Dads spend 6 months driving their children about

June 18th, 2009

According to a survey by Motors.co.uk, Dads spend an average of six months of their lives driving their children about.

Apparently the typical dad would cover 56,000 miles, the equivalent to 266 trips by the time their child reaches 18 years of age.

The research was clearly done with Father’s day in mind which is on Sunday 21st June but there is no mention of how long the Mums spend behind the wheel and my personal experience would put this at a much higher level.

In the current climate families may actually be cutting back on the amount of time they use their car but there are ways of reducing your costs. Research by car insurance provider swiftcover.com showed that many families are paying too much money for their insurance. For example, for bigger families a vehicle like the Volvo V70 estate might be the perfect choice, but whilst a 30 year old male driver would have a premium of around £320 with swiftcover.com, they could be shelling out over £1,000 with other providers.

So make sure you shop around and don’t be swayed by car insurance ’special offers’ - they aren’t always as good as they seem and may end up costing you more!

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