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Hey guys I am back after a long "vacation"
![]() Yeah right... Our son Jacob was born April 25 so it's been all go go go... Anyway Who are better drivers, guys or girls? Want to see what you guys think before I chime in. I have raced V8 Development Cars, some circuit racing and have been an advanced driver trainer so I have pretty much seen it all but want to get some opinions first.
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Welcome back nexxus, congrats on the new boy. I don't think that gender decides whom is the better driver, but I would tend to believe that the better drivers are the one's who pay attention to what they are doing. Not reading a map, talking on the phone etc.
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Men are better drivers.
And I don't mean training to be racecar drivers -- I'm talking about basic street driving, and etiquette.
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Guys.
Better question. Worse drivers-Old people or teens? |
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Men but I think it has as much to do with age as with gender.
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And the only acceptable answer is "TEEN'S"
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I just pulled the stats for last year for just our team. we issued 2413 tickets 62 percent were men and only 8 percent were 21 and younger. thous are the numbers take it how you want it
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You can't take a statistic like the one you gave and look at it in isolation because it doesn't have a reference point (which would be relative driving time) to judge it by. |
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Sounds like profiling to me.
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Im reloading!!!! lol
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Wow, a lot of generalising!
From my experience as a driver trainer, women are better drivers, at least young women are. Why? They listen and learn, we had a 85% failure rate on 18-25 yr old guys and a 52% failure rate among girls in the same age group, now keep in mind this was not an easy course. Often we'd drive around a purpose built open area on asphalt, which had been watered (to simulate a wet road) and the instructor without warning was to yank the wheel and the student would need to safely stop the skid. The amount of times I heard from guys "Oh my car would be fine, not like this piece of s.. Hyundai" But if you can't handle a skid in a car with 50kw, heaven help you in a car 3 times as powerful. A lot of drivers can drift onto a gravel shoulder on a road and the reflex action is to try and pull the car back onto the road abruptly, worst bloody thing you can do. What makes a bad driver IMO is attitude firstly. If you believe you're an awesome driver chances are you're not. I've done years of driver training, and I still think I can learn more. Perfect driver? Nope. Not even close. But I know enough to drive with the assumption that every other motorist has the potential to cause an accident at any time, and to drive aware and within my limits.
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Well i'd like to think men are generally better drivers, but my sister and Niece are in my opinion excellent drivers and yet my Nephew is definately not a good driver. Because he does drive fast and usually brakes late, occasionally braking hard so i'm thrown forward. His braking time is quite bad and just doesn't give himself time considering the traffic condition. Many times i have had a go at him about his braking style, i've even changed places with him to show him you don't have to slam the brakes to slow or stop. Pointing out you can stop by easing off the accerator and a little dab of brakes is quite suffient. He's just got that boy racer attitude which i hope will wear off soon. But i really wouldn't like to say which gender are the better drivers. I have seen bad drivers of both genders many a time on my travels.
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I'm going to say men, I may seem sexist, but if I had a car, I would NEVER let a woman drive it, she can ride in it, but if she wants to learn how to drive it, too bad. I get yelled at for calling a girl a dumb *** for texting and driving, and all I have to say is I really don't care how you make a baby, if you text and drive you are a dumb ***. I already could use 3 arms to go into a turn, why would I want to have to need a 4th, you have to throw down the phone every 3 seconds, and you can't watch the road. Less men text and drive, therefore, I must say men are better drivers.
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I think women and old people are the two worse of the questions being asked. While I will agree that younger people and texting is a horrible thing to do while driving, the fact is they are still more likely to see you then old people.
While on my motorcycle, I seem to find that women and older people seem to see me the least. Women seem to be more the type that will just pull out in front of you, while old people just seem to have no clue what's going on around them and will switch lines even if your there. But as with anything this is all subjective. I'm sure there are great women drivers and horrible men drivers. |
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Well i would guess it's problably about equal for good and bad drivers of both sexes. the debate on who the better drivers male or female will go on til the end of existence lol.
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Driving a car from A to B is easy.
The real challenge is to do it while thinking for the one in front of you and for the one back from you, too. And for the ones on the lines beside you. You've got to be allways ready to hit the brakes. Speaking of braking, while coming back from Austria I followed two cars driving at about 100 mph, when we approached a group of cars passing some trucks. (We've got to pass on the left lane here in Germany.) Somehow, the accordeon effect hit full blast and I had to slam on the breaks to slow down from about 85 mph to 50 within a second. I left about 15 yards of gum on the left lane. Talk about a wakeup call. ![]() It doesn't matter if you have XX or XY chromosomes. Both types do stupid things. Thinking of it, I've seen more guys driving one-handed with the cellphone at their ear than I've seen women do that. That's a thing I can't understand. Bluetooth earplugs are available for half a tank full of fuel these days. If you've got to speak on the phone while driving use one of those, for heaven's sake! Err ... sorry for the rant. Last edited by Anoree; 11-30-2009 at 09:50 PM. |
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Just saw the stupidest male driver ever, i popped out during lunchbreak to get a bite to eat and i'm following this Jaguar S-type R, thinking that's a nice car. Then i notice the guy is actually on his mobile and i could see a police car parked in a layby a little further up. So i'm thinking this guys gonna hang up, no, he carries on chatting. I slow down slightly knowing the police are gonna hopefully pull out when they see this stupid guy chatting on his phone, and sure enough they flash me to signal their pulling out just as the guy passes them. Quick turn of the siren and he pulls over. The stupidest part was when i passed this guy and the police, he was still chatting on the phone!, unbelievable!!!. Are nice looking Jaguar S-type R's except from road laws?, bloody hope not! lol.
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I see a lot of stupid things that stupid drivers do, but from a different angle it seems. I gave up my license a few years back rather than have another stroke or seizure and wind up plowing into a farmer's market full of old folks or through a crosswalk filled with kids. I walk most places now, so from the crosswalk pedestrian's viewpoint I know there are specific intersections where driver's just don't pay attention, and even when I have both the traffic light and the crosswalk light, I have a very good chance of coming close to getting hit (again) as I'm crossing the street. The morons do tend to be either older folks, or teens, either driving massive SUVs or pickups, or sports cars or coupes. Just earlier this week I was crossing this one intersection and a woman slid right through on the ice coming less than 3 feet from hitting me. Apparently she didn't understand that when it gets cold at night and warm during the day the snow melts and freezes making this thing called "ice" and that when this "ice" is on the road its a good thing to start slowing down well before you reach the intersection, even with anti-lock brakes and 4WD, not in the last 15 or so feet. At least no one got hurt that time ...
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Does make you wonder, if your safer driving or walking nowadays Geolarson2.
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Max what you talked about happens to Tigger about 20 times a day try stoping 80,000 lbs while hauling high explosives and you know what Tigger puts up with every day. Missy
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In most cases, I'd rather walk. I do bike sometimes, and Reno has a number of bike lanes, but the number of cars & trucks I've seen using those bike lanes as additional parking spaces or additional motor lanes does surprise me. One thing I don't miss is the traffic and traffic jams. I can't tell you how often I'll leave my apartments walking to the store just a couple blocks away and get there before someone pulling out from the drive at the same manages to get there, find a parking spot, &c. ...
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We saw 18 wrecks today a few of them looked bad! the holiday ideots have hit the roads.
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I'm surprised that men were that low in percentage of given tickets. I talked to a cop, and he said that a lot of women get off of the hook solely for being cute (He doesn't do it though). Men are ugly, (yes I am ugly) so we have a higher risk of getting a ticket.
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that is the reason we have male and female in each vec. If they pull over a guy the guy gives the ticket if it is a girl the girl gives it. And everything is on video too.
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imho....
guys more fast, but girl more safety... hehehe |
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Yes, but driving slow doesn't necessarily mean driving safely. But when driving slow the accident will hurt just a litle less (physically). The driving speed has less implication when colliding your Chevy with an exotic car. That will hurt you financially!
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Rob, did you receive any compensation from (the insurance of) the woman who ran into your LP640? Last edited by Anoree; 01-24-2010 at 02:23 PM. Reason: Thread link added |
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Anoree, that accident was exactly the one I had in my mind when I wrote about "a Chevy colliding with an exotic". I just didn't recall it was a Huyndai! LOL
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There's an old joke about men having more accidents... and women causing more accidents.
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Most of the women I know of are absolutely terrible drivers. There are some women who can drive well, But a very large number of girls my age text and drive, which implies that you can't drive.
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Im think the contrary ( to see boys triggered after the disco, or others that love as "the F.1" or motorbike ).
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Too lazy to look it up but I suspect Men are responsible for 80% of DUIs (whether caught or not).
Yes, women often leave a bar as a passenger in some guy's car. Yes, women still rock a tailgate hard but, again, are often driven home from a concert or sporting event. I think the case can still be made that women don't end up drunk behind the wheel as often as men do. |
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