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  1. Women banned from driving

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    Saudi women banned from driving

    At just after 10 o'clock on Friday morning Maha al-Qahtani swapped places with her husband, Mohammed, and took the wheel of the family car.

    For the next 50 minutes, she drove through the Saudi capital, along the six-lane King Fahd Road, through Cairo Square, down the upmarket Olaya Street with its shopping malls, Starbucks, Apple store and boutiques.

    "No one tried to stop us. No one even looked," the 39-year-old civil servant said. "We drove past police cars but had no trouble."

    In fact, the biggest problem for Qahtani was her husband sitting next to her in the family Hummer. "He kept telling me to slow down or speed up. He was very fussy," she said.

    This is Saudi Arabia, the only country in the world that bans women from driving motor vehicles.

  3. Men more dangerous than women??

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    Men are more likely than women to be involved in crashes because of bad driving habits such as driving too fast and drink-driving, according to the IAM’s latest research report Licensed to skill: Contributory factors in road accidents.

    When comparing men and women, men are nearly twice as likely to be involved in a collision due to being careless, reckless or in a hurry.  They are also more likely to crash because of poor behaviour or inexperience.  

    The main differences highlighted in the report are:

    • Careless, reckless or in a hurry is recorded more frequently for men (ten per cent) than women (six per cent).
    • Travelling too fast for the conditions is recorded more frequently for men (seven per cent) than women (four per cent).
    • Poor driving behaviour or inexperience is recorded more frequently for men (14 per cent) than women (ten per cent).

    However recent research by the IAM shows that women and men aren’t so different when it comes to driving behaviour and attitudes. Most men and women enjoy driving, and rate themselves to be confident, considerate and safe. 

    But almost twice as many men as women claim to be “very confident” drivers.

    IAM chief executive Simon Best said:  “These results show that we need to look at the psychology of male drivers to reduce risky behaviour and over-confidence, but for both sexes accidents could be easily reduced by improving driver skills and lives could be saved.  The government is moving towards this by introducing driver training for careless driving offences but all drivers should consider training. Driving is a life-long skill that requires life-long learning.”

  4. Womens Car Insurance Costs

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    Women's Car Insurance

    Young women currently get cheaper deals than men the same age because they are considered a "safer risk".

    typically young women pay an average of £1,650 where as a young man pays an average of £2,700.

    figures have recently shown that men are 10 times more likely to be in a crash involving serious injury, they are also 25 times more likely to commit a traffic offense within the first 3 years of them passing their test.!!!

    so if you are a young driver here are some helpful tips to help you save money and keep your car.

    • Change the way you drive:, keep a look out for traffic lights and junctions that way you don't need to break suddenly
    • Drive more smoothly
    • Change the gears at the right times
    • Tidy the inside of your car to make it lighter 

    By doing this you can reduce the amount of petrol you use and even prevent certain car parts from being damaged sooner than they should