Finns are one of the fifth reckless drivers in Europe
Transport|Finns use a cellphone behind the wheel, drive tired, and crash at speeding
Finnish They are Europe’s fifth most reckless drivers, says a recent study.
Only the motorists of Latvia, Austria, Greece and Luxembourg pass the Finns in their irresponsibility.
Report has made a company called Vignette Switzerland, a provider of tolls in Switzerland. The information was based on survey and the European Commission on transport deaths. The comparison included 21 European countries.
In addition to death statistics, the analysis looked at how much of the respondents reported that they had driven tired or under the influence of alcohol, did not use a seat belt, drove speeding and used the phone.
Based on these, the irresponsibility coefficients were calculated on the countries. Finland gained a coefficient of 65.00, for example, in the country of the most reckless drivers in Latvia, the coefficient was 75.83 and the least in the UK 10.00.
Finnish was among the ten most worrying countries in all components reviewed.
Finns said they were using the most benchmark when driving a cellphone. Up to 44 percent of Finnish respondents had done so at least once in the last 30 days.
In addition, Finnish drivers are driving tired: so they reported that they had done over 26 percent of the respondents.
In terms of alcohol consumption, Finland also rose to the top eight of the ten most worrying countries. The alcohol list was led by Luxembourg.
About 37 % of Luxembourg respondents had drove alcohol after drinking. It said that they had done just under 10 percent of the Finnish respondents.
Finland and Luxembourg also led to crash. In both countries, nearly 80 % of respondents said they were driving on motorways.
Lands Indeed, the Vignette Switzerland analysis is specifically mentioned.
« It is particularly alarming that in countries such as Luxembourg and Finland, known for their high standard of living and infrastructure, the proportion of certain hazardous behaviors is very high, » CEO of the company Mattijs Wijnmalelen will say on the site.
More than 37,000 drivers across Europe responded to the survey.
The comparison included Latvia, Austria, Greece, Luxembourg, Finland, Slovenia, Serbia, Portugal, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, French, Germany, Ireland and Britain.
Redirect 26.3. 22:51 pm: Vignette Switzerland offers toll -related services, not collecting duties, as previously misrepresented in the article.
