Tyre-Changing Damsels On Their Own

Those are two of the fun answers in a consumer survey carried out for Valentine's Day 2013 by a tyre services company in England.

Female participants felt the 007 star would be more technically competent to deal with car servicing than David Beckham, who came second in the survey.

Only one in 100 women thought pop star Justin Bieber would be good with a spanner.

Suggesting that the age of chivalry may be dead, almost 50% of men questioned said that they would not stop at the roadside to help a lady in distress trying to change a tyre.

The survey does however show that your chances of being helped increase if you happen to be a female celebrity.

The survey showed 18% of male respondents said that they would stop to assist Joanna Lumley and 12% picked singer Cheryl Cole.

Sadly only 3% said that they would aid singer Adele.

The online survey results:

Question: Much to your surprise your local mechanic has been replaced on Valentine’s Day by a famous person. Which celebrity would you prefer to fix your car? (Female only)

• Daniel Craig 51%
• David Beckham 28%
• Paul McCartney 12%
• Simon Cowell 9%
• Justin Bieber 1%

Question: If you saw the woman trying to change her tyre was one of the following, would it make you stop? (Male only)

• Would not stop 49%
• Joanna Lumley 18%
• Cheryl Cole 12%
• Jessica Ennis 9%
• Keira Knightley 8%
• Adele 3%