Are Women Bad Drivers

Are women bad drivers? Stereotypically, most men would say yes. Fred Astaire, the great dancer of the 1940s was often credited as being a better dancer than his partner, Ginger Rogers. Of course, people forget that Ginger did everything Fred did only backwards, and in high heels to boot. What do the statistics say? Does it really have to do with different hormones or are women really bad drivers?

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Jokes and myths have offer up statements like, women drivers are like honest politicians. Even the color of a woman’s hair is a reason why she’s a bad driver: Question: Why is it good to have a blonde woman passenger? Answer: Because she’s not driving.

The Find, an online bumper sticker store, offers all sorts of decals to enhance the woman driver myth. Bumper stickers that read “Caution: Woman Driver,” and “Beware, Blonde Driver,” are popular sellers. The Find sells other relevant bumper stickers as well. Perhaps, the one with the most factual statement, “Keep Back, I’m Texting.” So how did the bad woman driver myth spawn all these jokes?

Kwik Fit Insurance tells us the women bad driving myth began in the 1940s. “A mechanic could not diagnose a problematic car until he noticed the female motorist drive away with her bag (purse) hanging on the manual choke.” Thus, the myth began and women have forever been deemed bad drivers.

MSN Auto offers a study prepared by Quality Planning, an insurance policyholder statistical gathering firm. Not surprisingly women came out on top as better and safer drivers than their male counterparts. They offered this chart in their findings:

The Quality Planning study revealed that men scored fifty percent higher than women in driving violations. ABC News, in a report by John Stossel said seventy-one percent of all accidents are caused by men. That same report also pointed out that men drove more miles than women, sixty-two percent compared to thirty-eight percent. However, even with the miles driven factored in, men still caused more accidents.

Right behind men are people who talk on their cell phones or text while driving. This habit is not gender-based but equally dangerous. Teenage drivers often break driving laws whether they’re male or female; perhaps due to peer pressure. In the end, women seem to follow the rules.

According to insurance statistics, men are the bad drivers. There are the skeptics who point out that a man and a woman have different hormones, hence making the man a better driver. A male driver is thought to have better reaction time because his brain works differently. But what these skeptics forget is that men drive faster, are more likely to break driving laws, and are more aggressive on the highway.

Women and driving jokes will most likely never leave us. More one-liner jokes will be created and more bumper stickers produced. Women, on the other hand will endure the jokes and myths because in their heart of hearts, they really know who is the better driver. Are women bad drivers? If you're a woman, the next time you’re on the highway following a crazy driver, it’s probably a man so keep your distance!

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