UK Drivers Won't Give Up Their Cars for Public Transport, According to Kwik Fit Insurance

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Most people would not give up their cars even if public transport in their area was improved, according to a survey carried out by Kwik Fit Insurance.

Seventy nine per cent of the 721 people questioned by the leading insurance intermediary said they were reluctant to give up their cars, even if there was better provision of buses and trains.

KFI decided to test whether the public's general concern about the environment had led to any changes in our motoring behaviour at the start of a new decade.

The 'Big Motoring Survey' discovered that not only do we love our cars; we are also spending more and more time in them.

Twenty percent of those questioned in the survey said they spend 10 to 20 hours in their car every week – that equates to almost a month over the year!  Just over a third said they spend  5 -10 hours a week in their car - that's 1-2 weeks a year.

Brendan Devine, Group Managing Director of Kwik Fit Financial Services, said: "The overriding sentiment seems to be that Britain's love affair with the car is set to continue long into the new decade."

The KFI survey also asked what irritated people most about modern day driving. Twenty one per cent cited traffic jams, with road rage coming a close second. Questioned about how they planned their journeys, 39% said they used online route planners, relegating Sat Navs into second place with 31%, while a hardy 22% still preferred to read a map. In fact 53% of respondents said the age of Sat Navs was making us lazy and thought that we were losing our ability to read road maps.

The survey was hosted on extramile, Kwik Fit Insurance's online magazine.  The magazine can be found at www.kwik-fitinsurance.com/extramile/.  

Note To Editors

Kwik Fit Financial Services was launched in 1995 and has grown to become one of the UK's leading motor insurance distributors, as well as a major presence in home insurance and other insurance markets.

The company's award-winning call centre in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, now employs over 1000 people, and was named 17th in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2009.

Since its launch in 1995, Kwik Fit Financial Services has grown and developed into one of Scotland's most dynamic contact centres.

Kwik Fit Financial Services is part of the Kwik Fit Group owned by private equity firm PAI Partners.

The philosophy of the business is to provide the best possible service to customers.

For more information please visit http://www.kwik-fitinsurance.com/

SOURCE Kwik-Fit Insurance