Lack of driver education
Direct Line’s findings indicate a lack of driver education as one of the main causes of accidents with lorries. “More than a quarter (28 per cent) of UK motorists don’t like driving on the motorway - and encountering large vehicles at high speed simply reinforces this anxiety. You must give way to motorway traffic · Avoid switching lanes suddenly and always indicate when changing lane Notes The research was carried out on behalf of Direct Line motor insurance by YouGov. Read more...
Spain Top Theft Hotspot.
Research was conducted between 18th and 20th April 2005 by YouGov, who interviewed a sample of 2,017 individuals. But it also has an emotional impact with one in six (15 per cent) saying their holiday was ruined as a result of the theft. And the financial cost of petty theft can be considerable, with more than a third of losses (34 per cent) in excess of £200, and one in 10 costing the victim more than £500. Results were weighted to be representative of the GB population. The survey was carried out online. Read more..
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Unroadworthy Cars
Many motorists blame the fear of cowboy mechanics for not getting the car fixed as they believe garages are untrustworthy and expensive (37 per cent of those needing repairs). The most common defect is driving with broken lights (eight per cent), missing or cracked wing mirrors (seven per cent) and faulty exhaust pipes (four per cent). There are 33.8 million drivers in the UK (Census data, 2001) 0.11 x 33,809,493 = 3,719,044. Read more...
Unapproved Building Work
Conservatory 9 per cent. Building professionals also bear some responsibility for this increase with close to one in ten (7 per cent) building projects in the UK delayed or cancelled3 because a building professional wrongly told the homeowner that planning permission was granted. In 2005, delayed or aborted projects cost an average of £10,441, which means that an estimated £313million was wasted by homeowners. Read more...
New Driver Disorder
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Wasting money
The 1.8 million homeowners digging fishponds in their gardens could suffer an average of £3,854 each in lost value and concreted over front gardens may set the owners back by a similar amount, according to Habitus. Many of these costly home improvements are inspired by home makeover shows, with one in twenty (6 per cent) saying that TV shows motivate them to make these changes. “Taste is a subjective thing, but our research does show that certain home improvements have a detrimental effect on property values. Read more...
Shopping starts at 50
Therefore, over-50s men spend 3.3 billion more than over-50s women. 1Over-50s men spent 11,695,704,010 on goods in 2004 (see point 2). 2Total over-50 male population:. Read more... |
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