Manners maketh cheap motor insuring motorway man.
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What annoys you most about other drivers? For me it's their faces. It's true. Some hideously ugly people own and drive cars today. You can be sitting in a tailback, the opposite lane flowing steadily with oncoming traffic, and face after unpleasant face its nose to tail ugliness. I think it's pretty inconsiderate to be perfectly honest. If you have to be ugly, at least have the common decency to confine your repulsive features to your own home. Don't share it with me. It's not nice, and it is avoidable.
Astoundingly this doesn't head the list of pet hates of Britain 's motorway users. Trifling issues such as tailgaters and lane-hoggers irrationally, to my way of thinking, boil the blood/alcohol mixture of many of you motorists. Its Tuesday you see, and therefore it must be another pointless survey published to keep incredibly good-looking motorists like me in meaningful vocation. This time round its some faux-cheap motor insurer (i.e. - not Insureyourmotor.co.uk) with a remote-controlled oversized red phone and a really depressing commercial that should have been reported to the advertising standards commissions years ago who are at it.
And they think now is as good a time as any to burden us with their findings. Saving us the time, and them the embarrassment, of displaying wriggly-lined graphs of which would insult the intelligence of a crustacean, charts that make no more sense when held either upside down, or downside up, felt-tip filled-in blocks that defy any remaining counter-argument for a basic education and any other statistically representative formatting that serves no purpose in an online capacity; a simple series of number and words tell their sorry tale. Briefly. Just the way Insureyourmotor.co.uk readers like it. And exactly the way my patience-ebbing Insureyourmotor.co.uk MD tells me I'm going to convey it. Here goes;
*2,370 consenting adults were smooth talked into parting with their particulars in the line of duty.
*Of these eager participants, 44% said they'd experienced road rage last year. (None of them however were said to be former band members of welsh 'colliery working men's club' rockers Catatonia.)
*2 in every 5 cases of tailgating results in the motorists being pursued at such close quarters that those being harassed take decisive action. Slowing down dramatically, or at worst, slamming on the brakes to annoy the tailgater. (And inconvenience his/her insurer)
* Tailgaters prompt some 24% of drivers to deliberately decelerate. (That and a coach-load of overtly-large pom-pom'ed college cheerleaders assessing their flat-tyre situation on the hard shoulder)
*11% brake suddenly as a warning. (A good 11% of whom find themselves with their jaws in traction shortly afterwards, sampling various food-flavoured milkshakes dependent on gender/build)
*Lane-hogs refusing to move over scored 32% worth of motorway user's ire. (And were held fully responsible for an increase in wrist-gesticulating cases of RSI amongst regular motorway users)
*8% of those probed confess to sticking to the one lane on motorways, saying its easier and safer.(And that their cherished, yet mechanically-suspect Toyota Carina hadn't been able to turn either left or right periodically for approximately 9 years)
*Drivers who pulled into your braking gap in front scored a 35% on the irritability scale. (Yet a thoroughly deserving maximum 100% on the tosser scale)
*23% of drivers admitted they'd pass the annoying git on the wrong, inside lane, if they couldn't get past on the outside lane. (If only to give their aching left arm/wrist/hand a rest)
*84% of the drivers have chosen to ignore 70mph speed limits during the last 12 months (Insurer withheld their details on file, should they fall behind with monthly premium payments)
*Average speed in fast lane of motorway now 87mph (Average speed of white Astravan in fast lane of motorway now 280mph)
*North East England motorists tended to drive fastest on motorways, at an average of 79mph. (Or if a Newcastle United midfielder - no more than 99mph)
*Drivers in Yorkshire, Wales and the West of England most keen to see the speed limit raised on motorways, who along with the vast majority surveyed think the current limit too low.(And would like to be brought in line with Germany. So expect to see manned checkpoints every 200 yards on the M6 where you're to present documentation soon)
*Failing to indicate annoyed 31%. (Of those now driving around in an unrecognisable Nissan Micra)
*23% stressed that driving slowly was inexcusable motorway behaviour. (Of those who still think its 1952)
*22% questioned said drivers zig-zagging across motorway lanes was a cause of irritability. (And that irresponsible parents wanting a nap shouldn't leave 'mature for her age' Milly at the wheel. Given that she's a sheepdog)
The insurance company spokesperson happens to be a woman. Her name is Emma Holyer, and when Insureyourmotor.co.uk approached her for comment, she turned away. Several attempts later and she said this;"With the average speed on the fast lane now nearing 90mph, tailgating and braking suddenly is extremely dangerous". Indeed Emma. As at 70mph, as we all know you couldn't possibly kill someone by slamming on. Undeterred she continued;"It is frustrating when other road users are driving badly, but reacting aggressively only worsens the situation." Yes. But makes you feel a whole lot better at the same time. Clearly miffed by my lack of respect for her authority she barked;"Over 2 million drivers have been involved in a motorway accident, and over 14 million motorists have experienced motorway rage, if all drivers were to make a conscious effort to drive considerately on motorways, it will help to reduce the number of accidents and road rage incidents." Putting down her manual entitled 'Idiot insurers guide to motorway etiquette' she returned to her headset and answered a phone.
Something Insureyourmotor.co.uk do all day to. Well, those cheap motor insuring types that Insureyourmotor.co.uk insist on employing who aren't good enough to write. As Insureyourmotor.co.uk have cheap motor insuring experts in every position. Ready, willing and able to cheap motor insure people like you.
Date - 21/09/2006
