Women drivers ‘no worse at maintaining cars than men’

- 18th August 2009

There is “no evidence” to suggest that women do not maintain their cars as well as their male counterparts, it has been claimed.

According to Adrian Walsh, director at road safety partnership RoadSafe, women are safer drivers than men in “almost every respect” and are no less adept at looking after their vehicles and making sure they are safe, despite what some people may think.

“They [women] are much safer drivers than men usually because they take less risks generally speaking, they are more caring, therefore they tend to drive more slowly, more carefully,” he added.

However, it seems that many women are not as confident in their own car servicing skills, with a previous survey by car insurance provider Churchill finding that 44 per cent of women are not sure how to check their oil level compared to 21 per cent of men, while 72 per cent of female drivers questioned did not know where to check the brake fluid.

Two-thirds of women also said that they felt more comfortable knowing they can contact someone for help if their car did break down.