RURAL AND CITY DRIVERS DON'T DRIVE ALIKE

A new University of Minnesota study says that people who drive in urban settings are a bit more cautious than those who drive in rural areas. Transportation Researcher Mick Rakauskas has been testing subjects with a state of the art driving simulator and found that people who drive in the city tend to drive a straighter course and stay within their driving lane more than rural drivers. Rakauskas said urban drivers use their seat belts more too. And while more crashes happen in the big city, a higher percentage of people survive those crashes, Rakauskas believes, because of those seat belts.