I saw this in today's paper and it confirms my own observations, and not just for driving either.
Dangerous driving runs in the family, a new French study has found, suggesting that the majority of motorists mirror their parents' behaviour on everything from road rage to speeding and drink driving.
Not renowned for their careful driving, it now transpires that 65 per cent of younger motorists between the ages of 18 and 25 in France say they are influenced by the behind-the-wheel habits of their mother or father - both good and bad.
Parental influence weighs far more heavily than that of a driving instructor and young drivers are more likely to ape their father than a mother, according to the Ipsos study conducted for a foundation of the Vinci autoroute group, which runs French motorways.
For 18 years, the child then the adolescent sees how his parents drive from the back seat
After speaking to 993 motorists, the study found that 75 per cent of motorists who admitted to suffering from bouts of road rage said their parents also hurled insults at others from behind the wheel, compared to just 36 per cent whose parents kept their cool.
Seventy-seven per cent of those who admitted to driving too fast said their parents did likewise, compared to 45 per cent of those who said their parents respected speed limits.
For 18 years, the child then the adolescent sees how his parents drive from the back seat. In primary school, notably, he or she observes and compares what the law imposes and what adults really do, Daniel Marcelli, a child psychologist, who co-ran a conference on parenthood behind the wheel on Monday during which the study was released.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...h-study-finds/
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Dangerous driving runs in the family, a new French study has found, suggesting that the majority of motorists mirror their parents' behaviour on everything from road rage to speeding and drink driving.
Not renowned for their careful driving, it now transpires that 65 per cent of younger motorists between the ages of 18 and 25 in France say they are influenced by the behind-the-wheel habits of their mother or father - both good and bad.
Parental influence weighs far more heavily than that of a driving instructor and young drivers are more likely to ape their father than a mother, according to the Ipsos study conducted for a foundation of the Vinci autoroute group, which runs French motorways.
For 18 years, the child then the adolescent sees how his parents drive from the back seat
After speaking to 993 motorists, the study found that 75 per cent of motorists who admitted to suffering from bouts of road rage said their parents also hurled insults at others from behind the wheel, compared to just 36 per cent whose parents kept their cool.
Seventy-seven per cent of those who admitted to driving too fast said their parents did likewise, compared to 45 per cent of those who said their parents respected speed limits.
For 18 years, the child then the adolescent sees how his parents drive from the back seat. In primary school, notably, he or she observes and compares what the law imposes and what adults really do, Daniel Marcelli, a child psychologist, who co-ran a conference on parenthood behind the wheel on Monday during which the study was released.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...h-study-finds/