Lent is the time for giving up bad driving habits

As we're in the full swing of Lent, research from leading price comparison site Tiger.co.uk highlights the most amusing bad habits of drivers.

Conducting a survey to find out what exactly people aspire to give up for Lent, Tiger.co.uk found that many a Briton could stand for fewer distractions on the road. The responses were highly amusing, with the wackiest of drivers resolving to stop:

Developing a mad rage toward other drivers.
Talking so much I get distracted.
Threatening my husband with things I later regret.
Snoozing at red lights.
Trying to spray the obnoxious convertible in front of me with wiper wash.

While almost half of males claim to be perfect drivers (41 per cent) compared to only 35 per cent of women, research by Tiger.co.uk also shows that men have greater room to improve when it comes to driving distractions.

At a time when the government is actively promoting greener driving habits, just one in ten Brits said that they would like to give up driving more often in order to reduce their emissions (10 per cent).

Almost twice as many male drivers admitted needing to stop eating and drinking, reading a map, and even changing clothes behind the wheel than their female counterparts (17 per cent vs. 10 per cent).

Men are also throwing caution to the wind when it comes to babe watching in the driver's seat - with almost twice (6 per cent) as many admitting to checking out how good looking other drivers are compared to women (3 per cent). 

Graeme Kalbraier, MD at Tiger.co.uk, said: "It's understandable that people will get into bad driving habits over the years, but it's really encouraging to see many of these bad habits cast aside for Lent - or hopefully longer. As a gesture of good will at this time, we are donating £1 for every policy bought in the month of March on the Tiger.co.uk website to tiger conservation."