Driving convictions 'more common in men'
04 March 2010 12:43:26
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| Male car insurance customers more likely to have driving convictions. |
Nearly one in five AA customers have at least one conviction and the researchers found that men were more than twice as likely to have been caught drink-driving.
Drivers living in the Midlands seem to be the least law-abiding, with 31.5% of men and 1.6% of women having a conviction to their name.
In contrast, just 9% of men and 6% of women in Northern Ireland had motoring convictions.
Simon Douglas, director of AA Insurance, revealed: "The vast majority of convictions, 85% of them, are for speeding offences. [The] second most likely offence is for jumping traffic lights (9%) while a worrying 2% are drink-drive offences."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the insurer's books show that younger drivers are most likely to have convictions.
According to road safety charity Brake, 18-year-old drivers are more than three times as likely to be involved in a crash than 48-year-olds.
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