What grinds Russian driver’s gears

17 April 2015

Research department of the «Auto.mail.ru» information portal has explored what annoys Russian drivers most of all. Resulting data was shared with The Village.

Overall, being send up the wall by other road users was attested to by 25% of the surveyed drivers. 61% of those express their grievance out loud, 16% - in the back of their minds, 7% try to ignore such distractions in general; whereby 6% of the respondents even leave the possibility of a physical confrontation open as a last resort.

More than a half of the respondents – 56% – noted that the most prone to the discourtesy on the road are the drivers of 4x4 cars. Drivers of sedans, crossovers and hatchbacks present less of a nuisance – they were voted for only by 12% of the respondents. 

Place

Irritation source

Votes, %

1

Turned off side turn signals

14

‚2

Passing traffic jams on the shoulder

12

ƒ3

Entering a busy intersection

11

„4

Turned on main beams

11

…5

Slow driving in the far left lane

10

†6

Failure to maintain the distance between cars

5

‡7

Talking on the phone

5

 
 
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