A new survey has revealed that while two thirds of women
drivers believe they do not have any irritating driving habits, most of
them find male drivers very annoying.
Diamond, a direct motor insurer specialising in car insurance
for women surveyed a sample of its 200,000
customers to find out what
irritates them most about male passengers and other road users.
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54% of women feel the most irritating thing about having
a man as a passenger is when they
criticise their driving;
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30% are irritated by men who change the radio station;
and
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25% are annoyed by men who try to give directions.
Nicole Joyce managing director of Diamond, said, "I
completely agree with the
results of this survey, some men just can't
seem to stop themselves from criticising our driving. It's very annoying
when you are trying to concentrate on getting from A to B and there is
nothing wrong with your
driving."
Two of the most dangerous habits men have, which women
found annoying are, tailgating,
with 55% of women agreeing with this and
speeding. 28% found this an irritating habit of male motorists.
For those women who actually admitted to having annoying
driving habits, 25% agreed they were short tempered and
16% said they
break the speed limit.
Nicole Joyce managing director of Diamond said, "Fewer
numbers of women speed than men, you only have to look at the speeding
conviction figures for men and women to see
this. 4.8% of women have a speeding conviction compared
to 8.5% of men, almost double!* Figures like these should
hopefully stop
men criticising our driving so much."
Top Irritating Male Passenger
Habits
