Holland stated that he agreed with the findings but was more interested in understanding why drivers from the different trades featured in the study are among the worst in the UK.

Feature on the show, Jimmy Hendry, master plumber, said: “Any trade could do that, and I can only speak for plumbers and put my hand up. In the north there has been many instances where the day has been spent running around. You get to one job the merchant hasn’t put the right stuff in the bag and you haven’t checked the bag and so, you are rushing back to the merchants to get things. I was taught on my apprenticeship that a yellow light is only a green light so, it is a rush around town some days.

“As trades people, I think we are all equally as busy and it could be any other trade other than plumbers. One of my friends once told me after passing the test that he has done more miles on the wrist than on the wheels Clive.”

Hendry told the show’s listeners that delivery drivers from the merchants are equally under pressure. “Maybe as tradespeople we have been unfairly hurt with it. You see other drivers on the road, and you got the classic white van man mentality and that’s always going to be a thing and I think because there are so many of them during the day and all rushing trying to get their own thing done, the perception of being worst drivers will be cemented further. At the end of the day, it comes down to the training you receive and taking good stock of yourself,” he said.

Other trades that made the top 10 are taxi driver who came in at number two, plumbers number seven, bricklayers number eight, labourers at number nine with sales reps coming in the tenth place.

Featuring on the show, brickie James Naughton, added: “Definitely, they have to be scaffolders in them big, long wheelbase pick-up trucks. They will cut you over without thinking twice. They will take over the roundabout and jump lanes without caring about hitting other cars.”