It’s a beautiful summers day and you are driving along without a care. You’ve got your sun-glasses on, the window down and the radio pumping your favourite tunes. Out of the corner of your eye, you spot a woman in her summer best and start singing to yourself: ‘Pretty woman walking down street, pretty woman the kind – then CRASH. BANG. You’ve gone straight into the car in front of you.
There is certainly trouble ahead for you cos you couldn’t keep your eyes on the road. Accidents like these are very common during the summer. Men just cannot keep their eyes on the road. Crashes are inevitable and lead to the embarrassment of phoning your insurance company to explain.
Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear can be a little bit outspoken, OK, he can be very outspoken. Last month he made a comment concerning this very issue. It goes a little something like this ‘People imagine the most dangerous time of the year to drive is November or perhaps February – dark nights, fog, ice’ He continues to say that ‘Sunny skies, light breezes, girls wearing short skirts, because the thing is, you can’t not look. You can’t physically not look.’
In a recent survey into the summertime crash phenomenon, a UK surveying team found that 29% of male drivers admitted to being distracted by the female of the species during summer. Contrast this with a low, low figure of just 3% of women being distracted by men during the summer. If you also take into account that men are 16% more likely to make a car insurance claim during the summer months than their female counterparts, then you can see a distinctive trend starting to emerge. One last statistic to fill you in on is that during the last 5 years, 25% of men have admitted to having a summertime crash or a very close call.
I would like to hear if anyone out there has had a similar experience and if you admitted it to your insurance company or your girlfriend. I wish I had some words of wisdom for male drivers this summer but I think it’s pretty obvious, get your eyes off the skirt and keep them on the road. If you want to keep your car in tip top condition then give it the love and sole dedication that it deserves. A wandering eye will lead to mishap and guess who will look like a fool then?
If you are planning on spotting talent this summer then make sure your car is insured. The young drivers insurance prices at AXA Car Insurance should be able to distract you for a few minutes.
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