Men in Britain spend more time driving than women, according to a study by Kia.
The South Korean car maker recently undertook an investigation into the driving habits of British motorists in order to approximate an average set of behaviours.
Kia discovered that men spend an average of 260 hours in the car per year. Women, meanwhile, average 208 hours per year, a difference of more than two full days.
However, Kia’s findings also show a huge variance in the time people spend driving in their cars depending on age.
Nearly a fifth of motorists aged 16-24 average as many as 10 to 15 hours in the car in just a week.
In terms of specific ages, it is 20-year-olds who have been found to spend the most time in their car. People of this particular age average 312 hours per year behind the wheel.
In contrast, drivers over 55 have been found to spend just five hours per week driving.
The Director of Corporate Communications at Kia UK, Steve Kitson, commented: “With young drivers spending up to 15 hours a week in the car, men spending an average of 52 hours longer driving than women, and the over 50s totting up 260 hours a year on the road, it is important for us to make sure that we're ticking all of the boxes when it comes to what people want from their cars."
