英国汽车协会驾驶分会最新公布的一份调查报告显示，该国部分年轻人在晚间驾车时行为极其卤莽。

    据《每日邮报》10月23日报道，通过对大量年轻驾驶者的访谈，调查人员发现，他们中的很多人驾车时喜欢将车速提升到极限，以检验自己的驾驶技术及爱车的机械性能，而且这种驾驶行为经常出现在没有路灯的公路上。有些被访者表示，他们总爱在酗酒后高速驾车；另一些人则将发生在公路上的交通事故看做是驾车过程中司空见惯的事情。

    该调查报告还显示，年龄在17岁到20岁之间的男性驾驶者发生交通事故的危险比其他男性驾驶者高7倍。在凌晨2点到5点这一时间段内，该数字则变成了17倍。每年有225名处在这一年龄段的男性驾驶者在车祸中死亡或受重伤。

    英国汽车协会驾驶分会道路安全部主管安德鲁·霍华德表示："缺少驾驶经验，在晚间社交活动中喝酒以及驾车速度过快，是一些年轻驾驶者常发生车祸的主要原因。"

    Some young motorists show "an alarming disregard" for their own and others' safety when driving at night, an AA Motoring Trust report reveals.

    Interviews with young drivers showed many liked testing themselves and their cars to the limit, often on unlit roads.

    Some regularly indulged in drinking and driving, while some regarded having a road accident "as a rite of passage"

    Others thought it was actually safer to speed at night as "you'd be able to see the lights of oncoming traffic".

    The report also showed that male drivers aged 17-20 were seven times more at risk from accidents that all male drivers.

    Between the hours of 2am and 5am, the risk was 17 times higher - with about 225 of 17-20 year old male drivers being killed or seriously injured annually.

    Males aged 21-25 had twice as much at risk compared with all male drivers, but this increased to three times at risk between 2am and 5am.

    AA Motoring Trust road safety head Andrew Howard said: "Inexperienced driving, a cavalier attitude to life, a night-time social life involving alcohol, and driving too fast, are combining to kill and maim young people and other road users every night of the week."

    He went on: "While most young drivers have the skills to drive safely, this study identifies a dangerous minority of thrill-seeking young male drivers. In the short term, urgent action, with targeted police enforcement, is required to identify them and get them off the road.

    "The study also highlights why improving young men's attitude to driving is as important as improving their ability to drive, and the Government should look again at how this can be achieved."