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A NEW SURVEY has revealed that ten per cent of drivers in Ireland have taken to the road without a seatbelt in the past year.
The poll, commissioned by Liberty Insurance also showed that over half of all drivers have broken the speed limit in the last year with men more likely to do so than women.
The research found that the top three bad habits drivers have admitted to are going over the speed limit (56 per cent), forgetting to dim lights when meeting on-coming cars (31 per cent) and driving too close to the car in front (22 per cent).
Both men and women are guilty of taking their eyes off the road with almost one in five drivers admitting to eating, shaving, applying makeup and brushing their hair while driving, though hopefully not all at once.
The research also showed that drivers are not always so up front about their behaviour as the 4 per cent who admitted to forcing someone to pull in to allow an overtake is at odds with over half of drivers who say they’ve experienced this.
Two-thirds of drivers have experienced another driver not using their indicator while overtaking but only 15 per cent admitted to it.
Perhaps most worryingly, only 1 per cent of people in the survey admitted to driving without a seatbelt while children were in the car while almost 2 in 5 drivers have said they observed this in the past year.
The research, conducted by Millward Brown, also saw men admit to suffering more from frustration on the road with 24 per cent unnecessarily beeping the horn compared to 16 per cent of women, while a quarter of women admit to having taken more than three turns when trying to park compared to 17 per cent of men.
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This is great to see and I im glad they were rescued. Touch and go for a bit they could have been stranded in outer space
Amazing job Elon and President Trump heroes you are.
Well done to Elon Musk a true hero of our generation. Looney leftists out damaging cars in Belfast while Elon is saving lives. We will be on the right side of history. More and more people can see this every day. MAGA.
@Adam H2022: let’s hope President of Peace Trump really goes in hard on that mad dictator putin today. It’ll be so beautiful & joyous to consign that pointless proxy war to the history books & give those brave young Ukrainians the opportunity of reaching adulthood & old age
@Adam H2022: No doubt he was well paid for his rocket and it was not done for humanitarian reasons. In the meantime he is condoning the unnecessary bombings in Gaza. His attitude is probably what do a few lives matter for a cheap bit of real estate.
@Chutes Idiot: President of Peace sanctioned the killing of 330 Palestinians today.
@FoxyBoiiYT: Biden administration is responsible for all of the deaths. Trump has been landed with two wars and the left think it’s Trumps fault lol. Just when I think you lefties can’t get any more stup1d you come out with comments like that lol
@Adam H2022: So Biden is still in charge? You are so utterly braindead as to defy believe. Go simp for your billionaire masters elsewhere
@FoxyBoiiYT: Biden was never in charge as he was actually brain dead. You didn’t notice either as you clearly are as well lol. Shut your leftie hole thinking your tough name calling on an app.
@Adam H2022:
We need about 8 billion ape masks for the joke of the millennium
@Ian Graydon: Only need one.. and I’m sure the orange orangetan will be front and centre upon there return.
@Brian: Orangutan*
@Brian: it’s funny, but did you have this same energy when Biden refused to let Musk bring them back before the election?
@Brian: he & Elon Musk are the only reason they’re even coming home. The astronauts themselves even said as much. The previous administration didn’t want Musk getting credit as he declared his support for Trump instead of Harris so a game was being played with the health & welfare of these astronauts.
@James.s.: cool story bro, but it didn’t happen like that
@Brian: their
@Dermot Blaine: actually….
https://www.youtube.com/live/F86qrlBRVmM?si=z9NHknjzs8uF8580
@Matt D: The poor astronauts. Can you imagine being used as a political football as your life literally hangs in the balance. Democrats and the left are the low of the low. Watch them try to find something wrong with Musk having a massive win again – The left remind of the DUP everyone is just laughing at them at this stage.
@Karen Marten: that nonsense makes you the wnkr
@James.s.: rubbish
@Dermot Blaine: according to Musk and the astronauts it did. And seeing as he is the one responsible for bringing them back, I would believe him.
I’m sure they will be just happy to be home with their families and sleeping in their own beds for a few weeks sureit will be weird for them .
@Karen Marten:
Sure it.
62 and 59? Hmmm. They must be fit. I presume they will be in wheelchairs for weeks what with the muscle atrophy of a zero G environment and the freeze dried dinners and recycled urine….
@N.F. Court: But enough about the Oval Office.
@Sherry Adams – Norn Iron Drag Artiste: it’s ok Joe is gone, getting the care he needs
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