Summer's Stupidest Driving Hazard: Short Skirts
LatestA British car insurance company says male drivers have far more accidents in the summer than women do. The (alleged) reason: dudes are distracted by ladies’ short skirts.
The Telegraph reports that according to numbers released by car insurance company Sheilas’ Wheels, men made 16.4% more claims last summer than in other seasons. And while 25% of men said they’d had an accident or near-accident in the summer over the last five years, only 17% of women said the same. These stats don’t really seem all that impressive to me, but a rep for Sheilas’ says, “In the summer […] men are significantly more likely than women to claim during the summer months – often as a result of wandering eyes.” The rep offers no data to back up this last part, but, bizarrely, behavioral psychologist Donna Dawson concurs: