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Are female drivers truly the better gender behind the wheel?

30 Jan 2012

The age-old argument that women car insurance policyholders are better drivers than their male counterparts may now have proof to back it up.

A study devised by professional driving instructor Neil Beeson suggested that female motorists are more adept at manoeuvring into a parking space than males.

Upon analysing car parks across the UK, the research highlighted that women are more likely to leave their vehicle in the middle of a parking bay.

Furthermore, females were more prone to using the tactics for reversing into a bay that they learnt from their driving instructor.

Male car insurance policyholders were found to be more skilled when it came to driving forwards into a space though, as well as generally opting not to reposition their vehicle once it was inside a bay.

Mr Beeson commented: "In my experience men have always been the best learners and usually performed better in lessons.

"However, it's possible that women have retained the information better."

A separate study conducted by the Institute of Advanced Motorists, entitled The Fast and the Curious: Young People's Attitudes to Driver Training, found that 62 per cent of young male novice drivers feel they are better behind the wheel than the average motorist.

Posted by Judith Stevenson