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| Drivers in UK rush during driving, risking lives of everyone on the road |
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May 22 2008 -• UK drivers – 60% of them – admit speeding to their place of work. Meanwhile, 40% admit they dash to get home.
• Thirty percentile of UK drivers have trouble focusing on the road while rushing. 43% say they drive in a reckless manner putting the lives of other drivers at risk.
• 10% of UK drivers admitted to being part of an accident due to rash driving.
• Drivers in UK are – about half of them – said they tend to express anger on the road while driving.
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 May 8,2008 – As responsibilities at work and in the family grow, people in UK are rushing and that is creating more accidents and road rage. The findings are the latest from research done by Carrentals.co.uk.
The car-hire comparator company polled 800 drivers in the UK to assess their lifestyle and found that 60% constantly were in a hurry while going off to work. Fourty-three percent even said that they engaged in reckless driving while driving hastily.
As time has become more of a precious commodity in today’s fast-paced society, about 30% of the drivers brought out the fact they were not able to concentrate while driving hastily. And a tenth of those surveyed said that they had gotten into accidents as a result.
Some drivers described running into a lamppost, crashing head-on into another car, going over the speed limit and even hitting pedestrians crossing in the marked crossing area.
Road rage has become another by-product of rushed living. About a tenth of the drivers in UK were linked to incidents that involved road rage, while they were late to appointments. Some drivers described being followed or flashed, while other reported violence and abusive behaviour on the car and on the driver. In general, the survey found that stress resulting from daily routines are a causative factor for bad behaviour on the roads.
Of all the concerns that drivers were most worried about, business meetings were on top of the category. Fourty-one percent said that was their major reason for going above the speed limit- so they would not be late for meetings. Drivers also expressed stress over delays in picking up their children from school. Signing in to work was another cause of stress and worry on drivers’ minds. Also in the area of family relationships, drivers were anxious about being late for romantic dinners planned with their partners.
The respondents also said that hurrying was a way of life for them on an every day basis. They described themselves as rushing while eating meals, doing work around the house, spending quality time with friends and giving kids a helping hand with homework. Six percent said they even rushed sex.
Carrentals.co.uk is a car hire comparator. It provides a list of prices from the leading car hire firms on a single web page – EasyCar, Ebookers, Hotel Autos, Opodo, Ebookers, and Budget. For more information, please visit www.carrentals.co.uk
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About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK’s leading online car hire companies by 2006.
In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the new Carrentals.co.uk site now searches up to 40 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available.
Websites searched include Budget, Thrifty, Sixt, Holiday Autos, Opodo, EBookers, Carrentals.co.uk and EasyCar, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.
The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 6,000 links to useful tourist information sites, plus over 2,700 pages of travel information in a mini-guide format.
In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards.
To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk
Press Contact:
Rachel Builder or Anna Nicholls
Context Public Relations
carrentals@contextpr.co.uk
Tel: 01625 511966
Fax: 01625 511967
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