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Researchers at the University of Michigan analyzed 6.5 million car crashes in the U.S. between 1998 and 2007. Female drivers were found to be involved in 68.1 percent of all crashes, according to The Daily Mail.
The results are especially surprising given that men were found to drive 60 percent of the time, while women only 40 percent. In other words, women got in more accidents despite driving less than the opposite sex.
Reading further we find how data is manipulated.
Instead, analysis showed female-to-female accidents made up 20.5 percent of all crashes, much higher than expected. Male-to-male crashes were lower than expected, at 31.9 percent, while male-to-female crashes were close to their predictions at 47.6 percent.
However, Dr. Sivak refused to go so far as to say he personally believes that women are worse drivers than men. "The results indicate that in certain crash scenarios, male-to-male crashes tend to be underrepresented and female-to-female crashes tend to be overrepresented," he said.
A 2004 study found almost the complete opposite, however. According to The Guardian, Scottish researchers said 94 percent of accidents causing death or bodily harm involved male drivers.
So 31.9% is larger than 20.5%. and 68.1% and 79.5% do not equal 100%.
Researchers at the University of Michigan analyzed 6.5 million car crashes in the U.S. between 1998 and 2007. Female drivers were found to be involved in 68.1 percent of all crashes, according to The Daily Mail.
The results are especially surprising given that men were found to drive 60 percent of the time, while women only 40 percent. In other words, women got in more accidents despite driving less than the opposite sex.
All depends on your metric and the source - didn't take the time to run down the original research: Men do seem to be more proficient than women at certain driving tasks. However, this slight edge in ability doesn’t translate into better driving records. The kinds of accidents men get into are generally the result of their riskier behavior. According to one study, men are more than three times as likely to be ticketed for “aggressive driving†than women, and more than 25 percent as likely to be at fault in an accident.
Many countries where they started driving decades after the US still have roads with many who are bad drivers. OTOH, TBF, their laws and regulations seem to be more on the lax or underdeveloped side.
Wicked thread. But seriously, I would be concerned about the burka's effect on peripheral vision.
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