| 20% Of Drivers Drive On After Hitting Another Parked Car |
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| Written by Shane Scully |
| Sunday, 27 June 2010 12:24 |
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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.
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. If you are the owner of an expensive top of the range car then you have even more to worry about. Another survey by a UK car insurance company found that 20% of over 3000 motorists surveyed, would only come clean about hitting another car depending on the type of car hit. If you have an old cheap car then they will be more likely to own up. If your are the proud owner of a VW Golf GTi then only 1% of drivers will would own up to hitting your car! 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. In the battle of the sexes, women prove to be a more honest bunch. Women are 6% more likely to won up to crashing into a parked car than men. Hurray for the women, but it is still shocking that so many people would walk away after hitting someone's car. Especially if it is your own car! The worst culprits seem to be new drivers, under 18 years, as a quarter of them wouldn't even admit they had caused damage to their friend's car! The older, wiser drivers over 55 years are a more honest bunch - 94 percent of them would own up, probably because it has happened to them in the past. DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice. Protect your parked car against damages from other cars with AXA car insurance. Visit our site and receive cheap car insurance online today. |