Last car insurance woman News December 2005
Male drivers are more confident behind the wheel
There is a commonly held impression that men are generally more confident and passionate about their car driving ability than women. This is endorsed by AdmiralТs Annual Driver Survey which found that far more men than women drivers believe that their driving skills are better than the average. A massive 65% of men taking part in the 1000 person study believed that they drove better than the average motorist in the UK, while among women drivers, just 47% were of that opinion.
Working out the arithmetic, 55% of us Brits think we drive better than average, and only 1% owns up to thinking they are worse, which points to a high degree of driving confidence overall.
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AdmiralТs managing director expressed surprise at the degree of self-confidence exhibited by the surveyed motorists but suggested that the amount of accidents on our roads didnТt support that number of good drivers.
Looking at it from the position of the opposite gender, only 36% of women surveyed thought that women were better car drivers whilst 39% of men believed men were better. It is comforting, however, that of all those surveyed, most (54%) thought that neither men nor women were better drivers.
It is also believed that if a driverТs level of confidence tends towards over-confidence and the feeling that road accidents and near-accidents are always someone elseТs fault, this can lead to driver arrogance and be a contributing factor in road rage incidents.
There is a commonly held impression that men are generally more confident and passionate about their car driving ability than women. This is endorsed by AdmiralТs Annual Driver Survey which found that far more men than women drivers believe that their driving skills are better than the average. A massive 65% of men taking part in the 1000 person study believed that they drove better than the average motorist in the UK, while among women drivers, just 47% were of that opinion.
Working out the arithmetic, 55% of us Brits think we drive better than average, and only 1% owns up to thinking they are worse, which points to a high degree of driving confidence overall.
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AdmiralТs managing director expressed surprise at the degree of self-confidence exhibited by the surveyed motorists but suggested that the amount of accidents on our roads didnТt support that number of good drivers.
Looking at it from the position of the opposite gender, only 36% of women surveyed thought that women were better car drivers whilst 39% of men believed men were better. It is comforting, however, that of all those surveyed, most (54%) thought that neither men nor women were better drivers.
It is also believed that if a driverТs level of confidence tends towards over-confidence and the feeling that road accidents and near-accidents are always someone elseТs fault, this can lead to driver arrogance and be a contributing factor in road rage incidents.
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