I was curious, who gets into more car crashes, men or women?
A study that was released by an analytics company called Quality Planning analyzed different kinds of traffic violations. Then then compared the number of citations received by men and then women. The study concluded that men caused more accidents, broke more traffic laws and drove more dangerously than women. (Ask.com)
As a woman I am not trying to drum up a sex war, I mean battle of the sexes. The former might be more interesting, certainly more unique.
I was just curious and I really feel a bit bad because I think that men think driving fast is cool. I can tell you, from my own experience, many women have said that when they see a speeding man they generally think he is compensating for a lack of something else.
"We were not surprised to see that men have slightly more violations — about 5 percent — that result in accidents than women," said Raj Bhat, president of Quality Planning. "And because men are also more likely to violate laws for speeding, passing and yielding, the resulting accidents caused by men lead to more expensive claims than those caused by women." (Autos.msn.com)
Driving safely needs to be seen as macho.
Driving fast and furiously needs to be seen as, ridiculous, dangerous and selfish.
(I know that Fast & Furious is just a movie but clearly it is influential and some people really do think driving fast is super cool)
I do feel for teenage boys as their brains are not matured yet and all of that peer pressure.
Anyways, ladies and gents, let your man know you like it slow and in control.
I know that a lot of moms are driving poorly as well, according to this article. So ladies, we are not off the hook by a long shot.