Car Insurance

You’ve had a nice shopping trip, picked up a few deals. But your good mood evaporates as you return to find a small dent in the back of your car… Luckily enough you have a comprehensive car insurance to cover this lovely parting gift from a careless driver. Many of us have had a ‘little tip’ in our time, especially as learners trying to negotiate around tricky car parks. Would you leave your details if you left a scrape or a dent on someone else’s car? According to new research, as many as one in five people would not own up if they damaged a parked car…

And if you’re lucky enough to be the proud owner of a hot motor you have more cause for worry than those with older, less pristine versions. 20 percent of the 3,000 motorists questioned in the poll by a UK insurance company said their decision whether to leave their details would depend on what kind of car they hit… A meagre 1 percent would own up if they hit a fancier car like a Volkswagen Golf GTi.

Of those who were surveyed, almost half had had their own parked car damaged, and only 15 percent of those were left details by the culprit. Two thirds said they wouldn’t leave their details if they couldn’t see any visible damage on the car they hit – probably by persuading themselves that bang they heard was nothing after all!

In the battle of the sexes, women prove to be a more honest bunch. Women are 6% more likely to won up to crashing into a parked car than men. Hurray for the women, but it is still shocking that so many people would walk away after hitting someone’s car. Especially if it is your own car!

The worst culprits seem to be new drivers, under 18 years, as a quarter of them wouldn’t even admit they had caused damage to their friend’s car! The older, wiser drivers over 55 years are a more honest bunch – 94 percent of them would own up, probably because it has happened to them in the past.

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