世論 What Japan Thinks

Demographics

Between the 21st and 24th of May 2010 1,152 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.0% of the sample were male, 11.2% in their teens, 20.7% in their twenties, 28.8% in their thirties, 21.8% in their forties, 10.2% in their fifties, and 7.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Given the nature of dating and the relationship of the sexes, I would guess that most of the passengers are female and the drivers are male.

As my wife doesn’t have a licence, her back-seat driving particularly irritates me, followed closely by her terrible directions, occasionally overriding the car navigation’s correct route. Then there’s the constant toilet breaks, lack of distance awareness in both “Are we there yet?” and in setting up 500 km routes that don’t take into account the effect of tiredness on me. And then there’s… I’d better stop now.

Photo of a taxi traffic jam from MatthewRad on flickr.

Ranking result

Q: What gets you irritated at the driver on a drive date? (Sample size=1,152)

Rank		Score
1	Wild driving	100
2	Driver getting irritated in traffic jams	90.4
3	Driver moaning about other drivers, etc	71.6
4	Inside of the car is filthy	61.0
5	Losing the way many times	58.8
6	Awful parking	53.4
7	Driver getting angry at my vague directions	51.8
8	Car breaking down due to a lack of maintenance	51.1
9	Taking a short cut and getting lost	46.6
10	Getting lost but the driver not saying “I’m lost”	42.2
11	Driver getting angry after I give the wrong directions	41.9
12	Driver getting angry if I sleep even if I’m dead tired	40.6
13	Driver’s annoyed face when I say I want a rest	38.3
14	Driver casually asking me to pay the tolls	37.7
15	Driver cannot decide where to park	35.5
16	Driver doesn’t start conversations	23.6
17	I don’t like the driver’s choice in music	22.4
18	Driver fiddles with the air conditioner, etc without asking me	22.0
19	Driver sings along loudly	20.8
20	Driver doesn’t know how to use the navigation system	16.9

Q: What gets you irritated at the passenger on a drive date? (Sample size=1,152)

Rank		Score
1	Passenger getting irritated in traffic jams	100
2	Back-seat (passenger seat, I suppose) driving	91.2
3	Passenger frequently sending email, talking on mobile phone	82.4
4	Passenger gets the car dirty	80.5
5	Passenger tells me the wrong way to go	55.9
6	Passenger sleeping soundly as I drive	52.1
7	Passenger never offering to pay the tolls	50.6
8	Passenger saying they want to go to a convenience store, etc just as we pass it	44.8
9	I cannot understand the passenger’s vague direction	40.2
10	Passenger doesn’t start conversations	37.2
11	Passenger won’t give me any directions	34.5
12	Passenger fiddles with the air conditioner, etc without asking me	32.6
13	Passenger fiddles with the audio system without asking me	30.3
14	Passenger eats, drinks by themselves	26.4
15	I don’t like the passenger’s choice in music	25.3
16	When parking, passenger doesn’t tell me if I’m clear of other cars, etc	24.5
17	Passenger sings along loudly	22.2
18	Passenger doesn’t do anything to prevent car sickness	21.5
19	Passenger doesn’t know how to use the navigation system	20.3
20	Passenger enjoys the scenery by themselves	9.2