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Do men Drive Better than Women?
Posted by Purplenerdz • 5/22/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Driving, MEN, women
My S.O. is always generalizing, his favorite thing to say is women can't drive. When i bring up the fact that men cause more accidents than women he says "yeah yeah what ever".
what is your opinion? do you think men drive better than women?
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lol ,en drive the worst..who goes and gets into the most recks and races each other when they turn 16? guys... -
Some people drive better than others, that's all.-
i agree with you dear! -
100 agree!
it's not about been man or woman! -
I think men is a better driver than the women.
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I dunno - I am a woman and I can drive anything. ANYTHING - and I have... I've driven trucks, winnebagos, cars of all types and speeds.
I drive better than most people - except my eyesight - which was expected is getting worse (I have always had extremely bad eyes, and the prognosis was early on to get bad... I'm as farsighted as you can get and still get contacts... LOL!) so night driving is getting to be more difficult for me in unlit areas...
But --- I can outdrive almost any male I've met on a race track. I dunno.
I think driving is an instinct.
Of understanding how everything fits together: the other drivers, the way the car operates, the way traffic is moving - and the road plus the conditions.
So there are good drivers of every sex....
And maybe a few drivers who have sex while driving.-
@ witchy me 2 not everybody needs their side view mirriors............u kno what else I can do flip a dime onto a 4klift w/1 try. My hubby can't even do that.hehehaha
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Well,it depends if ur trying 2 pop a smart alek n the mouth,while talkin' on the phone 2 the mayor's office,while tryin'2 put eyeliner on and dance 2 a good song all @ the same time! I multi-task! But only had one fender bender this year,n that's bc hunny child was n no parkin zone.
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So my answer is no man can hold a candle 2 me
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My hubby freaks out if the girls start 2 fuss,(ya wanna take care of them,I canLt concentrate) I donLt think the meaning of the word cocentrate really even exisits.
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There are plenty of bad drivers in both sexes. -
True that
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there exceptions to every rule. Men are proven to be better navigators though - we have a nickel deposit above our noses which acts like a natural compass.
Please don't ask me for a reference as I just pulled that out of my ass.-
and yet we fail to ask for directions to course correct. If we do ask, we refuse to write them down.
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Generally yes. There are exceptions. I know horrible male drivers and good female drivers. The reason is simply that women usually are more distracted by there phone, radio, person next to them ect.-
NONSENSE. Utterly untrue stereotype. Precisely the type of sexist rubbish men convince THEMSELVES of... to deflect the fact that they take more risks, race, are harder on their vehicles, have more accidents, and have higher insurance.
I won't even eat in my car, nor do I pick up my cell. It just rings, and my life is worth more than whomever thinks they need to talk to me right that second.
Over the years, I have been rear-ended in commmute traffic three times by men, one of whom was SHAVING. I've seen men reading books and working on laptops in their cars. My ex used to eat with both hands, change CDs, gab on the phone while he swerved around, and it scared me to death. I actually GOT OUT OF THE car once at a stoplight, telling him if he wanted to risk his OWN life that was his affair, but he did not have the right to risk MINE.
This is about stupidity level, not gender. -
Polish statistics say that women are the reason of more percentage of accidents than man (that is crosschecked with a % of drivers by sex)... total numbers are of course better for women...
So yes men drive better, and it's not sexism - it's sociology.
but on the other hand... if a woman has good coordination/orientation skills, she will be better than man, because less testosterone driven
not fighting on the road, just driving...
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Yea u did!! Men couldn't find their way w/a trail of breadcrumbs.
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cute
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That comment was meant 4 the puppy dog
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I kno.haha
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Y is it when I comment on threads.other people stop? Am I truly that bad???
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no i get that too
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Maybe. When I've gotten into accidents, the person that hit me was always a woman. Coincidence? I don't know.-
My experience has been quite the opposite. In all but one of the times my car has been hit by another, the offending driver was male.
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duh! -
The word "better" is subjective. Do you mean that they have a superior ability to weave through traffic cones on a course? That they have some kind of testosterone-fuelled superiority that allows them to leap tall dump trucks in a single bound? Or, by better, do you mean that men are safer drivers?
Unfortunately for those of you who are into stereotyping, the facts go against you: women cause fewer accidents than men and insurance companies...which employ armies of statisticians to study this sort of thing...therefore give women of all ages preferential rates. This, then, would indicate that women are safer drivers than men and by my definition of "better," this makes women as a group better drivers than men.-
Women definitely are safer. They have insurance companies primarily for women in the UK now in the same way that they have SAGA for older drivers! -
Yup! we got those "for women only" insurance companies here in South Africa, too. And in their TV advertisements, they capitalize on the things men do to cause the insurance rates to be higher than women's.
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lol! It isn't Sheilas Wheels too is it? I swear I only have to think about female targeted insurance and I get the horrible tune in my head for an hour at least, very sly and effective marketing, they know it is annoying enough for people to remember it!
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When I was young, my mom always drove me to school. So I pretty much can't agree with the subject matter. -
now men not better in drive ! women....going like Zooooooooooooooooooo...........with her vehicle.........................
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there is a reason men pay higher car insurance and it isn't because they are better drivers. I would just ask your SO what he knows that insurance companies don't. -
No, there are more male "leadfeet" than female ones, in my experience.
However, I will say this: the most consistently bad drivers are those who purchase BMWs.-
Oh, let's have a chorus of "Amen!" for that one.
Here in South Africa, the Volkswagen Polo and Golf drivers are BMW drivers in training...just horrible!
What is it about those cars that turn perfectly ordinary human beings into flaming arseholes, anyway? -
I have no idea - but every BMW driver I encounter on the roads (in Britain, anyway) is extremely aggressive. Too aggressive, actually.
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I used to work for an auto insurance company in the claims department. I'd investigate accidents, take statements etc. We had lots of jokes about various groups of people and their stereotyped driving talents (or lack thereof). There were no jokes about men or women drivers (just other groups). -
Regarding rates being higher for men...when a guy marries his rate goes down!
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Thanx for all the comments; I made my S.O. read this entire thread. Especially the part about All women insurance companies.
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No, but let him think that he's the better driver and that way, when you go for a night out, remind him of his superior driving skills because that way, you will be the one who can enjoy several drinks, whilst he can't drink and drive at all. Now that's what I call superior driving!!! -
I dont think so!
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Clearly there are bad male and female drivers however men have higher insurance rates because they tend to be less safe. -
Depends on your definition of worse - statistically, women cause more accidents, but men cause more serious accidents (when we crash, we like to do it in a BIG way) - I guess if we go by the old flying line "any landing you can walk away from is a good landing", then women are better drivers -
Women are better... they pay less for insurance. My sister is a pricing analyst for Progressive... they spend WAY too much time and money researching this stuff... and shaping their rates around it, for it to be untrue. -
Women tend to look at themselves in the overhead rearview mirror fairly often, checking if they are having a bad hair day or something. Men tend to look down and pull at their trousers and underpants fairly often, loosening the tugs on their crotch. Both talk often on cellphones. Woman maybe more than men. But men are more likely to be diverted by some female pulling up alongside in traffic.
I'd say they are about even. I didn't learn to drive until I got out of the army. I quit driving 7 years ago. (Couldn't afford repairs/insurance on my '82 Ford Escort.) Which is kind of a downer. But I've read non-drivers on average have a three-year-longer lifespan.
Back to women and men drivers. As stated, I think fairly even. But if I'm hitchhiking, and a woman driver and a man driver stopped at the same time and both offered me a ride...uh, I'd go with the woman. Prejudiced I guess.-
Where do you live? Bad1970scomedysketchland?
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No--I think good driving comes from a combination of having common sense, having good reaction time, and being considerate. I think that both men and women can do well in these categories . . . or do poorly.
Most people are poor drivers, imo. Most are too self-absorbed to be really good drivers because good driving skills mean you have to consider other people constantly. -
Do men Drive Better than Women?
No they just claim that they do.-
My husband (a God amongst men) readily admits I am a far superior driver to him--but then, I used to be a taxi driver!
But most men aren't Gods amongst men.
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