Survey: Speeders less common in Denver - Triangle Business Journal:

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Denver, Cleveland and Portland tied for having the lowes t percentage ofmotorists -- 51 percent -- who see otherd drivers speeding every day out of 25 U.S. citied surveyed, according to the fourth annual "Imn the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey." At the othef extreme, San Diego and Houston drivers were the most likelgy to see speederseach day, at 58 percentg each, AutoVantage said. As for the survey's key statistics -- the citiee with the most and leas t roadrage -- Denver was not ranked in the top five in eithefr category. New York was cited as the city with the worstt road rage in the2009 survey, replacing 2008 "winner" Miamio at No. 1. Dallas-Fort Wortu was No.
2 for 2009, followed by Detroit, Atlanta and Paul. Portland, Ore., was ranked as havingf the most courteous followedby Cleveland, Baltimore, Sacramento and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh ranked No. 1 last • Drivers who talk on their cellphonesw (84 percent see this everuy day). • Driving too fast (58 percent). Tailgating (53 percent). • Drivers eating or drinking whileddriving (48 percent). • Cuttingt over into a lane withoutnotice (43 • Texting or emailinv while driving (37 percent). • Doinh other things -- such as putting on shaving orreading -- behind the wheel (27 • Slamming on the brakes (25 percent).
Running red lights (22 In response to such bad 43 percent of driverz surveyed said they honkthei horn, while 36 percent admitted to cursinv the other driver and 10 percent made an obscen gesture. The survey was conducteed for AutoVantage by PrincrMarket Research. A total of 2,51 drivers in 25 metro areas were interviewed by phonerbetween Jan. 8 and Marchy 24. The margin of error is plus or minus 2 percenft for thetotal sample. a membership auto service, is a unit of . .