New research suggests
women may be better drivers than men after all.
It reveals that men are twice as likely as women to have a motoring
conviction,
with male teenagers four times as likely as female teenagers to have one.
Diamond,
a direct insurer specialising in car insurance for women, looked
at the motoring convictions over the last year to see
which ones are the
most common and if there is a difference between the sexes. While speeding
is by far the
most common conviction for both men and women, only 6.1%
of women have been caught speeding in the last year compared
with 11.6%
of men.
Diamond's managing director, Sian Lewis, said: "I'm not really surprised
so many more men are caught speeding than women. Male drivers tend to
be more aggressive than women, and are more
likely to be involved in a
serious accident."
Diamond's research also reveals there are
differences between the sexes
when it comes to breaking other laws:
- Men are twice as
likely as women to drive through a red light.
- Men are three times more likely than women to be
convicted of careless
driving.
- Men are four times more likely than women to drive
without insurance.
- Men are six times more likely than women to be caught drink driving.
Diamond has also produced a table of the ten most common motoring offences
committed in the last
year. It reveals that speeding accounts for more
convictions than the next nine most common added together.
Diamond also looked at the percentage of motorists in different age groups
that have
received a motoring conviction in the last year. It found that
motorists aged 26-40 were the most likely to break the
law, while surprisingly
teenage motorists were the least likely.
