Women's car insurance 'under less threat from hazardous driving'

Women's car insurance 'under less threat from hazardous driving'

Fewer female drivers risk their women's car insurance through potentially dangerous techniques in a bid to avoid being snapped by speed cameras.

The findings were made through research by Brunel University, which highlights that one in ten female drivers would employ hazardous driving techniques compared with four in ten male motorists, the Independent reports.

Drivers are believed to speed up when approaching a speed camera, brake suddenly when passing the device and then accelerate away, leaving room for accidents which could jeopardise men's and women's car insurance premiums.

According to the publication, there has been a sevenfold increase in the number of Britons attempting to avoid being caught by the cameras, with many motorists developing their own methods of not being snapped.

The number of speeding offences now detected by speed cameras has risen to 79 per cent from 30 per cent since their numbers increased, the publication states.

Recently, a motorists' pressure group in Essex stated that speed cameras in the area had no effect in cutting the amount of deaths on the area's roads.

Eight out of ten women's car insurance customers could save on their premiums with Kwik-Fit Insurance.