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A British shows that one in seven drivers has taken action because of their overtaking. The road safety Brake surveyed 1,000 motorists. It found that 80 per cent of have felt threatened by people's overtaking, while 94 per cent said they have witnessed overtaking. Young men aged 17-24 are the most dangerous at overtaking. In , women are far safer. Nearly 40 per cent of 17-24-year-old drivers admitted overtaking when they were not the road ahead was . The figure for female drivers doing this was just 15 per cent.

The charity found that the dangerous place to overtake was on country roads. Drivers are as likely to die on rural roads than in areas. Many of these deaths are . Brake said: "We're urging all drivers to avoid overtaking on country roads absolutely essential." It added: "Why risk it and rush? You could cause a , high-speed, head-on crash that ends and ruins others….A significant are still taking the risk and performing this and selfish manoeuvre." It said "cool-headed and responsible drivers hang and relax".

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