Funeral Directors Ironically Are Britain's Most Dangerous Drivers

Take that stereotypes and insurance companies! It's survey time again on Car Throttle. A few weeks back we told you about pavement babes distracting most male Irish motorists and this week Tiger.co.uk (no current affiliation with CT) wanted to find out the correlation between occupation and driving convictions. They took 270,000 quotes from the site and the results are now in (excuse the Dermot O'Leary tone of voice).

Students were ruled the fifth most law abiding drivers - behind kennel workers, launderers, legal clerks and the kings and queens of road rules, dental technicians - with motoring misdemeanors to serious crimes being committed after every 123,716 miles. There you are. We don't always nick Imprezas or speed everywhere as some police cop action programs may suggest. Then again, those crims don't usually have insurance.

Now for the other side of the coin - drivers with the most regular convictions. Dance teachers and choreographers like the crazy cracker above manage to get clock up convictions worryingly frequently compared to students; after every 23,500 miles on the road.

The statistic that surprised us most was the fact that funeral directors are one of the most likely groups of people to commit motoring offences. Most are probably illegally parking the hearse outside the church for loading no doubt. Surely the most ironic piece of news to come out this week?