Women's motor insurance news
05/04/2007

Cheap car insurance company reveals cost of learning to drive

The cheap car insurance company Churchill has revealed that twice as many female learner drivers give up as their male counterparts.

Teaching people to drive is big business in the UK and Churchill's research shows that £3.2 billion is spent on wasted lessons after the pupil throws in the towel. On average, a learner driver will pay £687 for lessons before giving up.

The motor insurance firm found that 10% of people give up learning to drive altogether, many after becoming despondent following a test fail. Some of those reported to Churchill researchers that they got so wound up about driving lessons that they were physically sick with apprehension.

Depression and anxiety were not the only effects reported by people having difficulty learning to drive. Some said that they had become the butt of jokes about their bad driving, whilst others felt they were missing out on careers where a full driving licence is a requirement.

Churchill found that the main reason that female learner drivers fail their tests is inadequate observation at junctions, although reverse parking and reversing around corners are also very common reasons for failures.

A spokesperson for the cheap car insurance company said: "Our research clearly shows the steep cost of learning to drive. Learner drivers face financial pressure to pass their test first time with as few lessons as possible. But, it is worth taking the time and effort to become a confident driver by the time you pass."

 

 

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