Christmas Road Rage!

I don’t know about you but this Christmas my family and I will cover a fair few miles visiting relatives and friends over the holidays, mostly local trips are planned but over the New Year we will be embarking on a trip in the faithful Honda Civic to Cornwall to stay with my sister and her family for a few days.

Kia have researched these Christmas journeys and revealed that they will almost certainly be the cause of a few family battles. One in three families will be visiting more than three homes over the festive period and a third of the families surveyed were expecting at least one row per journey.

Sara Drummond-Bell, Kia Motors spokesperson said: ”˜With the poor weather that’s been affecting much of the UK in recent weeks; it’s likely that some Christmas road trips may take longer than anticipated. Keep the risk of delays and tensions to a minimum by preparing your car for the journey, plotting your route and ensuring that all passengers are entertained and as comfortable as possible.’

Money and kids are said to be the number one reasons for Christmas bother followed by those annoying family members, boredom and drinking.
I can certainly say that I will definitely be expecting at least one row in the car over the Christmas holidays, normally our rows are caused by my husband being the worst person in the world at giving directions (yes I know I should invest in a sat nav!), other causes will be the long traffic jams and rubbish weather conditions again with my husband having no patience and me having no patience with my husband!

To be fair the kids are great on car journeys and I would strongly advise every parent to follow Kia’s advice and stock up will loads of toys, plan your route with military precision and play your favourite music for a family sing-along.

Kia have discovered that the Welsh are the UK’s social animals with one fifth of family’s visiting over five places this Christmas, whereas a third of the scots will visit nobody.

Have a safe journey over Christmas everybody and have a lovely New Year.

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