Who Are The Better Drivers -- Men Or Women?

Question

This Good Question, which came in via e-mail, has been the matter of debate in more than a few households. Who are better drivers, men or women?

Answer 1

Women

Answer 2

They both have their own individual flaws and tendencies.
Younger men are the worst they tend to want to compete too much and eagerly rev their engines, squeal their tires and race, passing you on the right, just to get to the next red light or set of tail lights. (hopefully they still have good brakes)
Younger women are 2nd, almost but not quite as aggressive, but much more prone to distraction by cell phones, kids in the car or even pets (yes,Fido) in the car with them.
Thankfully both sexes eventually mature into a better drivers.
Unfortunalty when they get too mature they also tend to need a little help now and then keeping their parking between the yellow lines, turning a turn signal off, or reaching 55 on the expressway.

It is really very close. In the end, (sorry guys)
When both men and women are distraction free and not complacent, I'm going to have to honestly say women.
They mature faster, even at driving.
Maturity being the key to safety.

Answer 3

I really don't think it is a question of what sex is a better driver, but who can actually drive? If you don't use a cellphone constantly, do your hair, go through your music, eat a 4 course meal, or go into violent rages because someone goes a bit slow..then I think perhaps those are good drivers.

Answer 4

Hmm....well id have to say women, only because the men I have driven with really suck big time. Just an assessment I have made, that doesn't mean all men are crummy drivers. They just break more laws, or so I have noticed.

Answer 5

I believe that women are better drivers then men because most men spead alot and women don't. Thats a fact in my house hold. My brothers spead while my sister and I are always careful.

Answer 6

I think men are known to be more reckless. Thats why they can be the same age as a woman with the same driving experience and still pay more in Car Insurance. I think i drive well. That's why the back of my car, "Ha, you just got passed by a girl!"

Answer 7

Statistically its women - in Australia there are insurance companies that have cheaper insurance for women cause they regard them as the better drivers.

Answer 8

tricky question bc unless u break it down by age group & race no one I mean NO ONE can honestly answer this.

so here u go:
women from the age group of 16-24 (..proof ~>car insurance rates)

women from the age groups of 25-45 (bc men in that group tend to drink n have more road race inncidents than women)~> proof the number of men arrested on any given wk day or wknd due to drunk driving inncidents.

Answer 9

Figures compiled by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) show that more men than women die each year in motor vehicle crashes, figures that drew explanatory comments from various insurance industry observers such as Russ Rader of IIHS, in Arlington, Va., and Tully Lehman, of the Insurance Information Network of California (IINC).

"Men typically drive more miles than women and engage more often in risky driving practices including not using a safety belt… and speeding," according to Rader, spokesman for IIHS, in Arlington, Va. "This is due to the fact that men typically drive more miles and exhibit often risky driving practices such as driving while intoxicated, not wearing a seatbelt and speeding," said Lehman.

On the flip-side, IIHS also reported that from 1975 to 2003, female deaths in motor vehicle crashes increased 14 percent compared to an 11 percent decline for male motorists during that same period. Insurance industry executive Daniel W. Kummer pegs the rise in female deaths in vehicular crashes to more women obtaining driver's licenses than in the past and driving more miles than, say, 25 years ago.

"We're also seeing women driving more aggressively, picking up that bad habit from their male counterparts," points out Kummer, director of personal lines-auto for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), an insurance trade organization based in Illinois. Kummer believes that there are more women drivers, because more females hold down jobs today than a quarter-century ago. "All these factors lead to more deaths among women drivers and their auto insurance costs are rising in direct proportion to their accident and death rates from crashes."

"Reckless driving used to be the province of male drivers as opposed to women," says III's Carolyn Gorman. "We're seeing more and more examples these days of women driving aggressively and exhibiting road rage, which represent poor behavior behind the wheel."

"If trends continue as the data suggest," said IINC's Tully Lehman, "you could start seeing a closing of the gap of car insurance rates between male and female drivers, but for the time being at least, the gap will still remain much as it is today."

Answer 10

Well, under 25 statistically it's women.

I think both genders have their problems; in my opinion the defects in men's driving are more life-threatening.