Believe it or not: Women better at parking, finds study

January 30, 2012 12:17

And here's one for the believe it or not section, from a research which is likely to reignite the cliched battle of the sexes -- women are much better at parking a car than men.

The research, which clearly contradicts the notion that women cannot park a car, has found female drivers are better at finding spaces and also more adept than men at manoeuvring a vehicle into a space -- though they may take longer to park.

Women were ranked first with a total score of 13.4 out of 20, compared to 12.3 points achieved by men in the study based on an experiment which took into account seven key components of parking styles, the Daily Telegraph has reported.

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