Caravanger is all the rage

A NEW study shows that one in 20 drivers admits to having overtaken a caravan at an unsafe speed. The incidence of so-called caravanger – the variety of road rage caused by having to stare at the back of a caravan for mile after mile of single-track road – looks set to rise this summer.

There are some 500,000 touring caravans, 330,000 caravan holiday homes and 120,000 motor homes in the UK. Despite the rise of low-cost airlines, the British appetite for a caravan holiday does not seem to have diminished. In fact, in recent years, Br...