TrueCar and OnePoll Study Reveals American Attitudes about Learning to Drive and Teaching Someone Else to Drive
January 28, 2021 at 02:00 pm
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TrueCar, Inc. commissioned One Poll to conduct a study that would uncover how Americans experienced learning to drive and teaching someone else to drive. Although it is considered a rite of passage, getting behind the wheel for the first time is not an easy experience. The study discovered that the average driving lesson will consist of the following: five yells to "brake!", four reaches for the steering wheel by the teacher and six attempts to reach for the nonexistent brake at the instructor's feet. The trickiest skills to pass on to driving students were parallel parking (16%), changing lanes (12%) and merging onto the highway (12%). When the average person learned to drive, they had five "close calls" that almost resulted in an accident, though one in five did get in an accident and the same number actually damaged the vehicle. Learning to drive is not only stressful for the student driver; the study found the person teaching also experiences a high level of stress during the experience. Over a third (35%) have taught someone to drive and nine in ten found it to be a harrowing experience. Of those who found the role of driving instructor extremely stressful, two in five (40%) asked someone else to take over the lessons because it was too much for their nerves. Around two-thirds (67%) of those who taught a person to drive confessed it was way scarier to teach driving lessons than to receive them. Over half (53%) of the participants in the survey confessed they would be afraid to get in a car with their 16-year-old selves. Learning to drive is clearly a life-long memory and many respondents credit their skills on the road to their instructor.
TrueCar, Inc. is an automotive digital marketplace that enables car buyers to connect to its network of Certified Dealers. It offers a software ecosystem on a common technology infrastructure, powered by data and analytics. Its company-branded platform is available on its TrueCar Website and mobile applications. Its network of TrueCar Certified Dealers consists primarily of new car franchises, representing all makes of cars, as well as independent dealers selling used vehicles. Key elements of its core leads-based consumer experience include Research & Discovery, New Car Build Experience, New and Used Car Inventory Search, Consumer Cohorts, Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) Offers, TrueCar Post Prospect Unified Vehicle Detail Page, Trade and Sell Your Car and Finance and Insurance Features. Its network of TrueCar Certified Dealers utilizes the Dealer Portal, an application that is accessible online and on mobile devices, as a sales enhancement platform.