Women's Car Insurance
Women fare better on roads
Mon, 05 Sep 2005
Women are officially better drivers than men, according to the results of a driver simulator test.
Statistically, women are safer drivers than men hence the cheaper women's car insurance premiums often on offer to female motorists.
This has been backed up by research from Marks & Spencer Car Insurance, who organised simulator tests and found women to speed less frequently, to cause less damage to their vehicles and to take fewer risks, due to greater hazard awareness, than men.
Women were revealed to plan their journey better, with 84 per cent reading maps and taking precautions before they set off, compared to just 64 per cent of men, This Is London reports.
Steve Price, head of M&S Car Insurance head, commented: "We all think we're good drivers. But driving safely is harder than we think."
The Motor Safety simulator tests were taken by 1,200 motorists, who were judged on factors including aggression, reaction time and impatience.
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