can women drive tippers?!! insurance prejudice?

[THE88MAN]

phoned round today for a few quotes.struggled to keep up with log deliveries this winter so gonna invest in another vehicle,missus gotta drive it so not too big,thinking hilux tipper,daihatsu hijet etc,phoned round for some insurance quotes,both full no claims, obviously second vehicle for both of us,same address etc etc,quoted me 300 quid,her 500 quid!! one even said they load premiums for women driving tippers any advice or reccommendations appreciated,steve

[Tom D]

Its pure statistics, more men have accidents in regular cars than women, so premiums are slightly higher for men. Obviously women aren't as good as men in larger vehicles ( tell us something we don't know), hence the higher premium.

[jojam]

Hate to admit it but my wife often delivers with the land cruiser and 12'x6' tipper and it's amazing where she can reverse it when she has to.Go for it 88MAN,cheap labour!

[THE88MAN]

Hate to admit it but my wife often delivers with the land cruiser and 12'x6' tipper and it's amazing where she can reverse it when she has to.Go for it 88MAN,cheap labour!

 

hey jo,i've had her backing my fourtrak and tipper up a wide,straight drive many times with no success,trust me she needs a sooty van

[shropshirestars]

have you tryed fully comp any driver over 25 etc,gender doesnt come into then & fully comp is cheaper than 3rd party on older vehicles now (dont know why)

try supermarket.com think thats the one gives you loads of quotes at once online.

[Dean O]

the wifes car broke down last week, trust added her to the works policy to drive the landy tipper to get to work for the remainder of the policy (4 months till renewal) for £35 squid.

 

Hadnt thought of the advantage of getting her to do log deliveries.

 

Bonus!

[jojam]

hey jo,i've had her backing my fourtrak and tipper up a wide,straight drive many times with no success,trust me she needs a sooty van

 

Mine was like that when we started but she learnt the hard way.She reverses better when i'm not there to annoy her!Trust have been good for us,no real difference on policy for wife.Maybe coz we're a partnership?

[scotspine1]

What about this rig? think they're legal on pavements.....

[THE88MAN]

Mine was like that when we started but she learnt the hard way.She reverses better when i'm not there to annoy her!Trust have been good for us,no real difference on policy for wife.Maybe coz we're a partnership?

she drives a shogun all week,maybe they know people will swerve out her way in that lol,i will give trust a try,cheers mate

[gingertreeninja]

the girlfriend drives our tipping landy as much as i do and it only cost me an extra 27 quid to put her on the policy this also covers her on my 90. she would put a lot of guys i know to shame in a 7.5 ton with a chipper too, she can reverse them no probs.