Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis, Study Finds

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 10/28/2009 - 18:45

Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by neuroscientists. People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it -- and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results.

About 30 percent of Americans have the variant.


 

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