APCOA PARKING Study shows: Women park quicker than men

Youth isn’t the measure for better parking

Stuttgart, 9 April, 2014 – A study conducted by APCOA PARKING, Europe’s leading parking managers, surprisingly concluded that younger drivers are less competent at parking than their elder counterparts.

In Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, students of the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) at Mannheim, surveyed hundreds of car drivers, took note of the time they required to park, and interviewed them.

In the group comprising drivers 18 to 25 years old, it took drivers on average 22 seconds to park their cars. While drivers in the group of 55 to 65 years on average only required 15 seconds to complete the parking manoeuvre. The study also gauged how many steering movements each group required to complete a movement. It found that those aged between 55 to 65 years old required just 1.6 steering movements to complete a manoeuvre, whereas their younger counterparts averaged 1.8 steering movements.

Women park faster than men
In direct comparison with their male counterparts, women proved to be quicker in parking. In fact, the study found that women required just 17 seconds to park, while men took three seconds longer, although female drivers used slightly more steering movements to park (1.62) in comparison to their male counterparts (1.5). Electronic park distance controls turned out to be real „time gluttons“. On average, drivers using the device required 21 seconds to park, while cars without the device were parked in just 15 seconds. Bildquelle: 

About APCOA PARKING
APCOA PARKING Group is the leading European parking manager. More than 40 years of operational experience and innovation, the combined know-how from 12 European countries, an annual turnover of more than EUR 700 million, and a highly diversified portfolio are distinguishing APCOA PARKING Group from competitors. This business clout, quality of service and stability offered to private and public proprietors, keep APCOA PARKING Group in the European top position. More than 30 European airports have chosen APCOA to manage their parking facilities, making the company the market leader in this segment, too.
The group currently manages around 1.3 million parking spaces at more than 7,400 locations in Europe. All car parks are managed on the basis of local know-how, individual contracts, tailor-made technical solutions and customer-oriented services. APCOA’s international expertise and innovative clout is powered by 4,700 employees. APCOA Group headquarters are located in Stuttgart (Germany).
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Tilman Kube
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