Our Speeding Nation

Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 5:21pm

It has been revealed that 3/4 of UK drivers have admitted to speeding on a regular basis, as they are confident that they won't get caught. If only the car insurance providers knew what their policy holders were up to!

  • 23% claimed they speed a few times a week
  • 19% said they speed every day
  • 27% said they had never broken the speed limit

It was also exposed that on UK roads, 244,770 people were injured or killed in road accidents - many of these will be due, in part or full, to speeding. What's even more worrying, is that those who do speed, don't worry about it, because 43% of them slow down when they know a speed camera is approaching, and speed up as soon as they pass it! Maybe the regulations should be changed, so that the position of speed cameras are made unknown?