Do you think you have any
irritating driving habits? A new survey has revealed that while half of women drivers believe they don't, 90% of them don't
share that feeling when it comes to male drivers and their irritating habits.
Women's car insurance specialist
Diamond surveyed both male and female motorists to find out what irritates them most about other road users and passengers of
both genders, and women were certainly harsher about men than the other way around – although they didn't escape
criticism entirely.
- 31% of women think the most irritating driving habit men have is
speeding,
- 30% of women think the most irritating driving habit men have is losing their temper,
but
- 29% of men think the most irritating driving habit women have is lacking courtesy to other road
users.
Diamond managing director, Sian Lewis, said, "The old stereotype that men are always
criticising women's driving has been turned on its head by these results, as it's definitely women who get the most irritated.
However, the results do show something that isn't a surprise, men think they have less irritating driving habits than
women."
When it comes to passengers, male passengers irritate two thirds of women. Of those, 35% of women are
driven mad by men who criticise their driving and 17% can't stand it when their male passenger tries to give them directions
when they already know where they're going. Less than half of the men questioned found female passengers irritating, but having
their driving criticised was also what annoyed them most.
