Year of life lost to parking your car
Monday 25th October 2010, 12:04PM BST.
Drivers spend nearly a year of their lives searching for a parking space, according to a survey today.
The average motorist loses the equivalent of more than six days a year circling streets and car parks looking for a spot.
Based on a motorists’ driving “life” lasting around 50 years, the lost time adds up to 7,600 hours, or more than 45 weeks, the poll by parking firm NCP found.
Londoners lose the most time, spending more than 54 weeks in a motoring lifetime.
The next-longest lost time is endured by motorists in Birmingham.
The survey also showed:
- 42 per cent of people admit they will not attempt to park in a space if another car is waiting behind them
- 23 per cent often get a passenger to do the parking for them
- 44 per cent of people have ‘lost’ their car as they could not remember where they parked, with Birmingham motorists the most forgetful.
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