Almost two thirds of people in the UK (60%) believe that roadside litter is a worse problem now than was five years ago. This is the headline finding from a new MORI survey commissioned by jamjar.com, Direct Line's motoring site, timed to support the Tidy Britain Group's Car Litter campaign launched this week.
The new research highlights the disturbing trend that young people are generally five times more likely to throw litter out of their vehicle than older people. They are also significantly less likely to about doing so. Almost one in three (31%) aged 16-24 said it did not bother them to see others chucking litter from their vehicles.
Regionally, the North East and Yorkshire and Humberside are the worst regions for seeing others throwing litter out of their vehicles. Over four fifths (88%) have seen others discard litter, compared with only two-thirds (67%) of people in London. The South East, excluding London (87%) is the second worst region, closely followed by Scotland and the East Midlands (84%).
More Welsh admitted discarding litter from their vehicles than anyone else, with one in four (25%) doing so. Almost one in four (23%) Scots and people from the Eastern region also admitted throwing litter. Nationally, under one fifth (19%) admitted to the offence.
At the same time, three-quarters (75%) of all respondents think fines are not enough of a deterrent. Rather, people responded with the following punishments:
All articles 2006-22 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas unless otherwise stated.
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