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Curb Drink Driving
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Bad Driving Habits.
MOTORISTS WARNED OF THE DANGERS OF BAD DRIVING HABITS 19 June 2006 · 76%(1) of motorists admit to potentially dangerous behaviour when driving · Men more prone to dangerous driving behaviour than women · Motorists could save up to £130(2) by switching to Sainsbury’s Car Insurance In 2005 there were an estimated 198,980(3) accidents on Britain’s roads, and looking at new research from Sainsbury’s Car Insurance, this is perhaps not surprising. The findings reveal that 76% (over 22 million motorists) have engaged in some form of potentially dangerous activity whilst driving in the last month. Driving whilst tired is the most frequent dangerous driving habit, with 38% of motorists admitting to having done it over the past month. This is followed by eating and drinking whilst driving (31%), excessive speeding (26%) and driving ‘the morning after the night before’ (23%). Other less obvious bad driving habits which motorists admitted to included driving in flip flops or bare feet. Indeed four million motorists said they did this last month. Additionally 1.7 million motorists admitted to texting on their phone when driving and 706,000 said they had applied make-up whilst at the wheel during May. Richard Clark, car insurance manager, Sainsbury’s Bank said: “Motorists should think carefully about their driving habits as many may not have considered the dangers. Driving after drinking just one alcoholic drink for example.
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Drivers bad habits (3) Percentage of motorist who admitted to doing this during May Number of motorists Driven whilst feeling tired 38% 11,411,000 Eating/drinking whilst driving 31% 9,184,000 Excessive speeding 26% 7,919,000 Driving on ‘the morning after the night before’ 23% 6,867,000 Using mobile phone that is not hands-free 14% 4,124,000 Driving wearing flip flops/no shoes 14% 4,078,000 Readinga map 11% 3,298,000 Driving too slowly 11% 3,186,000 Driven after having an alcoholic drink 10% 2,982,000 Driving without a seat belt 10% 2,910,000 Driven a car with dirty windows where your visibility has been limited 9% 2,742,000 Tailgating – driving to close to the car in front 9% 2,715,000 Inflicted road rage on a fellow motorist 8% 2,508,000 Driving whilst having a pet lose in the car 7% 2,096,000 Texting whilst driving 6% 1,746,000 Used a second hand child car seat 5% 1,358,000 Driven a child under the age of seven when they were not in a child car seat 4% 1,153,000 Driven the car without contact lenses/glasses for seeing when you need them 3% 839,000 Applying make-up 2% 706,000 None of these 24% 7,198,000 On a gender basis, the findings reveal that 12.7 million men have embarked on some form of dangerous activity whilst driving over the last month. This compares with 10 million women. |
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17yr old car owners
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