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\"\"<\/a>When it comes to driving we\u2019re all guilty of making silly mistakes but now a new study has uncovered the daftest things we do on the roads.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Research by\u00a0\u00a0LeaseCar.uk<\/a>\u00a0has found the silliest mistakes that consistently make driving more difficult than it needs to be<\/p>\n

The ten daftest things that motorists do (in no particular order)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Put petrol in a diesel car, or vice versa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone knows a horror story about this. If you\u2019re lucky, you\u2019ll break down at home and it won\u2019t cost too much to fix the engine.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Losing your vehicle in a car park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or anywhere else. Nothing beats that feeling when it\u2019s finally time to head home and realising you now have to play hunt-the-car across eight floors, or in all the surrounding streets<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Parking too close to the next car<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you ever had to shimmy into your car because the idiot next to you parked four inches away from it? Of course you have. You\u2019ve also probably come back to scratches on your chassis because you did it to someone else.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Parking under trees<\/strong><\/p>\n

The perfect way to become a public toilet for all the local birds and ruin your paintwork.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Putting breakables on the seat<\/strong><\/p>\n

For goodness sake, put them in the boot or in the footwell. How many times do they need to crash to the floor after a semi-hard brake before we learn?<\/p>\n

6. Not flipping the wing mirrors in when parking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, other drivers should pass your car with room to spare. But you know they won\u2019t, and the mirrors flip inwards for this very reason.<\/p>\n

7. Lose the keys<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all have a designated spot for the car keys, and yet we all lose them with alarming frequency.<\/p>\n

8. Starting with the car in gear<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s one thing to park with the car in gear, and another when you lurch forward suddenly when you start up. Let\u2019s hope there was nothing in front of you.<\/p>\n

9. Parking illegally<\/strong><\/p>\n

On double yellows, outside of a marked bay, on a dropped kerb, whatever. This is one of the most infuriating dim-witted things a driver can do.<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 Putting the parking payment slip in the rear windscreen<\/strong><\/p>\n

One daft\u00a0 driver who fell foul of this recalled: \u201cI had driven forwards into the bay, between two other cars, so I thought I was actually helping the warden by putting the slip in the rear window. Instead I got a ticket and they wouldn\u2019t rescind it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So are you guilty of any of these? Are do you have any to add, email or leave us a comment in the box below<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

6th December, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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