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.

Another cause for concern is if you are the proud owner of a beauty of a car. 20% of 3000 drivers who were questioned in a recent car insurance survey admitted that the decision on whether to own up to an accident would depend on the type of car they crashed into. It is better to have a crock of a car in this instance as only 1% of drivers would own up if the car they hit was a VW 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.

You may ask is there a significant difference between men and women. Who is the more honest? 61% of women would leave their details and only 56% of men would leave their details. I guess women are the more honest of the species, but it is a pity that such a high percentage of people walk away in the first place. It is a terrible thing to happen to you.

Not to keep hammering new drivers but once again the main culprits on the road are new drivers. Up to 25% of new drivers would not admit to even damaging their friend’s car. Contrast this with drivers in the over 55 category who seem to be a more honest bunch. 94% of these elderly drivers would own up to this incident as it has happened to them in the past

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