I'm a girl motorist!!..Get me out of here!!

So, girl motorists come out tops, when it comes to reaching their destination, and faster; whatsmore the same research proves that men get lost, but haven't got the balls to admit it. Well, tell us girls something we don't know. According to exhaustive, in-depth research by the RAC, their headline-grabbing findings would lead us to believe that men don't like to own up to the fact that they're crap at finding anywhere which doesn't have a large-screen Sky TV in the corner. That's a bit like saying they can never find the words to explain just how your bum looks in your new jeans, or, admitting that the video recorders have moved on since the days of Betamax, and after much head/groin scratching it would be wise for someone who actually can read said appliances accompanying instruction manual to turn you on so to speak.

Apparently they waste up to 5.9 million hours each year because they're adamant they know how to get to your recently-moved aunties. They naturally don't need anything as insulting to their intelligence as a road map, and four out of five refuse to accept Sat-Nav may actually help get them somewhere before it closes/moves/expires. On average they hold out for 20 minutes before they concede defeat, admit to not having the basic criteria to be male and sulk for the rest of the journey. A journey which now has a destination. This is twice as long as it takes us to admit we're better at shopping and talking, (suggest how unimportant map-reading is and questioning as to just how it will way help you to locate those gorgeous Manolo Blahnik's anyway), and do the right thing and stop and ask for directions .You see, men think they are homing pigeons. Believing that they have an infallible sense of current grid reference, unchallenged understanding of where they need to be, and, the in-built plotting co-ordinates of exactly how to reach their destination. When, in reality, the only pigeon-like traits they do share is the unswerving ability to get blown off course, pick up another scent entirely, or just simply, soil themselves in front of others.

They don't need to be weighed down with the inconsequential burden of directions garnered from any other source other than their potato-shaped head, and by giving them 'half an hour' they will instantly have arrived. Where they started. They would rather endure 10 minutes of heavy-duty, extreme point of view reasoning by us, before pulling over kerbside to proposition a total stranger. Which, lets face it, isn't alien to many of them.

Bradford Universities Amarylis Fox, a Researcher in Cognitive Psychology, sheds light on the matter by noting; "Research indicates that men generally have better spatial awareness than us women, so, when it comes to map reading and navigating there's the added pressure on male drivers to perform". Going on to say;" This weight of expectation to succeed at such tasks may make it more difficult for men to admit when they're lost, whereas female drivers may actually reach their destination quicker by acknowledging when they need help with direction".

As we know better men translate this simply as us attempting to emasculate them in public, announcing to those present of their laughable failings as a hunter/gatherer. What they don't realise is their inherent short fallings as the weaker sex and inability to address this will inevitable result in differences of opinion between us and them. Thus leading to unavoidable in-car entertainment of a very vocal nature. Some two-thirds, a staggering 64% of couples readily admitting to such arguments about nothing en-route.

So boys, perhaps you should just face up to your little problem and get in touch with your feminine side - and just admit it when you're lost! Here at girlmotor.com, we can't ensure you don't get lost from time to time, but we do insure you for any other motoring issues that may arise. Be sure to call us today for special rates. Only don't tell him, or he'll only get in a strop.

Date - 15/09/2006