Chief Driving Examiner – Your Kids.
When Kids Become the Examiner – Parents Fail the Driving Test.
Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of children admit their parents are aggressive drivers and 13 per cent say are scared or embarrassed by mum and dad’s driving, according to new research.
A Continental Tyres survey, asked 1000 kids between the ages of 4-16 ,to report what they witnessed and to say how they felt about their parents driving.
3/4 said their parents shout at other road users and one in said that their ‘responsible adult’ used a mobile phone while driving.
40 per cent of youngsters get upset when road rage takes over their parents and one in three simply gets embarrassed.
The poor driving skills prompt 22 per cent of children to slump down in their seat to try to hide and one in five have told their mum or dad they need driving lessons.
Tim Bailey, safety expert for Continental Tyres said: “There are some serious failings highlighted here revealing poor driving practices and lack of courtesy by millions of motorists.
“What compounds that situation is the impact it has on the children. Nearly one in ten said they had gripped the seat in response to the speed of their parents driving.
“The assumption might have been that driving with a child in the car would prompt greater care and attention, but this evidence suggests not, and poor driving habits are potentially being ingrained in future motorists.”
Nearly a quarter of all kids said they had been in an accident when one of their parents were driving.
According to four in five kids dad is more likely to speed. However mum is nearly three times more likely to be their ‘taxi’ ferrying them to school, activities and friends.
It appears that the combustible mix of mum and dad can be worse when both are together. Two-thirds of parents argue about each other’s driving with their offspring rating them both as better drivers when their partner was not in the car
Youngsters are also underwhelmed by the car their parents drive – with 42 per cent wishing their parent’s car was more ‘cool’
Whilst most kids favour a sports car or 4×4, there was a large amount of respondents, a surprising 14 per cent of those aged four to seven want the family car to be a monster truck with another seven per cent preferring a camper van.
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