Top UK driving songs Blues listeners cry over speeding fines
- Meat Loaf tops the list of favourite driving songs
- Over three quarters listen to music whilst at the wheel
- Blues lovers more likely to speed than rock and pop fans.
UK top driving songs:
1. Bat out of hell – Meat Loaf
2. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
3. Born to be wild – Steppenwolf
4. Don’t stop me now – Queen
5. Hotel California – The Eagles.
Those most likely to utter “oops I did it again” and be caught speeding are not pop divas but drivers zipping along to Johnny Lee Hooker, as blues fans top the list with almost half (49%) having committed a speeding offence. Mild mannered country lovers are hot on their heels with 45% having been caught breaking the limit. Surprisingly, traditionally conservative easy listening followers are more likely to break the law and speed than followers of rock and pop.
The research revealed that over three quarters (79%) of the UK listen to music whilst in their cars. Drivers who listen to talk based radio stations or nothing are more focused on the road with only a fifth (22%) admitting to having had a minor accident, compared to over three quarters (78%) of those who listen to music. Fans of country music are most likely to have a bump or a scrape.
Most likely to be caught speeding:
1. Blues
2. Country
3. Reggae
4. Rap and hip hop
5= Classical
5= Easy listening.
Most likely to have a minor accident:
1. Country
2. Classical
3. Easy listening
4. Reggae
5= Blues
5= Rock and pop.
Rock and pop music is the most popular style of driving music with two thirds (65%) choosing it, closely followed by easy listening (39%), R&B and soul (24%) and classical (23%). However, as the research highlighted, having an increased number of adagios in your musical style doesn’t mean you are necessarily less likely to end up involved in an accident.
Andrew Goodsell, Chief Executive, Saga Group Ltd, said:
“Although the charts change on a weekly basis, the songs people prefer to listen to whilst driving are still the golden oldies. Interestingly, the research shows that although certain types of music are often thought of as having a relaxing effect on the listener, there is no proof that this results in a more tempered driving style. Whatever type of music people are tuned into behind the wheel, being careful about staying within the law is of the utmost importance.”
Editor’s notes:
*Analysis carried out by Opinium Research on an online poll of 2,032 British adults between 6th and 10th April 2008.