WOMEN THE BEST DRIVERS
After over five years’ experience in dealing with every type of driver, Mr Godfrey Davis, the head of the bigbest hire-car service in London, has proved that women are safer drivers than men. For each hundred thousand hires made to men and a corresponding number to women, 800 accidents are due to women, and 1000 to men. A woman is therefore a 20 per cent better risk than a man. “This disposes of the fallacy that women are bad drivers,” said Mr Davis. Probably the chief reason why women are safer on the road than men is because they do not generally indulge in excessive speed. “Most women have less self-confid-ence than men, and this proves a valuable safety device leading them to drive especially carefully.” 4
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 10
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131WOMEN THE BEST DRIVERS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 10
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