Date: Thursday 17th November Ref: 60/05 Close to one in three (29 per cent) drivers found to suffer from newly recognised disorder ‘Traffic Stress Syndrome’ Traffic jams are not only bad for your mood – they can also damage your health, according to a new study from Direct Line.‘The impact of traffic on drivers’ report – co-authored by health psychologist David Moxon – identifies a new condition named Traffic Stress Syndrome (TSS), a form of psychological anxiety that manifests itself in certain drivers while stuck in traffic. According to the study, close to one in three drivers – nine million* UK motorists – currently suffer from TSS and show symptoms of the condition after being held up in traffic for as little as three to five minutes. One in five (20 per cent) experience increased heart-rates and headaches (19 per cent) and one in 10 endure sweaty palms (12 per cent). In more severe cases drivers report nausea, dizziness (eight per cent) and stomach cramps (eight per cent) among the symptoms experienced. The impact of these symptoms along with the Direct Line research reveal a shocking picture of the full extent of TSS on driver behaviour.

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From this research a simple projective technique was developed. This comprised four key words that were designed to elicit unconscious motives and show an ‘individuals proneness’ to TSS. This methodology is used for the majority of studies of this nature, which need to be robust enough to pass the peer-review process required for the publication of scientific papers. *There are 33.8 million drivers in the UK (Census data, 2001) and according to the YouGov findings 99 per cent of motorists have been stuck in traffic and 29 per cent of those of have been stuck in traffic suffer from TSS. 0.99 x 33,809,493 = 33,471,398. 0.29 x 33,809,493= 9,804,752. TOP TEN LIST OF ROADS MOTORISTS HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAFFIC-JAMS . (VOTED BY DRIVERS) - M25 South East (31 per cent) - M6 West Midlands (26 per cent) - M25 Western Sector (25 per cent) - M25 Northern Sector (25 per cent) - M6 North Midlands (22 per cent) - M5 Bristol area (21 per cent) - M1 East Midlands (21 per cent) - M1 Home Counties (19 per cent) - M60 Manchester (16 per cent) - M4 Thames Valley (16 per cent) DirectLine Insurance -