Female Drivers vs Male Drivers

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Women or Men - Who Are Better Drivers?

The question of who are better drivers females
or males - always cause a stormy debate in any company. So females vs males - who are better?

Women always point out that they are more scrupulous, while men boast about their reaction quickness. Women and men are very different. And our driving habbits make this evident. At some things men are more succesful , at some - women. In this lens I am going to analyse and compare female and male driving from various aspects...

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Who Are Better Drivers?

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Women. No doubt!

floridaadi says:

Hey guys just read this: You will know how safer women drivers are :)

In a study released by Quality Planning, an analytics company that validates policyholder information for auto insurers, women came out on top.

The study analyzed different kinds of vehicle code violations (traffic violations) and then compared how many times men were cited versus women. The conclusion was that men break more traffic laws and drive more dangerously than women. Because they violate laws designed to make the roads safer, men cause more accidents and expensive damage.

ella says:

Women are safer drivers but Men are better drivers.

marya says:

It is statistically proven that woman are safer drivers than men. Men have a 77% higher risk of dying in an accident compared to women. Check out the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the National Household Travel Survey

serenity4me says:

I think females (unless they're too busy with lipsticks and combs, etc, etc.)

GTR says:

Women are careful, Men are reckless. Sorry boys..

xdfsfr says:

Mens break more traffic rules and drive more than womens. because they violate laws designed to make the roads safer, men cause more accidents and cause expensive damage. But i say that mens also drive nice.

mcochs says:

I think women are more careful,less impatient.

Rachael says:

Im just gonna say that FEMALES are alot betta drivers then Men

SoyCandleLover-Maker says:

Just from personal experience, the women got it going on. Less accidents and tickets. :D

ShirlW says:

Well I say women, just cause I am one... :-) BUT my husband who is a truck driver and travels thousands of miles per week will vehemently disagree!

jennysue19 says:

positivechristian I would be happy to challenge you to parallel park any day!

jennysue19 says:

I am 58, I have had a driving licence since I was 17 and a totally clean licence for the last 24 years. My Mum who got her provisional licence during WW2 was granted a full licence at the end of the war and never took a test. She had a clean licence all her life, but definitely wasn't the slowest thing on the road, she had a sports car till she was over 60 and her arthritis got bad.!
Men are too aggressive and cause accidents as a result and they show off.

PositiveChristian says:

A traitor to my gender. In my view women often drive more carefully than men. However in tight manoeuvring situations often men will do better.

Both men and women can be excellent drivers if they keep their mind on what they are doing. Some advanced driver training is also useful for all drivers, male or female.

Men. Why even argue?

Symond says:

Logic is very simple, men always take more responsible because they are the guardian of the family and on an average the family guardians are always do the things in a much responsible manner and driving is one part of that responsibility.

Michael says:

We all know women are safer drivers, but it's due to a lack of risk taking that results from their knowledge that they lack driving skills to take spontaneous evasive maneuvers. Two questions are being answered and only one is asked. The question is who is better at driving? Men are, and women drive SAFER due to their knowledge of their lack of skill.

instructor says:

female driver=DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gerard "adolf" clayton says:

let the jews burn!

HAHA!!! says:

Female drivers... HAH!

a man says:

I didn't know women were allowed to drive yet, can you guys vote also?

AdvancedDriver says:

Men tend to have much better spatial awareness. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen a woman waiting at the end of a line of parked cars, holding up traffic because they don't think their car will fit through. This has nothing to do with patience or carefulness, it's because they have no idea where the corners of their vehicle are. I'm not saying men are better drivers in all respects, but I've observed this to be a noticeably female trait. It's inconsiderate to other road users and generates huge amounts of slow moving traffic. The same applies for struggling with parallel parking, if they treated the car as an extension of their body, like a tennis player would a racket, there would be no problem. A good example is the proportion of women racing in Formula One and WRC, anyone spotting a clue here?...

someone says:

Men are statistically more likely to crash. They also drive a LOT more. Men also take less time to park, and don't put on make up/talk to their BFF's while driving.

joyce says:

I'm a female but I do believe that men are better drivers. analyzing our body build, men are of course, stronger than women so they can do better maneuvering and stuff like that. Women are also "good" drivers because we are more organized and careful compared to men, which leads to good followers of traffic rules.

@oliversbabycarecouk, there are female f1 drivers. :D

pumpnut says:

Stop tailgating me and get off the phone. You should have left ten minutes ago.

BizGuides says:

Between the morning make-up applying, cellphone talking, now texting, tailgating, can't see because they don't like wearing their glasses, etc.
it's scary out there driving.

Kip says:

Men are better than women, at everything and anything. Driving, walking, decision making, all of the obvious. Females are a cancer to the planet. Men built and invented everything. All females do is spend mens money. All they give a crap about is shoes, make up, hair, clothes, splooging out screaming brats to pander to their ever declining pathetic self esteems. Females should be housed in huge camps and taught how to do things the superior way, a MANS way. Got that fraus? fetch my beer!!!

JziE says:

Men are better

Mrmakingusmile says:

men drive better and you know why.

Oliversbabycarecouk says:

Obviously Men Are, But Theres More Of Us On The Road. And yeh you Never See F1 Women drivers!

 
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Influence of Peripheral Vision

Female vs Male Drivers Peripheral Vision Differences

Who might have thought that even our eyes are different! Women's Peripheral Vision is considerably broader than men's.

From the very beginning a woman was the guardian of the family fireplace, so she had to see very much at one time: what was going on inside a cave, what are the children doing, and what are possible dangers.. This is why women's brain allow them to perfectly see at least 45 degrees in each sector side of the head (a total of - 90 degrees). By the way, this is a minimum since many women in peripheral vision are more efficient - they reach 180 degrees, while men's eyes rarely exceed 45 degrees. Looking straight ahead, women can perfectly see what is going on, on the sides.

But this feature is simply indispensable for driving a car! Most accidents occur because drivers are not capable of spotting danger coming from sides.

Distant Vision

Women Versus Men Distant Vision Comparison

It is true that men also have vision advantage over women.

Since antiquity men were required to do different things than women . As for hunting, it was very important to spot the target and not to loose him even in long distances. His vision has evolved to a strong organic vision.

Scientists call this "tunnel vision". In addition, men see things and objects contained directly in front of them very clearly and distinctly and also have the ability to see further than women are able to see . Thus, men rather than women, notice distant obstacles and react to them quickly.

Fatigue And Vision In The Dark

Why Men's Eyes Get Tired Quicker

Another visual difference - men's eyes get tired more quickly than women's. Men's eyes adapted to look into the distance, but if you need to monitor the side-and rear-view mirrors, instrument panel and so on.. Vision must refocus and that is why men's eyes get tired so quickly.

No less important, the ability to see in the dark! Women note many small parts while seeing in the dark , but only from close distance and in the wider field of vision. While also in the dark, they have difficulties to see which side of the road the upcoming transport is going. Men do not have such problems.

Hearing

Female vs Male Hearing Influence

A woman can take a few sounds at the same time. While driving a car she can chat with passengers, listen to music and hear the engine sounds or other signals emanating from the car or near a running vehicle. Women's brain are able to divide sounds into different categories .

For men this is a problem. Usually a man with no additional voltage may only accept one of these sounds. However, men also have hearing advantage: men hear better from where the sound is transmitted and fail less often to detect a problem that causes a car to sound odd.

Doing Few Things At The Same Time

How Do Women Do Many Things At The Same Time?

In men's brain between the left and right hemispheres are significantly less connective nerve fibers than women's . What does it meen?

This means that a woman carrying out any work, can use all her brain, but a man usually uses only a single hemisphere. This allows the woman to do a lot of work at the same time, while men tend to focus only on one thing.

So if you speak to a driving man, he is likely to miss his turn...

Separating Left From Right

Is It True???

However , the ability to use both brain hemispheres at once, sometimes misleads females ..

As a result, they often confuse left and right sides. About 50% of women can not instantly tell where the left and right side is and look for marks (the ring on her hand and so on). Therefore told to turn to the left, sometimes they turn to right.

Men separate left from right just great , because at one time operates either left or right brain hemisphere.

Orientating in space

Who Orientates And Reads Maps Better And Why?

Researchers found that men's orientation in space is associated with the right brain hemisphere frontal view of the area of functioning.

In women's brain both hemispheres are responsible for this.

Unfortunately, because of this men are superior to women when it comes to focusing on the road, remembering unknown destinations, finding a parked car in the giant shopping center site, and so on.

Parallel Car Parking

Do You Find Parking Difficult?

Statistics show that 80% of men and 20% of women are able to park car correctly by the parallel sidewalk. And blame it on the same spatial orientation, which is better developed in males than females.

Even if for women it is easy to overcome this problem during driving exams, actually the majority of women on the streets will rather drive further to more spacious parking lots than park a car almost at the door, but in narrow spaces

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  • serenity4me Jul 17, 2011 @ 11:26 pm | delete
    Very interesting!
  • Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Good topic lens!there are lot much arguments between male and female:)i need to drive long distance to my office at Atlanta Web Design Services so i think i am good driver.:)
  • JziE Oct 15, 2010 @ 4:08 am | delete
    Like It - Fb Like :)
  • mcochs Oct 7, 2010 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    Cool lens,liked it a lot!
  • Oliversbabycarecouk Sep 28, 2010 @ 9:53 am | delete
    Great Topic To Do A Duel With, But Ive Seem Some Pretty Bad Women Parking. Youtube Will Back Me Up On This One!
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