NERVOUS DRIVERS TOP TIPS FOR MOTORWAYS

Motorway Headaches For Tense, Nervous Drivers Can Be Serious things.

For ten million drivers, simply venturing onto a motorway can turn a normal journey into a nightmare. More than one third of drivers admit to regular feelings of anxiety when driving or considering driving on motorways according to the RAC.

Their recent findings also reveal that more than one in 10 drivers become 'extremely anxious' and may even drive a significant distance out of their way to avoid travelling on a motorway. This means that nearly 12 per cent of drivers are experiencing anxiety levels more significant than if they were attending job interviews, visiting the dentist or going on a first date.

The fear of motorways is known as Motorway Anxiety Disorder or MAD.

Symptoms of MAD include:

• Raised heart rate

• Raised blood pressure

• Excess sweating, particularly palms of hands

• Tension headaches

• Stomach cramps

• Insomnia

• Digestive problems

Through their indecisive driving behaviour, nervous drivers reinforce their own fears, cause other drivers to become frustrated by their indecisive habits, and increase the risk of accidents on motorways.

For those nervous drivers who do venture out on to the motorways, high levels of anxiety make them more likely to make mechanical errors in the operation of the vehicle as well as perceptual errors. Mistakes include:

• Leaving the indicator on