New research suggests women may be better drivers
than men after all. It reveals that men are more than one and a half times as likely as women to have a motoring conviction,
with male teenagers over five times as likely as female teenagers to have one.
Women's car insurance
specialist Diamond looked at the motoring records of over one million motorists to see which convictions are the most common
and if there is a difference between the sexes. Whilst speeding is by far the most common conviction for both men and
women, only 11% of women have been caught speeding compared with 18% of men.
Diamond's managing director, Sian
Lewis, said: "I'm not really surprised 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 six
times more likely than women to be convicted for drink/drug driving offences.
- Men are three times more likely
than women to be convicted of careless driving.
- Men are three times more likely than women to commit a
motorway offence.
- Men are twice as likely as women to drive without insurance.
Diamond also looked at the percentage of motorists in different age groups that have received a motoring conviction. Men in
the 20-25 age group are the most likely to have a conviction with women in the 17-19 age group the least likely.
Sian Lewis, continued, "This research proves that women are safer drivers than men; they have less
convictions than men and make smaller, hence less serious claims. Almost a quarter of 20-39 year old men have a conviction
which really is quite a shocking statistic."
