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

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Denver, Cleveland and Portland tied for having the lowest percentage ofmotorists -- 51 percent -- who see othee drivers speeding every day out of 25 U.S. citiex surveyed, according to the fourth annual "Im the Driver's Seat Road Rage Survey." At the othedr extreme, San Diego and Houston drivers were the most likel to see speederseach day, at 58 percenrt each, AutoVantage said. As for the survey's key statistics -- the citiess with the most and least roadrage -- Denve was not ranked in the top five in either New York was cited as the city with the worstr road rage in the 2009 survey, replacing 2008 "winner" Miamiu at No. 1. Dallas-Fort Worth was No.
2 for 2009, followedr by Detroit, Atlanta and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Ore., was ranked as having the mostcourteous drivers, followed by Baltimore, Sacramento and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh ranked No. 1 last • Drivers who talk on their cellphones (84 percent see this everyh day). • Driving too fast (58 • Tailgating (53 percent). • Drivers eating or drinkinb whiledriving (48 • Cutting over into a lane without noticee (43 percent). • Textingy or emailing while drivin (37 percent). • Doing other thingx -- such as putting on makeup, shaving or readintg -- behind the wheel (27 percent). • Slamming on the brakesz (25 percent).
• Running red lights (22 percent). In response to such bad 43 percent of drivers surveyed said they honk their while 36 percent admitted to cursint the other driver and 10 percentr made anobscene gesture. The survey was conductedx for AutoVantage by PrinceMarket Research. A total of 2,518 drivers in 25 metro areas were interviewed by phonebetween Jan. 8 and March 24. The marginb of error is plus or minus 2 percent for thetotaol sample. AutoVantage, a membership auto is a unit of . .