Mr Day based the kilometres travelled in 1992 on estimates supplied by 76 QBE men and women policy holders rather than applying them to the Tas- manian population. Men travelled between 8200 to 10,600 kilometres a year, while women between 4700 to 6600 kilometres a year. Recently released statistics from the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority showed women drivers were three times less likely than men to be involved in a fatal collisions. Robin Eccles, a part owner of Hobart's VIP Driving School and a driving instruc- tor for 20 years, said women had come of age as drivers. The wives don't drive to the limit because they don't know the car's limit.
Men take more chances and like to drive fast.