Survey: Most customers prefer female chauffeurs

Although there is a widely held sexist view that women are naturally bad drivers, a new survey shows that most people prefer a woman behind the wheel of a chauffeured car they've hired.

"The number of women contract drivers has tripled in the first half of 2015 compared with 2014," said the report from E-Daijia, a company that pairs drivers with clients who have their own vehicles but do not wish or are unable to drive themselves.

According to E-Daijia, 81 percent of customers surveyed this year said they preferred to have a female driver, an increase of 20 percent from the previous year.