Who are better drivers?

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<p>I’m sure this is a terrible idea for a post because it could start a massive flame-war, but what the hell. It’s not as if I have to look anyone in the face.</p>

<p>Who are better drivers, men or women?</p>

<p>I don’t really have that much experience beyond my observations when I ride with my friends. What I have noticed is that my male friends are much better drivers, whereas my female friends are more careful, but less skilled.</p>

<p>One particular friend basically a lunatic with regard to decisions, but he has mastered the technique of driving. Even when he is doing crazy things, he is doing them perfectly; lane changes are quick and accurate (and he knows exactly when he has enough room not to hit anything), as is parking. I have watched him drive while eating, taking his coat off, and talking on the phone, but he still drives perfectly while doing this. While he seems like a crazy driver, I always feel safe in his care because he knows exactly what he’s doing, and is way too smart to get in a crash (or get a ticket, for that matter).</p>

<p>My female friends tend to be very careful in obeying all the traffic laws and driving defensively, but they just aren’t very good at it. It just feels like they are more touchy-feely and unsure.</p>

<p>Now, obviously, women are safer drivers. There is no doubt about that, because there are hard statistics to show that men cause a lot more accidents. But I think that’s just because men are irresponsible (this is true in general, not just driving). I am wondering more about SKILL of driving.</p>

<p>And if there is a difference, why is it there? Does one gender have a brain that is more wired for driving, i.e. have better hand-eye coordination, reaction speed, etc.?</p>

<p>Now, these are only the trends I have observed among my friends. I am not fabricating these opinions out of sexism, but it is possible that I observe “selectively,” because I want to believe one particular thing. What do other people notice?</p>

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<p>Women are safer drivers. Only because they drive slower and tend to break less rules.</p>

<p>However, from my experience, they’re generally (of course there are many exceptions) less in control and less aware of their environment than men.</p>

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<p>Men are definitely better drivers. I won’t argue with that. I guess guys just have a natural feel for driving or something. Good reflexes. They just know how to work it lol.</p>

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<p>Men are better drivers. Men are better at almost everything. We only need women for sex.</p>

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<p>Insurance industry thinks that women are better drivers. They get break in their premium at 21. Men have to wailt till 25.</p>

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<p>Ttt…wow.</p>

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<p>I kinda agree with feuler. Women tend to be safer drivers but men tend to be better at it. Men just also tend to get into trouble more easily and more often.</p>

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<p>As a female I agree with the above, though it is annoying how you men never ask for directions!</p>

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<p>in an AAA study of aggressive drivers over 10,000 were male, less than 500 female.
Men who have to be right to the point of being unable to admit they don’t know where they are, often feel they are right in other aspects of driving as well to the point of causing accidents because they wont yield right of way.</p>

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<p>both scare the hell out of me</p>

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<p>In my experience men have been more dangerous. Some of my classmates in high school would speed all of the time and some ended up totalling their cars. The girls on the other hand would back up into fire hydrants or drive into a ditch. </p>

<p>I am an excellent driver but I was pretty nervous before I got my license. After that everything went smoothly. Sometimes I’ll be driving and all of the sudden I can’t remember the last minute of driving. I tend to day-dream (especially during long highway driving) but my brain must subconsciously keep my other senses alert to driving.</p>

<p>The worse driver I have ever been in a car with was a former pilot in the Marine Corps. Never in my life has someone jerked a van all over the road like he did. I got some bad motion sickness from it.</p>

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<p>Well, if I fail my driving test next week I’m blaming it on the fact that I’m a girl.</p>

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<p>As a female I actually agree with most of the male posters above… females tend to be more cautious but men tend to be more skilled. Females tend to crash less because they put themselves in less risky situations. Males take more risks and therefore have to pay higher insurance… tragic, isn’t it?</p>

<p>However, I think that I am a very skilled driver. I took a driving course on a test track shortly after I got my license because that was the only way my parents were letting me behind the wheel of a porshe that I had restored. Now I drive an old lady car(Accord) because the porsche was stolen…</p>

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<p>Men without a doubt. Some women are passive to the point where it is almost hazardous.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if that holds true as much for teenage girls. I know a ton of girls who are reckless and drive as fast as my guy friends. But for women in their 30’s/40’s, who put their hands at the 10 o’clock/2 o’clock position, it is true.</p>

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<p>obviously guys, i have two older sisters and they were both in 2 accidents before they were 18 (a total of 4) and I am 18 now and have yet to get in an accident. Women are way too cautious, as tenacious j said, which is too hazardous.</p>

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<p>On the insurance issue, it is interesting to note that women have more accidents per mile driven than men… yet men still get screwed on the insurance rates.</p>

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<p>I think that there are some men that are bad drivers, and some women that are bad drivers. The same goes for good drivers. I don’t think driving ability is at all based on gender.</p>

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<p>Driving ability depends on a number of factors, and it’s been shown in studies that men tend to have had much more practice with most of those… ie spacial relationships (throwing all those balls all the time, playing computer games) and hand-eye coordination. I’d say men are prolly more skillful drivers and agree with everyone else.</p>

<p>Whether its biological or gradually trained is the bigger question.</p>

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<p>i personally think women are better drivers but my family is another story. I guess if you agree wtih the standard belief that men are less likeyly to ask for direction and like to drive around aimlessly and drive faster while women are more cautious, slower then you have to meet my parents. Its like role reversal when it comes to driving. I feel unsafe with my mom, if she gets lost she will just drive around making random turns and not stop to ask for directions its like -WTH, you have no clue where you are going and you’ve been driving around like a maniac for 20 minutes turn around for goodness’s sake already, she’s just horrible, i’ve been in the car with her numerous times when she turned onto the highway IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. then with my dad its like anytime he gets lost he MUST stop and ask for direction and he stops completely at every stop sign while my mom just lightly taps the brake. However i believe my parents are an anomoly to the rest of the population.</p>