AUSTRALIAN DRIVERS FACE SMALL CAR SYNDROME REVEALS STUDY

Traffic in Australia has to drive safely on the country roads now because research is pointing those smaller car drivers, who are commonly being seen following gestures rudely than the drivers of other cars.In context to same, one of the country's major insurers has also said that Australia is noticing a wide spread of Small Car Syndrome.

The above confirmations have come from research of AAMI, findings of which have pointed that the smaller cars drivers have commonly started using aggressive or reckless tactics while their driving on the country roads.Explaining the rife in so-called Smaller Car Syndrome, AAMI spokesman Mr. David Skapinker said in his statement that like other costs, motoring costs have also increased to a new high following which, people have majorly started opting smaller cars than the bigger ones.

Along the same line, a recently concluded research, which was carried out by a team of experts from AAMI, has revealed that drivers in Australia, especially those driving smaller vehicles, are more expected to make use of reckless or aggressive tactics while on the roads.While expressing his opinion in this regard, along with mentioning what all consequences can come into play due to the increasing number of cases being confirmed for the Small Car Syndrome, a spokesman of AAMI, David Skapinker, said: “Because of the rising cost of motoring we’re seeing a trend toward smaller cars becoming popular, so it’s worrying if people feel the need to overcompensate for their smaller assets by displaying risky driving behaviours”.

In addition, it has been said that drivers driving small cars are more and more expected to gesture impolitely and they also tend to give a mouthful of abusive words to another drivers.

Also, it can be seen that they’re generally more expected to tailgate as compared to drivers driving larger vehicles. During the course of the research carried out by a team of researchers from AAMI, it was spotted that drivers with small cars are more inclined towards participating in reckless and rash driving, which are almost always accompanied by strange and not up-to-the-code behaviours like mixing driving with the use of illegal and dangerous drugs, making use of cell phones for checking emails and reading or sending texts while driving.

He added, "Drivers of small cars are significantly more likely to gesture rudely and deliver a mouthful of verbal abuse towards another driver, and they're also significantly more likely to tailgate than drivers of larger cars".

These have become very common issues on roads when people driving the little hatch or small sedan darts in and out of traffic or gets in to conflict with another driver for driving at the speed limit thereby restricting his speed as well etc.Thus, with the new research, the authority aims to make people learn that road rules have to be followed by all no matter the driver is driving what size or kind of car.The research of AAMI also cleared that the drivers of smaller cars have majority of population among the ones, who are caught for following reckless driving behaviors like under the influence of illegal drugs, accessing their mobiles while driving etc.