6 JULY 1934, Page 23

WOMEN MOTOR DRIVERS

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

ant,—In Mr. -Prioleau's article on " The Dreamers on the Road," he ' inveighs (not for the first time) against The greater deadliness of the female species "—i.e., of motor Irivers. The shortest and most effective reply is to quote the lgures given in the 1933 Report on Fatal -Road Accidents.

['his states that :

" About 4 per cent. of the drivers involved (i.e., in fatal accidents) were women. From figure's taken in six repreientative areas it would appear that about 12 per cent. of all persons holding driving icences are women."

—I am, Sir, &c.,