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Women better drivers than men?

Monday, 14 Jul 2008 11:20
BMW drivers are considered the worst in Britain by their fellow road users
Auto Trader is launching a new, sex-based motoring challenge to find out if men are better than women at driving, or vice versa.

Research conducted by the motoring website and magazine finds that 40 per cent still believe men are generally better drivers.

Interestingly, 100 per cent of the 21,000 respondents believed that older drivers are the worst on the roads, with young drivers coming in a close second (83 per cent).

Van drivers are seen in a very negative light by other motorists (82 per cent), while taxi drivers (70 per cent) and bus drivers (30 per cent) are viewed as bad motorists.

In terms of what specific brand makes for the worst drivers, BMW owners came out on 'top', with 45 per cent of respondents agreeing. Subaru, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover and Porsche drivers followed respectively.

The ITV motoring 'mayhem' show, 'Police, Camera, Action!', recently asked people from five different stereotypical groups to retake the current driving test, where they would be judged by the former chief driving instructor for Great Britain.

Interestingly, the white van driver, the OAP, the 'school run mum', the boy racer and the sales rep all failed the test.

Auto Trader has, therefore, launched its Great British Driving Challenge to find out whether the facts bear any relation to the stereotypes.

The challenge is a 35 question quiz about driving, pitting competitors against the clock, with the results going up on a real-time leaderboard to see who does the best.

All entrants will be entered into a prize draw to win a hands-free car kit, while the winner will be awarded an Apple Mac Book laptop.

The quiz will be available at this year's British International Motor Show on the Auto Trader stand, from July 24th.

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