Clément Bargain, edited by Thibault Nadal 5:20 p.m., May 24, 2022

The Ipsos Institute unveiled this Tuesday, May 24 its barometer on incivility at the wheel.

This study reveals many disparities between regions.

Motorists from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie and especially Île-de-France are strongly singled out for their behavior on the roads.

It is a study that will (again) fuel the divisions between the regions.

The Ipsos Institute unveiled this Tuesday, May 24 its barometer of incivility at the wheel.

The study reveals, in particular, strong disparities between the regions.

The motorists of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are the champions of insults on the road and those of the Occitanie region are unbeatable in terms of inopportune horns.

But the leaders, all categories combined, are the inhabitants of Île-de-France.

"No one respects anything anymore"

At the wheel of his bus all day, Olivier is a privileged witness to the incivilities on the roads of the Ile-de-France region.

"Nobody respects anything, whether it's the highway code or the forbidden directions. It passes between cars, it gets angry for nothing, it degenerates very quickly. Basically, it's up to whoever has the greatest mouth,” he says.

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In the top 3 incivilities committed by Parisian motorists, we find altercations between drivers at the wheel.

A mishap that happened to Lou a few days ago.

She was taken to task for "throwing a cigarette on the floor".

She explains to the microphone of Europe 1 that following this jet, "a guy got out of his car, picked up my cigarette and threw it at me in my car, so I insulted him".

The bottleneck problem

Dangerous behavior is part of the daily life of Parisian drivers.

One of them, Martial, saw an increase in overtaking from the right.

"It's something common in the streets or on the ring road, and now we see it more and more on the highway. It's something that has become normal," he confirms.

The motorist sees in this practice a "right that everyone has agreed to go faster, but which especially annoys the others".

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If motorists easily lose their temper, like Jean-Gabriel, it is because driving is more and more complicated.

"There are traffic jams, blockages, we spend a lot of time on the road", he explains on Europe 1.