Roof box essentials

According to Halfords, the motoring consumables retailer, there has been a recent 13% rise in the purchase of roof boxes in the UK.

Intrigued as to why that was, the company launched a roof box survey of 3,200 people.


The information gathered showed the biggest reason behind increased roof box buying in Britain, is simply that motorists carry around a greater number of possessions on their mini-breaks and holidays than they used to.

The average driver’s vehicle is loaded with 140 kilos more when going on a holiday than it was in 2006 – that amounts to around the same weight as two adults – or an extra 15 large, and completely filled, suitcases.

Seventy-one percent of those surveyed blamed their mothers for the increased amount of packed items. Obviously old habits die hard then girls...

The top five “must-have” items listed by women were:

• A hair-dryer;
• Hair-straighteners;
• Clothes (obviously);
• A mirror;
• Portable lights, such as torches or lanterns.
Well, we might take things along with us that men find useless – but at least we didn’t have “rubber mallet” at number three of our list!   

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Labels: driver, roof box, vehicle, women