In Russia, most motorists are dissatisfied with the driving culture of those around them on the road. This conclusion was reached by analysts from the Renaissance Insurance group and the Autocode car inspection and selection service, based on the results of a survey (available from Motor magazine) conducted by online questioning among 1.1 thousand motorists from cities with a population of over a million.
“Only every fifth motorist has a positive assessment of the driving culture of their neighbors on the road, a third considers it neutral, 35% consider it rather unfavorable, and 10% consider it terrible. At the same time, drivers from Novosibirsk (80%), Yekaterinburg (72%) and Krasnoyarsk (67%) most often complain about the road situation,” the insurance company told Motor magazine.
A quarter of motorists noticed improvements in the behavior of other drivers over the year, 43% of respondents do not see any changes, and 32% are sure that the situation has worsened. Among the latter, 78% of citizens complain about road users refusing to use turn signals, 76% about increased aggression, 63% about poor parking, 62% about using a phone while driving, 60% about ignoring markings and signs, the study notes.
Among the most effective measures that would help correct the situation, 62% of respondents highlighted the reduced cost of compulsory motor insurance for careful drivers, 33% were in favor of strengthening control due to the number of cameras and traffic police posts.
A third (29%) of drivers believe there needs to be more awareness campaigns about safe driving. Another 24% agreed that training programs in driving schools should be expanded, and 23% agreed that penalties for violators should be toughened.
Respondents were also asked to select certain categories of road users who, according to their observations, in most cases create emergency situations on the roads. Most often, survey participants noticed violations by couriers on scooters and bicycles (60%), the top three anti-leaders also included taxi drivers (56%) and car sharing drivers (48%), and motorcyclists were in fourth place (38%).
The vast majority (83%) of respondents regularly (at least once a week) encounter aggressive driving from fellow travelers, and almost every fourth (24%) encounters such behavior several times daily.
At the same time, only 3% of respondents consider their own level of road behavior culture to be low, while over a quarter (29%) rate it as “average”, and two-thirds (66%) consider themselves highly cultured drivers.
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