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Road rules: 1 in 6 drivers would flunk (CNN money)

About one in six U.S. drivers wouldn’t be able to pass a written driving test if they took it today, according to a new study.

Drivers in the Northeast continued to have the lowest scores and the highest failure rates, with New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia maintaining their three-year streak in the bottom five rankings.

SUVs plunge toward ‘endangered’ list (CNN)

Jorge Fernandez makes his way through the car lot littered with unwanted SUVs. “I’ve never seen it this bad,” the auto dealer says. With gas prices at an all-time high, one expert says SUVs and trucks as personal cars may soon be an “endangered species.”