- It’s one of the most hated driving habits, but what are the others?
Perhaps the only thing worse than suffering from other people’s bad driving is having to listen to their terrible taste in music.
At least this is what most motorists think, with more than eight out of ten saying they are fed up with having to put up with excessively loud music played by other people with the windows down, especially in summer.
A new AA survey has put these bass boomers at the top of the list of the most annoying habits during the hottest time of the year. Now find out who else makes the list…
85 percent of respondents say they have heard music playing at full volume, as if from a portable stereo, from other cars on the road.
9,839 AA members gave their opinion on the bad summer driving habits they have witnessed and sadly more than three quarters (78 per cent) reported seeing people throwing litter out of car windows.
Some 85 percent of those surveyed by the car group say they have heard loud music coming from other cars where they live.
The AA says there has been a rise in the number of these “road ravers”, who can be particularly disruptive in the evening and at night when they show little or no respect for people living in their nearby homes.
But while this is an annoying trend, there are other, far more worrying habits that are reported during the summer months.
Of the 9,839 AA members who responded to the survey, sadly more than three-quarters (78 per cent) reported seeing people throwing litter out of car windows.
This figure is even higher in the Northeast, the worst area for litterers, where 81 percent said they had seen a litterer.
Three-fifths (63 percent) of drivers have observed the front passenger resting their feet on the dashboard, while one in six (17 percent) have seen passengers dangle their feet outside a moving vehicle.
While passengers have been displaying their own bad behavior, drivers have also been demonstrating some not-so-recommended actions behind the wheel this summer.
One third of respondents have seen drivers eating ice cream while driving and another third have seen drivers wearing flip-flops.
Despite opinions against it, wearing flip-flops it’s not It is illegal to drive, but it is not recommended because it is necessary to wear appropriate footwear that does not prevent you from braking hard when necessary.
The only illegal behavior on the list is littering, but it is important for both passengers and drivers to always prioritize sensible and safe habits.
Tony Rich, head of road safety at the AA, said: “Summer is here and people want to get out and have fun, but it’s no fun if you ruin everyone’s journey by littering or creating an unnecessary hazard with passengers sticking their feet out of the window.”
‘With the scorching weather approaching, it’s tempting to turn up the volume and blast music, but there are times when The Sound of Silence is more appropriate.
‘Don’t be a Road Raver, keep the volume at a decent level so you can focus on the road ahead.’
Medical professionals confess to being the most irascible on the roads, with 26% regularly showing their anger towards other drivers with rude hand gestures, as well as shouting out of the window (14%).
Does your career correlate with your driving behavior?
Doctors are the most aggressive drivers, electricians fail to indicate when exiting roundabouts and HR workers do not know how to park, according to a national survey.
TO A multi-professional study of 2,000 Britons by We Buy Any Car showed that there are direct correlations between professions and driving habits.
Builders are the fastest drivers on the road: seven in ten (71 percent) construction professionals admit to regularly exceeding the speed limit and hogging the fast lane on the motorway (15 percent).
Medical professionals admit to being the most irascible on the roads: a quarter (26 percent) regularly show their anger towards other drivers with rude hand gestures, as well as shouting out of the window (14 percent).
A third of electricians admit that they do not always indicate when leaving a roundabout.
When it comes to last-minute mergers, lawyers (22 percent) confess to being the biggest culprits along with the media (20 percent) and entrepreneurs (19 percent).
Hairdressers (90 percent) were found to be the friendliest drivers and confirmed that they always thank other drivers for letting them out.
But most importantly, they return the favor. letting out an average of 13 drivers a week, higher than the UK average of 10.