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There's a new driver's test that's out, and right when I read this, I knew that this was
going to get people up in arms. This test was given to a number of different drivers
of a variety of ages, both men and women, and it determined a number of different things.
I took the test before the show, I got 19 out of 20 questions right. Louis, you took
it, what was your score?
Louis: 80%.
David: So you missed four questions?
Louis: I guess so.
David: And what... what did you get, Natan?
Natan: I also got 80, but we've established that me and Louis got one question wrong because
it didn't include the laws in Massachusetts, and we were actually correct for the Massachusetts
law.
David: Right. Well, when I took it, I took it knowing that these were not the Massachusetts
laws, but they were general laws, so you know, arguably you guys could've taken that into
consideration and maybe gotten a better score.
Louis: Perhaps, Dave, perhaps not.
David: The thing... the controversial part is this, which is that on the test, men did
significantly better than women. Now, we know that there's a number of different stereotypes
about drivers, and one of those stereotypes that many women find offensive, understandably
so, is that men are better drivers than women.
Now, I think the... if I'm looking at this correctly, the average score for men was about
60%, whereas the average score for women was about 45%. Many women already emailing me
knowing we were going to talk about this pretty angry about it. And the survey, again, is
not addressing whether the skill of driving is more present in men or women, but what
it's addressing is knowledge of driving regulations. Regardless...
Louis: And it's only 13 questions. It's very...
David: It's 20 questions.
Louis: Was it?
David: Yeah.
Louis: Oh.
David: It's 20 questions. I got 19 out of 20, hence 95%.
Louis: Oh. But still, I mean, overall, is that really a good barometer of someone's
driving knowledge?
David: Well, it's some pretty good questions, like for example, what to do at a blinking
yellow light and a blinking red light, two of the questions that most... many, many people
got wrong, which is really kind of scary, because you think those are kind of keys to
safety. In other words, at a red flashing light, you should be stopping, not yielding.
That could cause some chaos, could it not?
Louis: It could.
David: Now, Louis went to school in Florida for a while where he totaled multiple cars,
multiple of his grandmother's cars. And he knows a little bit about bad driving, and
this actually ran...
Louis: Yeah. See, none of those accidents were my fault. I totaled... one car was totaled,
both times I was rear-ended, F you, Dave.
David: [Laughs] And waited eight years...
Louis: I'm just gonna like jump across this desk and punch this kid in the face. I bet
our fans would love to see that.
David: So there were... there were actually... there were incidents in Florida that prompted
Louis to many times say that Florida has some of the worst drivers.
Louis: So bad. I'm sorry, Florida, you guys are terrible.
David: Once again, however, New Jersey actually ranked at the bottom on this list.
Louis: See, we've both driven down the Jersey Turnpike, which people claim is really bad.
David: Yeah.
Louis: Do you really think it's that bad?
David: The Turnpike isn't, but I think on highways bad driving can be less prevalent,
especially when there's always traffic, because nobody's going to go fast anyway.
Louis: Yeah. I mean, I've done plenty of driving in New Jersey, and it does not even compare
to Florida.
David: Yeah. And you know what, actually, New Jersey beat out... they did beat out a
couple places. I guess D.C. and Maryland and Hawaii... no, you know what? Right, they improved.
New Jersey was at the bottom. And to be honest, Massachusetts was also at the bottom most
years, and I find drivers here to be absolutely horrific.
Louis: They're bad, but still, I mean, maybe it has something to do with speed limits and
the layout of things, but...
David: So, what, are you saying higher speed limits or lower speed limits lead to better
or worse driving? Because we were just in Arizona where the speed limit is high, and
the driving didn't seem particularly bad, although we were warned.
Louis: Where I was in Florida, it was high speed limits with traffic lights, you know,
you're talking 50 miles per hour with lights, big intersections.
David: Right.
Louis: I witnessed countless accidents. I was only in two personally.
David: The kind of highway business district type stuff where...
Louis: Yeah.
David: Yeah. You know, I actually have... once, I was... I remember when I was younger
and I was being... I was going to the airport, and I was in kind of one of these shared vans,
and I vividly remember this, the driver had this... he liked the... seemed to believe
the stereotype that Asian-Americans are bad drivers, and he actually brought this up.
There weren't any Asian-Americans in thecar, but as we were being driven, all of a sudden,
the guy says to everybody in the van hey, you see this car in front of me? I would bet
anything that the driver is either Chinese or Japanese or Asian in some way. I knew exactly
what was going on, and I was hoping as we drove by that it wasn't going to be an Asian
person, because I just wanted the guy to feel stupid, because, you know, I don't like...
I don't find these stereotypes to be particularly polite. And as we drive by, it was an Asian
guy driving. And I was just sitting in the back, I didn't say anything, but I have to
admit, I was pretty disappointed, because I wanted the guy to look stupid.
Louis: Well...
David: But he knew. I mean, I don't know.
Louis: He drives for a living, right?
David: It's like the Mel Gibson thing when he actually asked which one of the officers
is a Jew, and one of the guys was actually Jewish. I mean, what are the odds? Would you
have said anything to the guy in that situation?
Louis: No.
David: No, you probably would've stayed quiet.
Louis: I wouldn't have said anything. I don't care, whatever.
David: So in any event, it hasn't happened since, but other times when I've been in those
situations where drivers mentioned Asian drivers, they actually have been wrong, and I don't
know, it made me feel a little bit better about it.
Louis very careful not to comment on this. I can tell this is...
Louis: I just had a bad joke, but I'm not going to say it.
David: ... making Louis a little bit nervous here.
Louis: No.
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