How many times have you heard a male say words like this or similar. Me personally MANY TIMES. Men have this thing that, put a women behind the wheel of a car and it spells disaster. Guys YOU COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG. Ask the insurance companies, after all the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Female drivers have far less accidents than men and when they do the costs are normally far less. Before you say"well yes, they are bound to have less accidents than men as there are more men than women driving". I agree if you are just talking about numbers but insurance companies don't work it out like that. They look at the number of males and females they insure and record the number of accidents and costs but also take into account the percentage of men and women insured by them to get an accurate picture.

On average a 17 year old male can cost £400 - 500 more than a 17 year old female to insure per year. So suddenly the guys are not smiling any more. Why is there the difference. The main reason guys,like it or not is GIRLS AT 17 ARE MORE MATURE THAN YOU. Normally if you see a 17 year old girl driving she may have a friend or whatever with her and is often still driving like she did when she was learning. Take a 17 year old male however and once many of them have passed their test they go into a new mode its called Boy Racer Mode. Whether this is to impress the ladies or their mates, I am unsure. What I do know is they tend to load their cars up with 4 or 5 mates and demonstrate how high they can fly over traffic humps, how much smoke they can make in a handbrake turn,how their car is powerful enough to overtake in a shorter safety margin than anyone else's,etc,etc. Problem is when they do have an accident it is often not just them claiming it is the 4 others in the car (I didn't think they would claim as they are my friends) who have seen all the Claims R Us type adverts and been told by their mates that they can claim thousands of pound if they say they have a cricked neck.

Generally females tend to drive a lot slower than men, possibly because I think males are born drivers and maybe do not see the dangers as much as the ladies.

Don't get me wrong on this, I am no angel when it comes to criticising women drivers. Over the years I have done my share but as I have got older I have taken the time to stand back and think and yes ladies I put my hands up and stand back and admit that I am sorry for what I may have said about you because in the majority of cases I was probably wrong.

Finally guys, I am sure there are still some of you who think I am wrong and no matter what I say you will still think women drivers are the scourge of the earth. let me ask you this then. Why at present are lots of insurance companies (who are not renowned for spending money) spending an absolute fortune on advertising insurance ESPECIALLY FOR (yes you've guessed it) LADIES.