[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Actually, the stats are sort of in favour of women being "worse" (less skilled) drivers (due to less spacial awareness) but men are more aggressive drivers. Women are more likely to have "fender-benders" type bumps and scrapes causing minor cosmetic damage, whereas when men have accidents they tend to be down to recklessness and therefore more likely to cause significant damage to vehicles / other property, which is of course more expensive, hence the higher insurance. Same reason that it costs more for teens / early 20's, even compared to brand-new drivers who are older. Kids (especially teenage boys) get over-confident on winding roads and end up flipping their car / putting it through a metal fence... which is usually going to be a "several thousand £ write off" situation rather than a "£200 new bumper" situation.






Women's is still cheaper though, my wife's is a good 30% less than mine in identical circumstances. I thought what killed Sheila's Wheels was being told that they couldn't be exclusively for women, and had to offer insurance for anyone...

Which I don't really understand, either. Surely they should be able to offer insurance to whoever they want

In other words Men are worse drivers

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

In other words Men are worse drivers

Men are less careful drivers, women are less skilled drivers .

All in general, of course. There are some brilliant women drivers and some awful male drivers. My best friend wrote off a car by hitting a lamp-post whilst trying to reverse it round a roundabout

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Men are less careful drivers, women are less skilled drivers .

All in general, of course. There are some brilliant women drivers and some awful male drivers. My best friend wrote off a car by hitting a lamp-post whilst trying to reverse it round a roundabout

I know, I'm not one for generalising at all really, my moms husband has to be one of thee worst drivers I ever came across but my husband is probably one of the best, so there you go my best and worst drivers awards go to men

[Ammi]

..the worst driver awards tend to go to men a bit more often though, hence why females aren't allowed to pay less car insurance based on gender alone but they still often pay a lower insurance..( so based on them being better drivers I'm presuming..).....

[bots]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..the worst driver awards tend to go to men a bit more often though, hence why females aren't allowed to pay less car insurance based on gender alone but they still often pay a lower insurance..( so based on them being better drivers I'm presuming..).....

It has a lot to do with driving profiles too. Typically, many more men spend their days travelling up and down motorways etc. The more time you are on the road, the more the likelihood you will have an accident ... Simple statistics