You’ve had a nice shopping trip, picked up a few deals. But your good mood evaporates as you return to find a small dent in the back of your car… Luckily enough you have a comprehensive car insurance to cover this lovely parting gift from a careless driver. Many of us have had a ‘little tip’ in our time, especially as learners trying to negotiate around tricky car parks. Would you leave your details if you left a scrape or a dent on someone else’s car? According to new research, as many as one in five people would not own up if they damaged a parked car…
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!
Of those who were surveyed, almost half had had their own parked car damaged, and only 15 percent of those were left details by the culprit. Two thirds said they wouldn’t leave their details if they couldn’t see any visible damage on the car they hit – probably by persuading themselves that bang they heard was nothing after all!
Slightly more women (61 percent) would leave their details if they caused visible damage to another car than men (56 percent). It’s a pity that so many people would walk away if they hit someone else’s car, as, let’s face it, it’s pretty horrible when it happens to you.
Moving away from men / women comparisons, we get to young / old comparisons. Who do you think are the most honest? Not surprisingly the worst culprits are new drivers. 25% of them would not even own up to damaging a friend’s car. 94% of over 55 drivers would own up to damaging cars as they have experienced this in the past.
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