German Study Confirms Males, Females Drive Differently

Berlin, Germany (AHN) - Herr and frau have different driving habits, according to a study of 150,000 insurance policy holders in Germany.

The survey was made by business consultancy NAFI for Capital Investor Finance Weekly. It confirmed stereotypes about male and female motorists.

One-fourth of German women allow friends to drive their autos, while only 16 percent of men will give up their car keys. German males prefer expensive models. Up to 5.1 percent of men have cars with price tags averaging $78,000 (50,000 euro), while only 2 percent of female drivers spent that much for a car.

About 46 percent of German men drove between 7,460 to 18,640 miles (12,000 to 30,000 kilometers) a year, while 60 percent of females drove less than 7,600 miles per year.

Perceptions aside, German carmaker BMW said many German drivers' knowledge is outdated. To update German motorists, BMW launched an advertising campaign "Relearn to Drive." The campaign came to the U.S. in December 2007, when the BMW Performance Driving School brought the campaign to Spartanburg, South Carolina.