Where the worst drivers in the country live and top tips to improve
Family safety app Life360 found 34 per cent of more than 2000 Australian drivers identified NSW as home to the worst drivers in the country, followed by Victoria (22 per cent) and Queensland (17 per cent).
ACT drivers were the worst per capita, it found.
In contrast, Tasmanians were perceived as the best drivers in the country by those in the survey.
The survey found Australians were also sceptical of their own inner circle, with fewer than half (49 per cent) trusting their partners behind the wheel, and even fewer backing friends (33 per cent), parents (32 per cent) or kids (22 per cent).
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Bathurst winner and defensive driving instructor, Paul Morris, told ACM bad driving habits often "drill down to a lack of self-awareness".
"Too many drivers aren't paying close enough attention to their speed, following distance, or what's happening around them," he said.
"Just look at the latest data from Life360: while half of drivers claim they never speed, the platform recorded over 81,000 speeding incidents in just seven weeks, and that's only across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth."
Mr Morris said there were plenty of strategies Aussies could use to improve driving safety, including aiming for at least a three-second gap between cars, respecting heavy vehicles such as buses or trucks and always checking blind spots.
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NSW drivers are officially the worst drivers in Australia, with Tasmanians the best behind the wheel.
Family safety app Life360 found 34 per cent of more than 2000 Australian drivers identified NSW as home to the worst drivers in the country, followed by Victoria (22 per cent) and Queensland (17 per cent).
ACT drivers were the worst per capita, it found.
In contrast, Tasmanians were perceived as the best drivers in the country by those in the survey.
The survey found Australians were also sceptical of their own inner circle, with fewer than half (49 per cent) trusting their partners behind the wheel, and even fewer backing friends (33 per cent), parents (32 per cent) or kids (22 per cent).
READ MORE: Stolen Woolies truck leads police on wild chase
Bathurst winner and defensive driving instructor, Paul Morris, told ACM bad driving habits often "drill down to a lack of self-awareness".
"Too many drivers aren't paying close enough attention to their speed, following distance, or what's happening around them," he said.
"Just look at the latest data from Life360: while half of drivers claim they never speed, the platform recorded over 81,000 speeding incidents in just seven weeks, and that's only across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth."
Mr Morris said there were plenty of strategies Aussies could use to improve driving safety, including aiming for at least a three-second gap between cars, respecting heavy vehicles such as buses or trucks and always checking blind spots.
READ MORE: Man dies after being thrown from his motorbike, hit by marked police car
NSW drivers are officially the worst drivers in Australia, with Tasmanians the best behind the wheel.
Family safety app Life360 found 34 per cent of more than 2000 Australian drivers identified NSW as home to the worst drivers in the country, followed by Victoria (22 per cent) and Queensland (17 per cent).
ACT drivers were the worst per capita, it found.
In contrast, Tasmanians were perceived as the best drivers in the country by those in the survey.
The survey found Australians were also sceptical of their own inner circle, with fewer than half (49 per cent) trusting their partners behind the wheel, and even fewer backing friends (33 per cent), parents (32 per cent) or kids (22 per cent).
READ MORE: Stolen Woolies truck leads police on wild chase
Bathurst winner and defensive driving instructor, Paul Morris, told ACM bad driving habits often "drill down to a lack of self-awareness".
"Too many drivers aren't paying close enough attention to their speed, following distance, or what's happening around them," he said.
"Just look at the latest data from Life360: while half of drivers claim they never speed, the platform recorded over 81,000 speeding incidents in just seven weeks, and that's only across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth."
Mr Morris said there were plenty of strategies Aussies could use to improve driving safety, including aiming for at least a three-second gap between cars, respecting heavy vehicles such as buses or trucks and always checking blind spots.
READ MORE: Man dies after being thrown from his motorbike, hit by marked police car
NSW drivers are officially the worst drivers in Australia, with Tasmanians the best behind the wheel.
Family safety app Life360 found 34 per cent of more than 2000 Australian drivers identified NSW as home to the worst drivers in the country, followed by Victoria (22 per cent) and Queensland (17 per cent).
ACT drivers were the worst per capita, it found.
In contrast, Tasmanians were perceived as the best drivers in the country by those in the survey.
The survey found Australians were also sceptical of their own inner circle, with fewer than half (49 per cent) trusting their partners behind the wheel, and even fewer backing friends (33 per cent), parents (32 per cent) or kids (22 per cent).
READ MORE: Stolen Woolies truck leads police on wild chase
Bathurst winner and defensive driving instructor, Paul Morris, told ACM bad driving habits often "drill down to a lack of self-awareness".
"Too many drivers aren't paying close enough attention to their speed, following distance, or what's happening around them," he said.
"Just look at the latest data from Life360: while half of drivers claim they never speed, the platform recorded over 81,000 speeding incidents in just seven weeks, and that's only across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth."
Mr Morris said there were plenty of strategies Aussies could use to improve driving safety, including aiming for at least a three-second gap between cars, respecting heavy vehicles such as buses or trucks and always checking blind spots.
READ MORE: Man dies after being thrown from his motorbike, hit by marked police car
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