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Donegal drivers most likely to be 'good Samaritans' on the road

Kildare drivers least likely help stranded motorists

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DARA KELLY,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Monday, January 23, 2012, 9:02 AM
Updated Monday, January 23, 2012, 10:42 AM

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Drivers from Kildare and Meath are the least likely to stop and help a stranded motorist, a new survey by AA Ireland found. While Donegal drivers are the most likely to be "good Samaritans."

AA Ireland asked 12,300 drivers whether they'd stop to help someone who clearly needed assistance or if they would simply keep driving, reports the Journal.ie.

According to the survey, 61 percent of drivers in Donegal said they would stop compared to 40 percent of drivers in Kildare and 43.2 percent in Meath.

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Gender was also a deciding factor with 55 percent of men saying they would stop to help a female motorist while only 4 percent of women saying they would do the same for a lone male driver. Some of the male respondents said they would not be "comfortable" helping a lone female without someone else present, for fear that they would be perceived as a threat.

Just under 60 percent of respondents would help a stranded driver with young children in the car.

Sixty percent of drivers also said they would stop for an elderly motorist, with 71 percent of the male participants saying they would do so.

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RedBranch | Jan 23, 2012, 01:58 PM EST
Agreed Donegal are best. This may be because they notoriously have the worst roads in the country and it it is only in the knowledge that others will stop and help that anyone takes to them roads at all.

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paulquigley | Jan 23, 2012, 11:29 AM EST
i've had three flat tires in Ireland and one in N I. The three were all in Donegal and each time someone stopped to give assistance. The NI time was in Larne and I was also given help by a young dad while his child stayed in his car.

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