U. Michigan Study Proves Women Worse Drivers Than Men

[Mr S]

(AOL) – A University of Michigan study of 6.5 million car crashes will undoubtedly be the source of many tense discussions around the kitchen table if not Vegas comedy riffs, finding that an inordinate number of accidents happen when both drivers are women. Michael Sivak, the study’s principal author and a research professor who studies human factors in car accidents, is hesitant to come out and say women are worse drivers than men. But since men drive more miles every day than women, the neighborhood sexist will have a field day with this little bit of data. They found female-to-female accidents made up 20.5% of all crashes, much higher than expected. Male-to-male crashes were lower than expected, at 31.9%, and male-to-female crashes were 47.6%. It’s essentially a nature vs. nurture argument, saying gender stereotypes dominate driving behavior: In other words, men do most of the driving, and women, who ride along as passengers, are less experienced or confident — thus prone to wrecks. Intersections are particularly troublesome for women: They’re often t-boned on the driver’s side while trying to make a left turn, or are hit on the passenger side while trying to make a right-hand turn, the research shows.
Bottom Line: The University of Michigan study shows that crashes involving female drivers running into female drivers is higher than expected given the number of miles women drive versus men. While the study is interesting, and gives chauvinists and comedians fresh fodder to bash women drivers, there is plenty of room to challenge the study’s validity.

[onezero4u]

what about a study on asian woman drivers...they got to be the worst ever