Drivers happy to improve, says poll

03 March 2010
Motorists polled have said they are willing to change bad driving habits

Drivers seem prepared to improve on their motoring habits for Lent, but less so to cut road use to help the environment, a survey has shown.

Just 10% of motorists polled were willing to drive less to reduce emissions when asked what they would give up for the Lenten season, price comparison site Tiger.co.uk found.

Drivers generally were determined to stop dangerous and distracting habits like eating and drinking at the wheel, map reading while driving, changing clothes at the controls, checking to see how attractive other driver were, and spraying annoying drivers' vehicles with wiper wash.

The poll found 41% of men claimed to be perfect drivers compared with 35% of women, but were twice as likely to want to peek at good-looking road users.

Tiger.co.uk managing director Graeme Kalbraier said: "It's understandable that people will get into bad driving habits over the years, but it's really encouraging to see many of these bad habits cast aside for Lent - or hopefully longer."

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