20% Of Drivers Drive On After Hitting Another Parked Car
Your mood is great as you have just been on a widely successful shopping trip and picked up some great deals but your mood changes rapidly once you have gotten back to the car park. Someone has left a dent in your car. Luckily you have car insurance to cover this but it doesn’t stop the heart from sinking. We have all had our little accidents in the past in particular when we were just learner drivers. Very few people have not had a ‘little tip’ at some stage. The question is would you own up to it? Recent studies show that up to 20% of people would not.
And if you’re lucky enough to be the proud owner of a hot motor you have more cause for worry than those with older, less pristine versions. 20 percent of the 3,000 motorists questioned in the poll by a UK insurance company said their decision whether to leave their details would depend on what kind of car they hit… A meagre 1 percent would own up if they hit a fancier car like a Volkswagen Golf GTi.
This survey also showed that over half of the people surveyed has had their own parked cars damaged in the past. Only a meagre 15% of these people were left details by the culprit. If the culprit inspected the car and could find no obvious defects then 66% of people would drive on without owning up to the crash. If they can’t see a problem then they believe no damage was caused.
Slightly more women (61 percent) would leave their details if they caused visible damage to another car than men (56 percent). It’s a pity that so many people would walk away if they hit someone else’s car, as, let’s face it, it’s pretty horrible when it happens to you.
Moving away from men / women comparisons, we get to young / old comparisons. Who do you think are the most honest? Not surprisingly the worst culprits are new drivers. 25% of them would not even own up to damaging a friend’s car. 94% of over 55 drivers would own up to damaging cars as they have experienced this in the past.
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