Who’s the better driver in your relationship? As many mums, dads, families and friends take to the roads this mid-term break, a survey by motoring solutions specialist easytrip has revealed that men believe they are, with 82 per cent claiming to be the better driver compared to 73 per cent of females who say they are. A high proportion of women, one in four, thought their partner was a better driver while only 15 per cent of men thought their female partner was.
Who does most of the driving in your relationship?
Whilst each partner may have their own car, when it comes to who is the designated driver on a joint trip, 82 per cent of males nominated themselves to drive with only 18 per cent saying their partner did so. 45 per cent of females said they were the main driver. When it came to letting your partner drive your car, male respondents to the easytrip survey came out on top (59 per cent) compared to only 27 per cent of female respondents who let their partner drive their car.
Criticising your driving
Criticising your partners driving isn’t a rare occurrence, with 1 in 5 of respondents saying their partner always let them know if they were doing something wrong whilst travelling in the car with them.
Annoying driving habits
When it comes to annoying driving habits, most of us would admit we can get stressed whilst driving and that criticism doesn’t always help, but what really annoys your nearest and dearest about your driving? According to the majority of men who completed the survey, their partners top 5 most annoying driving habits are:
Terrible at parking
Makes phone calls whilst driving
Road rage – shouting at other road users
Driving too fast
Insisting on being the designated driver
Female respondents to the easytrip survey, meanwhile, admitted that their top 5 annoyances are:
Drives too slowly
Terrible at parking
Making phone calls whilst driving
Insisting on being the designated driver
Tailgating the car in front
Commenting on the survey, General Manager of easytrip, Colin Delaney said: “Who’s the better driver? It seems that it’s a hotly contested subject amongst our survey respondents with the majority of men (82 per cent) claiming to be the better driver. Female respondents, however weren’t too far behind them coming in at 73 per cent. No matter what our own personal opinions are of our own driving ability or of our partners, it is important that we all keep safety as our number one priority when we get behind the wheel this mid-term break – regardless of who is doing the driving”.
