When does gender matter behind the wheel?
There’s a sobering saying, “The female of the species is more deadly than the male.” It first surfaced in a poem by Rudyard Kipling and achieved international recognition through the “shock shock horror” song by Space. Taken literally when applied to humanity, it suggests women are more likely to kill you than men. Except, when it comes to driving, this is almost certainly not true. Talk to the average male driver and they will pour scorn on women, telling tall stories about dangerous behavior on the roads. Yet this sexist view is not supported by the accident statistics. When you add up all the numbers from around the world, men are three times more likely to die on the roads than women. The truth seems to be that men may have better spatial awareness and so slightly better control of their vehicles. But women have better self-control which makes them safer drivers. The result in the gender stakes is that men, particularly when young, are more reckless than women, driving faster with less attention.
Let’s put the big picture together. For now, we’ll assume that women are as good as male drivers and both sexes have the same number of accidents. The cars driven by women will be traveling more slowly when they collide. That means there will be less impact and so a reduced risk of injuries. Now add in the fact that women tend to be driving less expensive cars and the total loss of damage to the vehicles and injuries to the people inside will always be lower. The rest of the statistics from law enforcement complete the picture. When it comes to tickets issued and convictions, women are rarely caught exceeding the speed limit, do not drive recklessly and are less likely to drive while drunk or incapacitated by drugs. Finally, men love their cars and prefer to drive them over long distances, unlike women who make shorter commuter journeys and take the plane or train over longer distances.
This means lower premiums for women drivers. They are more careful, have fewer accidents and cause less damage. Men are less likely to obey the law, and more likely to be injured and cause injuries. Car insurance premiums are therefore significantly higher for younger male drivers and, on average, higher than the equivalent female drivers over their lifetimes. So, when women go online to use the search engines for the best insurance rates, they are likely to be pleasantly surprised. The only strategy that men can adopt is to build up a trouble-free driving record over time. Savings will also flow from buying cheaper, less powerful cars and driving them less. Accepting mileage restrictions saves dollars on auto insurance premiums. In fact, men save money when they drive like women.
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The truth seems to be that men may have better spatial awareness and so slightly better control of their vehicles. But women have better self-control which makes them safer drivers. The result in the gender stakes is that men, particularly when young, are more reckless than women, driving faster with less attention.thanks.
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This means lower premiums for women drivers. They are more careful, have fewer accidents and cause less damage. Men are less likely to obey the law, and more likely to be injured and cause injuries
Equal opportunities for girls is the subject of this far-reaching and topical study. The author analyses educational provision in the decades following the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act, and asks whether the school curriculum is male-orientated. Are women still presented as the second sex.
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hey this doesn’t depends on the gender but it depends on your driving skills….!!!!
I am also agree with last comment that its not depend on the gender because because women also flying the plane. I think women are better in driving skill.
I don’t have much knowledge about this matter but I thinks that Best wordpress themes’s point of view is right that it depends on driving skills.
That saying should have come from the nature of mosquitoes
. The world considers women as inferior always. No matter what they achieve everything is looked down upon. This might be due to several factors. Nowadays though there is an improvement overall in the status given to women few behaviors still hurt.
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I don’t think so that gender does matter in all this. Both have same mind and both are able to do everything so i think it all vain.
Equal opportunities for girls is a subject of this far-reaching and topical study and Nowadays though there is an improvement overall in status given to women few behaviors
he is just playing a girl he said that she is a girl and just play a game with me I have asked this question before but none is serious I send reply to some people but nothing happend please its serious donot take it in fun its my request.
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There are a lot of companies competing for our insurance dollars in this competition gives us the opportunity to save money.
Well written post!
I didn’t think I would agree at first but it is true, men are more agressive on the road and tend to drive longer distances…
come to think of it, I have NEVER seen a woman mudboggin or mobbin their truck at the local moto recreation area lol
I think it will be wrong to say that women are not good drivers,but i think they are a better driver because generally they drive slowly and by care.
for me this is not really a big deal. But the norm is, men should be the one driving when they are with the women. not the other way around.lol