Do Men Drive Better Than Women? Surprise, Surprise!

It appears that only one thing has prevented women being declared better drivers than men - their modesty, according to dailymail.

Some studies seem too good to be true. But most of the times they are indeed true!

Research---if you would call it that----shows that women are better drivers than men.

And that is not just good at driving you round the bend. Women are really great drivers of cars, and they keep the wheel turning.

However, why hasn't anyone ever found it out?

Because women are too modest. They would just not say so, even if they know it.

A recent study by Privilege Insurance has concluded: "After years of debate and banter comes the news that will have men running for cover. It is now official: women are actually better drivers than men. In what may come as a shock to men across the country, women fared better in many areas of the scoring."

Initially, a driver-attitude survey of 1,383 motorists found that less than a third of women (28 per cent) believed they were better drivers than men. However, only one in eight men (13 per cent) thought women were better.

Later, in a series of tests designed by driving instructor Neil Beeson, it was found that a sample of 50 male and female drivers were given an in-car assessment along a specially designed route. And 200 more were watched "anonymously" at Hyde Park Corner.

All the drivers were assessed on 14 different aspects of driving, including "speed, observational skill, response to other road users and traffic light obedience." They were then given marks out of 30.

It was seen that on the whole, the women scored 23.6 points (79 per cent) out of 30, while men got just 19.8 (66 per cent).

It also seemed that both men and women could conform to their genders. While men liked to take risks, edge near to the cars in the front, cut corners and drive through amber lights, apart from talking and texting at the wheel, women, on the other hand, were careful and cautious.

The survey showed that women made typical road mistakes far less than men, according to independent. Just four per cent of women tailgated the vehicle in front, compared to 27 per cent of men. Just one per cent of women cut into traffic dangerously, compared to 14 per cent of men.

They were more likely to be "courteous and considerate, careful about potential risks, adjust their mirrors correctly and stop at traffic lights," according to dailymail.

Beeson said: "What this report shows is that men need to give their female counterparts their due when it comes to driving. The facts don't lie."

Added Charlotte Fielding, head of car insurance at Privilege: "The research has shown a big discrepancy between how men think they drive and how they actually drive."