May 1, 2007

Women are better drivers

Men are ruder, meaner and more likely to crash while driving than women, a survey has found. According to insurance company AAMI, 55 per cent of the men surveyed also admitted to drink driving compared to 30 per cent of women.

The statistics, based on a telephone survey of 2,384 drivers in Australia and AAMI claims data collected last year, revealed that men are more likely to act aggressively behind the wheel. The study found that 47 per cent of men and 38 per cent of women have rudely gestured at other drivers. And 84 per cent of men have crashed their vehicle, compared to 77 per cent of women.

Their claims data showed that men's crashes tend to be more serious than women's. They are more likely to be involved in head-on collisions, roll-overs and loss-of-control crashes as well as crashes involving pedestrians, cyclists and animals. Women are more likely to be involved in relatively minor crashes such as reversing into stationary objects.

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