It is a hot, sticky summer’s day. You roll down the window of your car to let the air cool you down, but you start steaming as you notice the hottie on the footpath walking her dog. Your sunglasses steam up and you can’t keep your eyes off her. You break into song ‘Pretty woman walking down the street, pretty woman the kind I’d like to….CRASH!!’ It is trouble time as you have just rear ended the old age pensioner in front of you.
It won’t be the first and it certainly won’t be the last car accident caused by a man’s inbuilt hottie-spotting ability! It’s hard to imagine a more embarrassing phone call to your car insurance company when claiming.
Just last month, in a ‘rare’ outspoken moment (note the sarcasm) Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, shared his thoughts on this problem. He remarked: ‘People imagine the most dangerous time of the year to drive is November or perhaps February - dark nights, fog, ice’ He goes on to say that ‘Sunny skies, light breezes, girls wearing short skirts, because the thing is, you can’t not look. You can’t physically not look.’
In a recent survey into the summertime crash phenomenon, a UK surveying team found that 29% of male drivers admitted to being distracted by the female of the species during summer. Contrast this with a low, low figure of just 3% of women being distracted by men during the summer. If you also take into account that men are 16% more likely to make a car insurance claim during the summer months than their female counterparts, then you can see a distinctive trend starting to emerge. One last statistic to fill you in on is that during the last 5 years, 25% of men have admitted to having a summertime crash or a very close call.
I would like to hear if anyone out there has had a similar experience and if you admitted it to your insurance company or your girlfriend. I wish I had some words of wisdom for male drivers this summer but I think it’s pretty obvious, get your eyes off the skirt and keep them on the road. If you want to keep your car in tip top condition then give it the love and sole dedication that it deserves. A wandering eye will lead to mishap and guess who will look like a fool then?
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