Male drivers fall foul of the law more often than women, according to IAM
Yikes, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) have recently reported that over 8000 UK drivers are still driving despite having 12 or more points on their licence. And here is the most interesting fact; the top fourteen licence point holders with 25 points or more are all men. In fact, according to the press release from the IAM, a male driver from Warrington holds the record for accumulating the highest number of points, a total of 36.
Staggering still is that a freedom of information request to the DVLA showed many male drivers with 25-36 points were still driving.
Here are some interesting details supplied in the IAM's latest release:
Currently, there are 20,439,578 male and 16,804,524 female licence holders in the UK, but it’s men who fall foul of the law more often:
Steph Savill, managing director of FOXY Lady Drivers Club said: “For most motorists, collecting points is expensive, embarrassing and potentially highly stressful. But they make us more vigilant drivers. The relative few who collect 12 points in a fairly short period of time must be either ignorant or contemptuous of the rules of the road. They are getting away with it because the courts seem unwilling to play the disqualification cards they hold. There may even be a case for making serial point scorers re-sit the theory and practical driving test before their licence is reinstated.”
Now this information is definitely going to cause a few debates in the office. I can only guess as to why the data shows that more men than women have totted up the most points on their licenses. Not wanting to offend the male readers of the blog and sound even remotely sexist, I will keep my personal comments for the office banter/debate.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic though. What do you think about these findings, are they fair? Please share your comments on the blog page or via Twitter.
Staggering still is that a freedom of information request to the DVLA showed many male drivers with 25-36 points were still driving.
Here are some interesting details supplied in the IAM's latest release:
Currently, there are 20,439,578 male and 16,804,524 female licence holders in the UK, but it’s men who fall foul of the law more often:
- Of the top thirty-four licence point holders, only two are women.
- Of the top 99 licence point holders, just fourteen are women.
- 2256 men are still driving with more than 12 points on their licence.
- 351 women are still driving with more than 12 points their licence.
Steph Savill, managing director of FOXY Lady Drivers Club said: “For most motorists, collecting points is expensive, embarrassing and potentially highly stressful. But they make us more vigilant drivers. The relative few who collect 12 points in a fairly short period of time must be either ignorant or contemptuous of the rules of the road. They are getting away with it because the courts seem unwilling to play the disqualification cards they hold. There may even be a case for making serial point scorers re-sit the theory and practical driving test before their licence is reinstated.”
Now this information is definitely going to cause a few debates in the office. I can only guess as to why the data shows that more men than women have totted up the most points on their licenses. Not wanting to offend the male readers of the blog and sound even remotely sexist, I will keep my personal comments for the office banter/debate.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic though. What do you think about these findings, are they fair? Please share your comments on the blog page or via Twitter.
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