A recent survey by an insurance company, ‘Sheila’s Wheels’ revealed that women wearing heels while driving cars stand a chance of risking their lives. It was reported that out of every five female car drivers, four are at risk due to inappropriate footwear they endorse while driving.

The company questioned around 750 women out of which 75 admitted that they have experienced accident or a “near miss” as their footwear slipped or got under the pedals and made driving difficult. A quarter of them agreed that before they started to drive even though they believed that the shoes they are wearing are uneasy denied of changing them as they felt it wouldn’t bother them that much.

The spokesman of the company, Jacky Brown said that, "It's astonishing so many women are putting themselves, passengers and other drivers at risk as Stilettos, slingbacks and flip-flops aren't the sensible choice."

Michael O’Neill, a consultant surgeon from the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, said, “The rule is, ‘You can’t drive until you can hop five times on a foot’, ensuring you can put the foot down on a pedal without hesitation, which is crucial if you need to make an emergency stop,”

The survey which was done in UK came out with the fact that out of 14.3 million female motorists, 11.5 million could be at risk. The data was collected due to the rising number of deaths reported at Zebra crossing in Britain that increased three times over the past one year.