White Plains, NY – November 21, 2000 |  Do you ever have a feeling leaving a store that you’re being followed? If you do, you may be right. But, the stalker may more likely be a woman looking for your parking space. With the holiday shopping season underway, millions of drivers are headed to the mall and local stores. According to a national survey of more than one thousand people conducted by Response Insurance, a direct-to-the-consumer auto insurance company focusing on responsible drivers, women are more than twice as likely as men to stalk people to get their parking spot.

On average, 12% of female drivers admit to trailing people in their cars to find that choice spot near the mall or store entrance, but just 5% of men do so. Regionally, drivers in the south are most likely to stalk for parking (12%) vs. the mid-west, which nationally ranked lowest (6%). In addition, drivers in metropolitan areas are more prone to stalk (10%) vs. those in non-metro areas (7%), and the survey also indicated that single people were somewhat more likely to stalk for parking than those with children (12% vs. 9%).

Additional survey results and information can be obtained at www.response.com or by calling toll free 1-800-610-5928.

Spokesperson available for interviews regarding these and other survey results (i.e.male/female driving habits, driving distractions, cell phones, fear of other drivers, road rage, etc.)