German drivers as a whole are ABSOLUTELY better drivers than Americans. Why? Any retard who can breathe can get a driver's license here. You can clearly see that on the road any day. In Germany, the tests are VERY STRICT and it takes a minimum of 3 months to even make it to a test....which most drivers fail the first time.
Frankly, the driving standards in this country are pathetic, but fall in line with a short-sighted way of lilfe we lead in the US. It's one of the many reasons gas prices are high and people keep bitching so much.
States like CT, finally, have at least raised the minimum driving age, but haven't made testing as difficult as it should be. I don't have any faith in our lawmakers in the US to grow a set of balls and make strict lessons and testing a requirement across the board ever.