Men vs. Women: Who Are Safer Drivers?

Lets not forget the vehicles safety. My Ex wife will not do a thing to her car until it breaks. This causes accidents alot. I just got rear ended by a woman (again) and let her go. I think there is alot of unclaimed hits because most of us guys just let them go.

I know just as many women as men that drunk drive...cops just pull dudes over more

How can you possibly write this article and not even bother to cite the number of accidents males and females are involved in, or cited as being at fault in? Ridiculous, biased journalism.

The statistics cited don't tell the whole story by a long shot. Like a lot of people posting here, my personal experiences don't match up with the story. I have fortunately had only two vehicle accidents in my life. Both times I was hit from behind while stopped at a light, and both times by women. Also, in almost every close call I've ever had, the other driver was female. And as a police officer for many years, more of the drivers I ticketed were women, and women were involved in more accidents, and almost always at fault when they were in one.

Plus "better" is a loaded word. The article purports to present evidence that women are "safer" drivers, though there are a lot of reasons why that might not be so and you could still see these numbers. But the term "better" means more than that. It implies a level of skill and competence, not merely an avoidance of accidents. A person who can't drive at all and has never tried will have a perfect driving record as far as accidents and tickets go. That doesn't mean that they are "better" drivers. Likewise, if you have two people of equal skill, but one drives twice as many miles as the other per year, you would expect the first person to, on average, have twice as many accidents and tickets as the second, even though they are equally "good" drivers. So the type and amount of driving, and how that differs between the sexes is an important factor that doesn't seem to be accounted for here.

Yet a third factor that needs to be considered if we are going to discuss which one is "better" is the rate at which each causes accidents without being involved in them. If a driver has to avoid a bad driver, and in doing so hits something or someone else, the accident counts against the good driver, not the bad one. So these superficial measures of "safety", which itself is not necessarily equivalent to "better", are themselves subject to flaws.

Women wearing nice outfits are a distraction to us guys, expecially in summertime. Did they take that into account?

I wonder what my male friends think of this that women are actually SAFER drivers than men!!

So what gender cause more accident, you quoted tickets, but those number could be skewed that male officers are more likely let women off the hook( I'm not saying that the case, but it could be source of bias in the number quoted, will accident numbers would not have such bias).

If you spend as much time on the road as I do you will find this article totally nuts!!!!
Women are not in as many accidents as men because the number of miles annually driven by women is much less than men. Women sometimes at freeway speeds make very bad decisions. Everyone should be a defensive driver, but MOST of the time when I have to correct for someones mistake there was a woman driving the other vehicle.

I have taken hundreds upon hundreds of accident reports in my career and not only are about 70% of people involved women, but in about 80% of the cases, the female driver is at fault.

my wife can't drive, my mom can't drive, my brother's wife can't drive, all women i know can't drive for crap. But my sister is a badass driver, I can fall asleep while she drives, she is that good. So there are exeptions. But quit saying that women are better.

Id like to see the actual data, is it that men are 3x more likely, or is it that 3x more men do so each year? Because men are behind the wheel at least 3x more so if its not adjusted for miles driven then its not accurate to say that.

how is it legal to charge men more than women for auto insurance? isnt this sexist? If it was the other way around and women were charged more than men i am sure the $hit would hit the fan and feminists would be protesting.

Men drive more than women, more chances for an accident/ticket = more accidents and tickets.

i'd like to see the statistics of how many men are on the road at one time versus how many women are on the road. I tend to notice more men are driving than women, I don't think they take this into account.

Thats funny combined accidents by my wives (exes) are (just during our marriages 10 years) were 28 all of them their fault. I had 2 in my 35 years of driving (rear ended by the other drivers) not my fault. And their considered the better drivers????????????????

1st, I for one know that it would not even be POSSIBLE for me to talk on the phone/text while driving. 2nd, I trust my father driving and I do not trust my mom in the least. 3rd, I trust my 18 year old boyfriend driving 10x more than I trust my 20 year old college roommate (who is a woman). I'm not saying some women can't be good drivers, but I don't trust them. And this reminds me of how my Psy prof teaches that old people are good drivers. FALSE. my dad is a tow truck driver. He has proof.

In my case...I do most of the driving when we are together. So it stands to reason that I am going to have more exposure on the highway. IF I could get her to be ready ON TIME...we wouldn't always be LATE getting to where we are going... :-) Put that in your survey.

Its a bunk study, Men are more likely to be driving home from a club while the woman rides, Men are more likely to not be given a warning for a speeding ticket. Its great that women THINK they are better drivers but they usually dont have the amount of time behind the wheel that men have.. most can tell you time driving = experience. Another problem is that women are not guaged correctly with accidents it doesnt take into account the percentage of women in accidents to the number of women with a liscense, it only takes into account how many accidents were women. ANd Alas the final straw., causing an accident is never recorded unless they actually are part of it. There is improvement..but women are not yet better. And unless they start picking up the guys and driving them on dates and to relatives.. They wont surpass them.

What about accidents? Which sex is responsible for more accidents? Sure maybe men drive more aggressively (or at least aren't as good at getting out of tickets, something that could be controlled for by counting # of stops instead of # of tickets issued). Reckless driving tickets, speeding tickets and traffic deaths can be useful stats, but shouldn't overall safety be determined by accidents (major and minor)?

in my experience, the girlfriend/wife won't drive because the boyfriend/husband is seen as the chaffeur/leader/the one who always ends up driving