Honey Langcaster-James gives us tips to avoid post journey blues

New research by Ford reveals that 92% of UK drivers find long car journeys stressful and 84% believe they need time to recover after. Ford is naming this sentiment, Post-journey Blues, that feeling of mental and physical fatigue, with symptoms of irritability, and the fear of the return journey. According to UK Drivers, Winter is one of the most stressful times for long journeys, and Ford’s BlueCruise technology is the perfect tool to combat those Post-journey Blues.

The research found that over half of UK drivers dread traffic delays on the motorway and believe that in-car technologies would help alleviate stress whilst driving; Ford’s BlueCruise technology, approved for use in the UK earlier this year, could help tackle the post-journey blues feeling.

73% of people feel that it takes up to three hours to recover from a long drive. The same amount of time it takes to cook a 6kg turkey for 12-15 people, listen to approximately 67 Christmas Carols and wrap around 36 presents. In December 2022 the RAC predicted that 19.6 million trips would be taken by car to visit friends and family between the 19 th December and Christmas eve. This equates to the possibility, if these were all long drives (approximately 2 hours), that there was a potential for 42.9 million hours of Post-journey Blues over the Christmas period last year.

Aston spoke to psychologist Honey Langcaster-James.

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