It is official in Ireland and UK combined: women are better drivers!

enviro

The debate rages on, but to be honest the statistics seem to show the same thing every year: that men are more of a liability on the road because they take more risks and have more accidents as a result of aggressive or illegal driving manoeuvres.
However, it's not quite as clear cut as that: there are around four million more male drivers than female, each driving about 30 percent more, so it's obvious men will crash more. The key statistic - and the one us men will cling to - is that women have more crashes at junctions and low speed sites - which means that, technically, men have better car control than women.
Unfortunately, the number of men involved in high-speed collisions leading to death or serious injury is significantly higher than women. According to statistics from the World Health Organisation, three times more men are killed on the road than women. Plus, in 2006, 87 percent of motoring offences were by men, and a massive 96 percent of those convicted of dangerous driving were men, too.
For young people, twice as many under 25 year-old males are killed in road accidents as women - with men in general, but particularly younger ones - less able to exercise self-control, taking more unnecessary risks. Source: Yahoo

Bandara

is there a statistic for most accidents caused?

L1011

In my tens of thousands of miles driven a year I see generally more men driving than women and significantly more men driving at night than women. I think that alone would explain any higher number of deaths. Most long distance driving seems to be done by men too. Its rather hard to die in a shopping centre carpark prang, if I can use a gratuitous stereotype.

Also, amongst my friends, the females have generally learnt to drive a lot later. There aren't many under 25 female drivers to begin with!

cnocbui

Hammertime wrote: »

is there a statistic for most accidents caused?

Why, do you harbor some vain hope it won't be men who are featured also?

bizmark

Whats that saying about lies damn lies and statistics :rolleyes:

cnocbui

MYOB wrote: »

In my tens of thousands of miles driven a year I see generally more men driving than women and significantly more men driving at night than women. I think that alone would explain any higher number of deaths. Most long distance driving seems to be done by men too. Its rather hard to die in a shopping centre carpark prang, if I can use a gratuitous stereotype.

Also, amongst my friends, the females have generally learnt to drive a lot later. There aren't many under 25 female drivers to begin with!

Trying to dismiss statistics with anecdotes is a recipe for fail.

Bandara

cnocbui wrote: »

Why, do you harbor some vain hope it won't be men who are featured also?

no I was just having a laugh.

:rolleyes:

L1011

cnocbui wrote: »

Trying to dismiss statistics with anecdotes is a recipe for fail.

Statistics which were either unsourced or sourced from outside the country, it appears.

Some Irish, sourced statistics include that of women having a lower driving test pass rate, as it happens... (http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublications/VehicleDriverStatisticsBulletin/FileDownLoad,2343,en.pdf)

bizmark

study published in 1998 by the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health revealed that women clocked 5.7 auto accidents per million miles driven, in contrast to men's 5.1, even though men drive about 74 percent more miles a year than women.

Guy:Incognito

Is there a statistic for veering across lanes and leaving carnge behind you while being blissfully unaware of what went on?

Eric Cartman

Stekelly wrote: »

Is there a statistic for veering across lanes and leaving carnge behind you while being blissfully unaware of what went on?

or the gender breakdown of people doing far below the speed limit

or the gender breakdown for concentration levels in traffic (losing points for makeup and phone use)

cnocbui

bizmark wrote: »

study published in 1998 by the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health revealed that women clocked 5.7 auto accidents per million miles driven, in contrast to men's 5.1, even though men drive about 74 percent more miles a year than women.

I have no doubt about that. There is, however, a huge difference between the seriousness of the types of accident each gender typically causes.

Where women may excel at putting small, inconsequential dents in metal, men can be relied on to kill themselves and other road users en-mass.

L1011

cnocbui wrote: »

I have no doubt about that. There is, however, a huge difference between the seriousness of the types of accident each gender typically causes.

Where women may excel at putting small, inconsequential dents in metal, men can be relied on to kill themselves and other road users en-mass.

And if women were driving the 4x as much required to equal the road mileage men do; I suspect they'd "typically cause" as many serious accidents. Its rather hard to cause a serious accident when you're not on the road.

Eric Cartman

L1011

Is it just me or do the tyres in that video (when they show the wheel turning a few times) look completely bald? might make that 41,000 miles make sense...

Johnboy Mac

First off men travel far higher mileages than women. Second, men have a lesser tendancy to multi task, women know what I mean? Third, I personal believe women are the cause of accidents but do not become directly involved simply because they do not have a clue whats happening around them, something to do with multi tasking?

Now these are very subjective comments and I'm sure will be disputed for time in immemorial. Not all women are guilty of above.But women doing the school run should take note that there are other road users and their precious kids would be a lot safer it they paid more attention to the road than the kids.

Note: There is a woman right here beside (who is a competent driver) while I'm writing this and her comment was she feels safer travelling with a man driving than a woman!!

4arc

enviro wrote: »

men are more of a liability on the road because they take more risks and have more accidents as a result of aggressive or illegal driving manoeuvres.
: Yahoo

ya coz female drivers are f**cking idiots!!!!!!

couldnt count the amount of times ive had to make an illegal movement or lost the head coz the female driver in front of me doesnt know what the f**k she's doin!

not saying they are all that bad, but in my experience they are certainly more annoying!

Interceptor

The thread title is very misleading. Women have less accidents? Women show better car control? Women make fewer claims? Women have lower drink driving conviction rates? Eh, no Ted.

There are good women drivers and there are crap male drivers - the longer a person is behind the wheel and the earlier they start driving, the better they will get over time, regardless of the shape of their genitalia. If this is NOT the case and no improvement takes place then driving is not for you and you should be restriced/banned. Your car has to be tested every two years - so should you. Driving tests every 24 months for everyone, with routine bans for careless twonks. Make me the head of the RSA - I'll sort it out...

'cptr

Johnboy Mac

Interceptor wrote: »

Driving tests every 24 months for everyone, with routine bans for careless twonks.
'cptr

+1

Maybe every 36mts. I for one would fail. Having said that the driving test needs a complete overall and should be more difficult.

ztoical

have to laugh at such blanket generic statements. We might as well argue over wither town drivers are better then country drivers or young lads are worse then older lads. Being male or female makes feck all difference. I've seen plenty of bad driving on both sides.

stealthyspeeder

Women and reverse parking!!! :D:D need we look any further as to the abilities of the sexes in using a car!!!

Only last week, I was waiting on a friend in dublin and saw a women pull up beside a space that I personally could have landed an aircraft in, and in the time it took me to light, smoke and bin a cigarette, she failed in the region of a dozen times! I was in stiches laughing as she drove off in a fluster after the cars she was holding up started giving out with the horns!!

samsemtex

ztoical wrote: »

have to laugh at such blanket generic statements. We might as well argue over wither town drivers are better then country drivers or young lads are worse then older lads. Being male or female makes feck all difference. I've seen plenty of bad driving on both sides.

While i agree that there are some shocking male drivers lets be fair here. Men are better at most skill based things (and yes driving is a skill) so why should driving be any different? Gender makes a difference. Deal with it.


Im expecting abuse

Eric Cartman

women are better at some things , driving isnt one of them, ill admit i cant fold clothes, look after kids or wash dishes, or apply makeup or cut hair or bake

but i can drive, repair electronics and use a computer (3 things i have yet to see any woman do)

Yakult

Pointless argument tbh. only part of it that actually annoys me are the insurence comapnys.

darc

bizmark wrote: »

study published in 1998 by the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health revealed that women clocked 5.7 auto accidents per million miles driven, in contrast to men's 5.1, even though men drive about 74 percent more miles a year than women.

This is the only real way to compare different drivers.

On average men drive a hell of a lot more than women, so obviously there wll be a lot more accidents. But per mile travlled, men are a little bit safer in terms of accdient free, but the accidents are usually more severe!

mumblin deaf ro

What if it were true that women were on average better drivers - aside from a battle of the sexes tea break conversation, the information is sod all use.