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Average Driver Spends Seven Workweeks Behind the Wheel Each Year

September 8, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

AAA Foundation Research shows U.S. drivers spend an average of 290 hours on the road.

American drivers spend an average of more than 17,600 minutes behind the wheel each year, according to a new survey from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.  The research finds that more than 87.5 percent of Americans ages 16 years and older reported driving in the past year. During this time, drivers traveled nearly 10,900 miles on average and spent more than 290 hours on the road.

“The amount of time the average driver spends behind the wheel each year is equivalent to seven 40-hour

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