, I don’t know how to convert feet into metres, and I still managed to achieve a 79% score by using nothing but common sense. Something is broken with the people responsible for that average.

Whitesmoke > Funktheduck 08/02/2015 at 08:53

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That’s what I got - I missed stopping distance and how many minutes before sunrise/sunset for headlights

Old-Busted-Hotness > Babz 08/02/2015 at 08:55

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Challenge accepted.

21/50 and I don’t know any French beyond “et non” (which I just learned).

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > Babz 08/02/2015 at 09:00

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30/50. And the stuff I missed, it was because I chose a more restrictive answer than what is permitted.

Disclaimer: I speak French.

Funktheduck > ShiroZ31 08/02/2015 at 09:02

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Probably none

Babz > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 09:12

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Hahahaha, nice !

fhrblig > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 09:28

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97%. I only missed the question about black and white signs.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 09:29

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You are correct that the larger problem is that their average score is only 19%.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

The Transporter > Flavien Vidal 08/02/2015 at 09:42

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This is a Washington D.C. newspaper. If the people that set that average are from there, then I totally believe it.

desertdog5051 > Babz 08/02/2015 at 11:00

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Whew. major fail.

Sam > Babz 08/02/2015 at 11:18

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I took one year of French and got 42/50. I loved the one where the answer was something to the effect of “Go on green”.

desertdog5051 > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 11:20

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That is fricking amazing that most people have no clue. The only one I missed was the stopping distance. But I buy better brakes and tires and probably have a better reaction time.

Frank Grimes > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 14:03

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79% some of those are dumb putting healights on 60 min before sunset doesnt make me a bad driver.l I guess not knowing the rule might. some of those I just was never trained on. who the heck gets a score so low the average is 18%¿

Frank Grimes > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 14:05

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maybe a photo of cute dogs being run over will help them see consequences of not stopping at stop signs. or like vitcoria secret body spray being poured down a gutter?

Frank Grimes > Babz 08/02/2015 at 14:07

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as much as I hate europeans telling us how to do things I think you have a point. but to be fair getting a drivers license is much easier with less training. pretty sure I was never taught what yello dashed lines in road meant.

64C10 > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 14:08

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Me, a 14 year old with no driving experience (legally) whatsoever, just scored a 90. It scares me that I will soon be on the road with these fools.

Frank Grimes > Funktheduck 08/02/2015 at 14:12

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these both messed me up I was all like well a miata can stop in 110 from 60 so 165 should be good. and just cuz I dont know the name of a signdoesnt mean I dont obey what it says.

Funktheduck > Frank Grimes 08/02/2015 at 15:31

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Apparently it means including reaction times. But once again that's super variable person to person and cars. I know it says average but average what? A 25 y/o paying attention is still going to react quicker than a 65 y/o. How many people did they test? What was the sampling? What kind of cars? A corvette will stop better than a Pilot.

Frank Grimes > Funktheduck 08/02/2015 at 15:36

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I know! and what person can even use that information some kind of android who can tell track how many feet the car in front is or can even comprehend howthat distance. also what about the condition of the car? some dingus with poorly adjusted or operating brakes.

m2m, apex detective > Babz 08/02/2015 at 17:15

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The stop sign got me as well ... I usually understand the highway as something akin to an Autobahn, so it felt wrong to pick the stop sign.

I did my best guesswork regarding the values specified in feet. It did not go well.

m2m, apex detective > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/02/2015 at 17:17

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Are you this guy ?

Tareim - V8 powered > Old-Busted-Hotness 08/08/2015 at 15:03

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82% not bad for someone who has never been to America so unaware of your road laws

Svend > Old-Busted-Hotness 11/26/2015 at 21:04

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79% here. 39 questions, 8 wrong, 31 correct.

Some things I didn’t know was a ‘library crossing sign’, I’m surprised that’s a thing.

How far you need to continuously indicate before turning (100 feet).

Two cars come to an intersection at the same time, one intending to turn left, one to turn right. The car on the left must allow the car on the right to turn right first. I don’t think that’s a thing in the U.K.

Four questions relating to stop signs. Are stop signs such an issue in the U.S.?