Men Like To Keep On Driving

We all remember when we were kids and we would go out as a family. Dad always drove and mum tried to keep us occupied in the back so we didn’t annoy dad. How many of us can actually remember our mums driving with dad as a passenger? Not many it would seem.

Despite being statistically proven to be better drivers by every major study of recent years, almost a third of men do not trust their wife or girlfriend behind the wheel. Even in households that consider themselves quite feminist, men are far more likely to take the keys when the couple rides together.

Of the men who responded to the motor insurance poll, less than one in seven said they have "no trust whatsoever" in their partner’s skills.

Less than a third of men said they were happy to be a passenger when their other half was driving. What is the cause of this blatant mistrust? Is it perhaps a simple ‘control’ issue? Many men find it difficult to be in situations where they are not in control and so try to avoid them.

Perhaps it is because most men tend to work longer hours which in turn causes them to spend more time driving than their partners and they are just more used to being behind the wheel.

They were almost as dismissive of women's navigation skills, with 25 per cent saying that they would only trust a woman to keep her bearings on a "simple and easily recognisable route." However, with the rise of the sat-nav this issue could be a thing of the past.

Male drivers had no doubts about their own motoring prowess, with only two per cent expressing doubt about whether they would pass if they re-sat their driving test.

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