Women better behind the wheel
Nearly a third of men think that they are better drivers than women, despite both insurance statistics and scientific studies proving the opposite.In a survey of 4,000 British drivers, yesinsurance.co.uk reveals that 31 per cent of men believe they are better behind the wheel than women, with only five per cent of women believing this fallacy.Twenty-three per cent of men acknowledged that women were better drivers, backed up by 57 per cent of women confirming this. Insurance statistics show that despite males dominating the roads by only 30 per cent, men cause nearly twice as many car accidents.Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in 2005 approximately 172,000 male motorists were involved in some kind of car accident serious enough to cause injury, whereas only 93,000 female drivers had been the cause of such an incident."Both accident statistics and research of driving behaviour points to the fact that women are generally safer than men when on the road," said Paul Purdy of yesinsurance.co.uk."Men tend to drive more miles than women over the course of a year, but even when this is taken into account men still come out worst, with a greater risk of undertaking risky manoeuvres and driving at high speed," he said.Researchers at Bradford University in 2005 showed that women are better at shifting their attention between stimuli, making them excel at tasks such as driving."The lower risk profile of women, which is reflected in insurance claims experience, means that they can usually obtain cheaper car insurance than men," said Paul Purdy.
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