It’s official – women are better drivers than men!
Laying an age-old argument to rest, insurance company No Nonsense has today revealed the findings of two years worth of research which proves the fairer sex are better behind the wheel.
The data comes from almost two thousand No Nonsense’s SmartDriver customers whose driving has been measured for three months using a state of the art telematics tool that reveals just how smart their driving is.
Some of the key findings from the research are:
- Women in their 20s outdrive men with better scores than their young male counterparts with regard to accelerating, harsh braking and cornering.
- Connacht has the highest percentage of safe female drivers (82%).
- When it comes to over acceleration, guys perform worse (69%) than girls (62%).
- Dublin ladies were the least likely to brake harshly (62%) and just under half (44%) never triggered an acceleration incident.
- By contrast, Munster men were found to be the riskiest male driver group (39%).
- Women who work in the science and/or engineering field have the best driving rating (72%).
- Of all occupations and professions, teaching has the highest proportion of safe male drivers (71%).
The data was gathered from an almost 2,000 strong sample of policyholders who signed up for the scheme which assesses driver skills on a range of key headings including, acceleration, braking distances and cornering.
