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A survey in Britain shows that in seven drivers has had to take action because of their own risky overtaking. The road safety Brake carried out the survey on 1,000 motorists. It revealed that 80 per cent of drivers have felt threatened by people overtaking, while 94 per cent of drivers said they have witnessed overtaking. It said the biggest perpetrators of dangerous overtaking are men aged 17-24. In comparison, women drivers are far . The poll revealed that while 39 per cent of 17-24-year-old male drivers admitted overtaking when they were not the road ahead was clear, the figure for female drivers doing so was 15 per cent.

The charity also found that the dangerous place to overtake was on single-lane country . Drivers are twice as likely to die on roads than they are in urban areas. Many of these deaths are . A spokeswoman from Brake said: "We're urging all drivers to avoid overtaking on roads unless absolutely essential and 100 per cent safe." She added: "Why risk it and rush? You could cause a , high-speed, head-on crash that ends and ruins others. In of this, a significant minority are still taking the risk and performing this aggressive and selfish …In those situations, -headed and responsible drivers hang back and relax."

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