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Men are far more confident than women in the quality of their driving,
a new survey reveals. 65% of the men questioned by Admiral said they were
better at driving than the average motorist, only 47% of women thought
the same.
Admiral surveyed 1,000 motorists as part of its Annual Drivers' Survey.
The survey revealed that overall UK motorists are pretty self-confident
with 55% saying they drive better than the average motorist and only 1%
saying they drive worse than average.
Admiral managing director, Sharon Clarke, said: "Our survey shows
that if there's one thing UK motorists aren't, its modest. I'm amazed
that so many people think they are better than average at driving. The
number of accidents on our roads would suggest otherwise."
"One of the characteristics of road rage is the belief that it is
everyone else on the road who makes mistakes, but you drive perfectly
well."
Admiral also asked motorists the age-old question, who are better drivers,
men or women? Not surprisingly the answer was split along lines of gender,
but once again men were more confident in their skills than women.
39% of the men surveyed said they were better drivers while 36% of women
said they were better. More interestingly, 9% of women said they thought
men were better behind the wheel compared with 8% of men who thought that
women were.
Sharon Clarke, said: "I don't suppose men and women will ever agree
on which gender is better at driving. Thankfully most of the people we
surveyed were diplomatic in their opinion on the matter; 54% said they
thought men and women were as good as each other."
The third Admiral Annual Drivers' Survey is out later this month.
Issue date: 20-09-05
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