About 74% of French people say they take their eyes off the road for at least two seconds, a flag that hasn’t been measured in the last year. driving too fast, forgetting the fl
About 74% of French people say they take their eyes off the road for at least two seconds, a flag that hasn’t been measured in the last year.
speeding, forgetting to blink or texting while driving : French people continue to behave dangerously behind the wheel despite a slight improvement, according to the Vinci Autoroutes Foundation’s annual barometer published on Wednesday.
Speaking to Ipsos before the shutdown, 91% of French people (excluding Corsica) exceed – albeit rarely – speed limits (-1 point compared to 2019), 72% did not observe safety distances (-4 ), 57% forgot to blink or double change direction (-4) or even 27% (-1) to send an email or text while driving.
Three indicators on the rise
Of the fourteen indicators that report dangerous driving behavior, only three are worse, including seat belt failure (10%, +2) and traffic on the highway bank (4%, +1).
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“There is always a very large number of behaviors that are really dangerous and too much to hope for a real gain in terms of safety,” Bernadette Moreau, chief envoy of the Vinci Autoroutes foundation, told AFP.
in addition, 74% of French take their eyes off the road for at least two seconds, a flag not measured in the past year. During that time, according to the foundation, a car driven up to 130 km/h travels 80 meters.
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The French, however, should take a closer look at their behavior or the behavior of others: 20% (+2) mention at least one negative adjective for their attitude and driving (irresponsible, dangerous, stressed or aggressive), and 89% (+4) in relation on their peers.
“Although drivers may be more evidence of lucidity in their own behavior, they tend to judge that they are driving and be harsher with others,” says Bernadette Moreau.
They were equally afraid that in the past year the aggressive behavior of the other driver (87%) has caused more injuries (70%, +1) and thus additionally explains, disputes, getting out of their car (18%, +2).
The French and Greeks swear the most
The French, however, honked less (56%, -3) or double right, on the highway (18%, -4), but as for deliberately jamming the car in front (34%). Bretons (39%) often lead in this action. They, however, leave the first place in almost all other categories in Ile-de-France, which much more than the average (28% vs. 20%) declare that they are more “nervously impulsive or aggressive” behind the wheel than in everyday life.
residents of the Île-de-France region, the most densely populated area, are also champions of the horn (67%) and insults (81%, +12 compared to 2016), while residents of the Loire countries are the least likely to throw bird names (62%) .
“We see, in the Paris region, the ‘overstress’ of driving in heavy traffic, which makes it a little harder to stay calm and Zen,” says Bernadette Moreau. The Greeks won primacy at the European level, especially in the classification of antisocial behavior, which is generally dominated by Mediterranean countries.
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The Greeks keep most of the cars in front of them (47%) and injuries are most often on a par with the French (70%), while the Spanish sit at the head of the ranking of horns (66%). However, those who turn twice as often to the right on the highway are the Dutch (48%), while Poles lower their car more to slow down (37%).
The Swedes, good students (like the Dutch) in several categories, are nevertheless champions in speeding (92%) and not respecting the safety distance (74%). They are also most likely to take their eyes off the road for at least two seconds (88%).
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The French survey was conducted on a sample of 2,400 French people aged 16 and over who were interviewed online between February 28 and March 9.
Updated date: July 1, 2020, 5:58 p.m
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