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It's official! Women drivers ARE more dangerous behind the wheel, scientists discover

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Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists.
Researchers looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers.
They also discovered that women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2012188/Women-drivers-ARE-dangerous-wheel-scientists-discover.html#ixzz1dQ5WuZ2T


What can you say? Women's lib just got set back 50 years, lol.​
 
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My insurance is still cheaper :2razz:
 
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My biggest fear while driving a car is to look in my rear-view mirror and see a woman putting on her makeup.
 
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My insurance is still cheaper :2razz:

Nope...

Married and over 30! ;)
 
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I already knew that after years of passing fender-benders with some woman looking all confused and crying to the police.
 
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Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists.
Researchers looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers.
They also discovered that women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2012188/Women-drivers-ARE-dangerous-wheel-scientists-discover.html#ixzz1dQ5WuZ2T


What can you say? Women's lib just got set back 50 years, lol.​

When I was in middle school in the early 90s one my teachers told me to report on a news article. So I chose one that said women are lousy drivers,I think it was from the Sun or some other tabloid. Luckily my teacher was a man and had a sense of humor. I bet if he is reading this article he must be getting a good laugh right now.
 
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I already knew that after years of passing fender-benders with some woman looking all confused and crying to the police.

it's a good thing that insurance companies don't rely on anecdotal "evidence."
 
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it's a good thing that insurance companies don't rely on anecdotal "evidence."

That's only because young men are riskier than young women, but after that things change and as the scientific report shows so does driving, lol. I mean lets face it women do make up while driving as well as doing hair etc. Add in cell phone and eating and you can see why females have more accidents, more distracted driving. Not like it is a secret.
 
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That's only because young men are riskier than young women, but after that things change and as the scientific report shows so does driving, lol. I mean lets face it women do make up while driving as well as doing hair etc. Add in cell phone and eating and you can see why females have more accidents, more distracted driving. Not like it is a secret.

I still believe the insurance companies over this study you have posted. They have a financial obligation to know for sure.
 
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Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists.
Researchers looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers.
They also discovered that women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads.
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2012188/Women-drivers-ARE-dangerous-wheel-scientists-discover.html#ixzz1dQ5WuZ2T


What can you say? Women's lib just got set back 50 years, lol.​

This is hard to believe. I always heard that insurance companies charge the most for policies that involving young, teenage boys... and they do seem to be the ones most often involved in traffic accidents. When I was in high school, a lot more boys were in car accidents than females, and one boy I knew crashed three different cars and totaled them... and I believe he was in a very serious accident since high school. I also went to school with more boys killed in car crashes than girls.
 
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That's only because young men are riskier than young women, but after that things change and as the scientific report shows so does driving, lol. I mean lets face it women do make up while driving as well as doing hair etc. Add in cell phone and eating and you can see why females have more accidents, more distracted driving. Not like it is a secret.

I really don't do my makeup and hair when I drive, and neither do most of the females I know. However, my brother in law did crash his car and flip it over multiple times when he was younger, because he was brushing his hair.
 
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They'll get legislation passed to outlaw gender discriminatory pricing.
Watch.

Besides being confident that insurance companies will always make whatever risk-management decisions benefit them, not policyholders, I think texting as an accident cause will be a great gender neutralizer.
 
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I can't speak for today's young women (fewer kids these days), but every at-fault accident I've had involved a car full of misbehaving youngsters or a youngster barfing on the floorboard. Since women are still overwhelming the parent who provides most childcare, I have to wonder if this is the reason women have more accidents.
 
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I just reminded this... lol

When I was younger, my brother was driving us to school and we made a stop and got donuts and other snacks. He nearly wrecked the car because the donut bag was stuck on his hand and he couldn't grasp the steering wheel to turn the car. lol. He was waving his arm around like a manic and donuts were falling out and rolling all over the car.

He was also hit by a car recently, but he wasn't seriously injured.

My brother apparently has some issues with paying attention.
 
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I can't speak for today's young women (fewer kids these days), but every at-fault accident I've had involved a car full of misbehaving youngsters or a youngster barfing on the floorboard. Since women are still overwhelming the parent who provides most childcare, I have to wonder if this is the reason women have more accidents.

You know, I thought that too.
 
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What can you say? Women's lib just got set back 50 years, lol.[/LEFT]

I know you're just joking so I'll ignore that.

Dr Sivak said this might be due to height difference between the sexes.

Well - vehicles certainly aren't designed for short-stature individuals like me. But most women are taller than me so :shrug: I've had 2 accidents and both were because of what the person in front of me did. I've never had issues at intersections and the like so I don't see what's the deal there.
 
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I still believe the insurance companies over this study you have posted. They have a financial obligation to know for sure.

You can believe what you like, it does not change the fact that numbers don't lie.

Yes a financial obligation like medical... Oh wait. :lol:
 
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This is hard to believe. I always heard that insurance companies charge the most for policies that involving young, teenage boys... and they do seem to be the ones most often involved in traffic accidents. When I was in high school, a lot more boys were in car accidents than females, and one boy I knew crashed three different cars and totaled them... and I believe he was in a very serious accident since high school. I also went to school with more boys killed in car crashes than girls.

Yes it is true in the case of age. The study did not take into to account teenagers, but adults. Young men are a higher risk, no doubt. But later in life our insurance rates are the same.
 
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Which is sexist.

Haha - do they still do that?

Mine isn't. . . it's all the same.
 
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Haha - do they still do that?

Mine isn't. . . it's all the same.

Im sure some states or some insurance companies dont do it but some do.
 
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