Where all the children are above average

[missroserose]

Having taken a psychology class or three, I'm well aware of many human fallibilities, including the Lake Wobegon Effect, where people tend to sharply overestimate their skills compared to the average person. The classic expression of this illusory superiority has for a long time been driving skill - ask people to rate themselves as compared to the average driver, and roughly 80% (with some variations by culture) of folks will put themselves above the midpoint, which is (of course) statistically impossible.

GMAC insurance recently sent out a quiz on basic rules of the road to people in different states to measure knowledge by state. Perhaps unsurprisingly, New York got the worst scores (Brian's theory is that it's because the answers weren't all "Hey buddy, fuck you!"), while Kansas scored highest (...because there's nothing to do in the Midwest other than drive? Very slowly?). They also posted the test online so you can try it yourself and see how you score.

So, an ethical question: How smug am I allowed to feel that I got 100% of the answers correct on the first go?