If you take 'average' as 'mean', then it's definitely 'statistically possible' that 80% of drivers are above average...it just means that you've got some really horrible outliers dragging the average down...where I'm from, they're called 'Queenslanders', but you'll have your own name for them... ;)
Oh, but that said, in no way do I disagree with the sentiment that a large portion of drivers think that they're better than most others, often mistakenly so.
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If you take 'average' as 'mean', then it's definitely 'statistically possible' that 80% of drivers are above average...it just means that you've got some really horrible outliers dragging the average down...where I'm from, they're called 'Queenslanders', but you'll have your own name for them... ;)
Oh, but that said, in no way do I disagree with the sentiment that a large portion of drivers think that they're better than most others, often mistakenly so.