Hold your horses, cowgirls…

COMPANY car managers have been warned that their women drivers are more likely to speed in rented cars than men!

A nationwide study of driving habits in rental cars has revealed that female customers are considerably more likely to break legal speed limits

The findings come after telematics technology provider, In-Car Cleverness, monitored the hire of more than 10,000 rental vehicles over a six-month period.

Analysis using ‘black box’ devices to monitor driver behaviour showed that women exceeded the speed limit 17.5% more on average.

Yet, despite driving faster than men, overall women returned far fewer cars to the rental company with damage.
In-Car Cleverness found that 84% of the cars returned with dents, scratches and punctures had been rented by male drivers.

However, it also recorded a rather more expected link between damage to rental cars and the number of speeding incidents recorded in those vehicles.

Female drivers who damaged cars sped more often – averaging 90 speeding cases. Men who returned vehicles with damage exceeded the speed limit 82 times on average.