Majority of motorists would share to save the planet
[UKPRwire, Fri Dec 22 2006] When it comes to saving the planet motorists would rather give a lift to notorious killer Lee Harvey Oswald than Bono, the rock-star turned environmental campaigner.
A survey carried out by mycarcheck.com to discover how willing motorists would be to support a car sharing scheme to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution found that 57 per cent of drivers would be willing to offer a ride to a friend or colleague but nobody was willing to share with a stranger.
MyCarCheck.com, the fastest growing vehicle data checking company in the UK carried out the survey in response to recent encouragement from the Department for Transport urging local councils to support car-sharing schemes across the UK.
”Although the majority of motorists would be willing to share their cars we were surprised that there is still large proportion of people who would not want anyone else in their vehicles,” said Roger Powell, General Manager of mycarcheck.com which deals with more than 10,000 vehicle checks a month.
”Despite the rising price of fuel and running costs it appears that a lot of people still regard their cars as their own personal space and are unwilling to share.”
According to the research, carried out by phone with customers using mycarcheck.com during November, 57 per cent of people would share their cars to save the planet but 43 per cent wouldn’t.
Of those who said they were willing to share their vehicles 57 per cent said they would offer a neighbour a lift, six per cent said they would be happy to share with a work colleague but nobody would be willing to let a stranger into their cars.
When asked which celebrity, living or dead, they would most like to share a journey with, and which they most definitely would not want in their cars, mycarcheck. com discovered that most motorists have a wide range of likes and dislikes.
While celebrities such as Billy Connoly and Marilyn Monroe were the most popular choice to share a car with the most surprising name mentioned was Lee Harvey Oswald, the killer of US President John F. Kennedy.
By contrast the names most people would definitely not want in their cars were Margaret Thatcher, Adolf Hitler, George Bush, Heather McCartney, Tony Blair and Bono.
”A lot of people, not surprisingly, named their football heroes or film stars as their ideal travel companions but appeared to be turned off by the thought of sharing a journey with a political heavyweight,” said Roger Powell.
”Heather McCartney came in for some stick because I suppose she has been in the news a lot lately but Bono was a surprise – I guess people are worried that he might give them a lecture.”
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MyCarCheck.com is a trading name of The Vehicle Inspection Company (UK) Ltd., which has a contract with the DVLA and the Police Authorities, and is a subsidiary of CDL Group Holdings.
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