One in six UK motorists admit they are terrible drivers – Automotive Blog

An alarming new poll has revealed that as many as 15% of motorists say they’re bad drivers, with a shocking 4% admitting they are actually a danger on the roads.

Too many cars on the road (36%), too small parking spaces (24%), being easily distracted (20%) and small roads (17%) are the main reasons for poor driving, along with getting bored behind the wheel (14%), cars not having blind spot detection (13%) and attention monitoring sensors (12%).

According to the survey, commissioned by Isuzu’s 5-star Euro NCAP rated D-Max range – which has multiple safety systems available across the range as standard- more than half of drivers (54%) say they have had an accident because they weren’t concentrating.

A fifth (20%) say they feel nervous when there are passengers in their car, so much so that one in five (19%) have friends and family who actually refuse to get in a vehicle with them as a result of their questionable driving skills.

One in ten (12%) just blame their car for their bad driving, 11% say not having forward collision warning technology is an issue and 3% reckon their reversing cameras aren’t very good.

A third (32%) wish their car had all the mod-cons to help with their driving, while 36% say that a larger car would make them feel safer when they are behind the wheel.

“With over 50 million drivers in Great Britain, it is worrying to think that as many as 7.5 million consider themselves bad drivers,” said George Wallis, Head of Marketing at Isuzu UK.

“It’s clear from the research that UK motorists face many challenges on all journeys, from smaller roads, tight parking bays and even their own vehicle.”

Ad finally, it’s no surprise that 61% don’t think they would pass their driving test again, with over 60s the least confident (63%) about achieving a pass.