Female drivers do what??
It always comes down to females vs males for some reason, and now a British study has found that female customers of car rental companies are considerably more likely to exceed the speed limit than their male counterparts – this we didn’t expect!
This study was conducted by Telematics technology provider, In-Car Cleverness, which monitored more than 10 000 rental vehicles over a six-month period.
However, women aren’t the main culprits here. Even though it was found that women tend to exceed the speed limit 17% more on average, men returned the cars far more damaged than their female counterparts. An astonishing 84% of the cars returned with dents, scratches and punctures had been rented by male drivers.
“While the number of cars damaged by the opposite sexes varies, the behaviours which result in damage are consistently similar. The statistics show a clear correlation between vehicle damage and instances of speeding, harsh braking and acceleration,” said Paul O’Dowd of In-Car Cleverness.
iAfrica Motoring reported that the analysis shows that men had braked harshly on average 11 times while using the car and women 12 times. This figure was dramatically higher for women who had damaged the cars, with an average of 30 instances of harsh braking recorded. In comparison, men who returned vehicles with damage braked harshly 15 times on average.
If you think this is bad, you will never believe what people leave in rental cars.