Survey Reveals Parking Rage Is Sweeping Across The UK
Friday, 12. August 2016
We all know about ‘Road Rage’, but have you heard of Parking Rage? Apparently, according to a study by Privilege Car Insurance it is sweeping across the country with more than 3 million motorists admitting to spying on neighbours to make sure they don’t park in the wrong place.
The survey revealed that 75% of motorists said poor parking left them outraged. Men aged 21 were the most susceptible who admitted to being outraged an average of 139 days a year. Newcastle is where most parking rage existed followed by Norwich.
It would seem that two thirds of motorists believed that it is a basic right to be able to park in front of your home, regardless of driveways, garages or allocated parking. They admit to ‘curtain twitching’ if they feel the space outside their home is in jeopardy. Remedies include the usual beeping of horns and unsavoury hand gestures, as with road rage.
But parking rage can also lead to an angry note left on the windscreen of the miscreant (admitted by 14%) and direct arguments (12%). A small number even admit to deflating tyres and scratching the paintwork. So when you are parking in a residential road, keep an eye out for twitching curtains, you may return to a deflated or scratched car. By Graham Hill
