In addition, an astonishing 51% of the population admitted to venting their frustrations while driving by shouting or swearing, with 6 per cent (equating to 2.4 million drivers!) admitting to have deliberately damaged another person’s vehicle in a fit of road related anger.
Duncan Wilkes, managing director at Nationwide, comments: “Winter driving in particular is fraught with difficulties as poor conditions put a strain on cars and motorists alike – add road rage in to the mix and it becomes very dangerous indeed. We were astounded and to see nearly 30% of men admitted to getting out of their vehicle to confront another driver. Even more disturbing, that 6% of the population have deliberately damaged other vehicles as a result of road rage.
November 2008
Fact
Every day nine people are killed and nearly ten times as many are seriously injured on UK roads. |