Forget road
rage, Barclays Personal Loans research shows 98 per cent of UK
drivers are suffering from Motoring Misery
Released
on: November 29, 2007, 7:01 am
Press
Release Author: Barclays
Industry:
Financial
Press
Release Summary: 98 per cent of UK drivers are consumed with motoring
misery according to Barclays Personal Loans research
Press
Release Body: British motorists are consumed with misery with an
overwhelming 98 per cent admitting there is something that drives
them mad about being a motorist in the UK according to research
from Barclays Personal Loans.
The
Barclays Personal
Loans research showed that with rising fuel prices
pushing petrol and diesel to over one pound a litre, top of the
misery list is the cost of fuel with over a quarter of motorists
citing it as their main complaint about motoring. This result is
reflected across the country, peaking with over a third of drivers
naming it as their main motoring moan in Wales. However Londoners
are unconcerned about fuel prices, preferring to complain about
the traffic jams, parking restrictions, road-works, motoring fines
and charges that make for a hellish driving experience in the capital.
Gary
Duggan, managing director for Barclays Personal Loans said:
“With petrol and diesel above £1 in most places,
it is perhaps surprising that three quarters of motorists can find
some other aspect of driving that drives them more mad than fuel
prices – however, Londoners are obviously the least happy
finding five other things that irritate them more."
He
continued, “Although we can’t do anything about
the cost of fuel, traffic jams or congestion charging, purchasing
a car has become easier as we have recently reduced our rates on
our loans to as low
as 6.8% typical APR, and to help a little bit more we will give
£50 to customers who switch their current loan to us. So you
can reduce costs whilst fuel prices are going up.”
Across
the UK motorists turn on their own, naming ‘other motorists’
as the second worse thing about driving. Boy racers, white van men
and Sunday drivers are all named and shamed as the most irritating
road users, with tractors and caravans close behind. Younger people
are most irritated by elderly drivers whilst older motorists bemoan
boy racers.
Third
and fourth in the list are traffic jams and the poor quality of
roads, surprisingly leaving road tax, speed limits, insurance costs
and motoring fines much further down the list of complaints.
But
looking on the bright side, two per cent of drivers found nothing
to complain about at all. “I can only assume they run
their cars on biofuel and they live in the Outer Hebrides,”
concluded Mr Duggan.
Notes
to Editors:
Further
statistics including regional breakdowns by government office of
the region are available.
Methodology:
All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc.
Total sample size was 2,317 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken
between 14th - 20th September 2007. The survey was carried out online.
The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB
adults (aged 18+).
About
Barclays Personal Loans
Barclays offers unsecured personal
loans with Barclayloan, Barclayloan
Plus and Personal
Loan from Barclaycard. Personal
Loan from Barclaycard and Barclayloan
Plus (for existing customers) have a typical APR of 6.8%.
Barclayloan is a personally priced product.
In
October, in addition to cutting the rate on personal loans, Barclays
launched two customer offers:
- If a customer takes out a loan with Barclays
but finds a cheaper loan (with cheaper monthly repayments) elsewhere
Barclays will pay them the difference each month
plus £1
- If a customers switches their current personal loan to a Barclays
personal loan Barclays will pay them
£50
Web
Site: http://www.barclays.co.uk/loans/
Contact
Details: Barclays Personal Loans PR contact:
Elizabeth Holloway
Retail Banking PR Manager
1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP
020 7116 6229
http://www.barclays.co.uk/loans/
Back
to previous page...
Back
to home page...
Submit
your press releases...
|