Who are better drivers: men or women?

[Dnyce]

Originally Posted by Trip

As for better driver, that question is not really a good one because of the lack of opportunity that women have in the world of motorsports. They either get a primrose path if they are pretty enough (danica) even if they aren't a top tier driver or they get run out of the sport before they had their chance. It's not really a fair debate to answer, but as of now the only ones with top tier training and practice are men.

troof!!

[papapoi]

and most motorcycle accident involving the motorcycle being hit is driven by soccer moms.

[Mikey]

Originally Posted by papapoi

and most motorcycle accident involving the motorcycle being hit is driven by soccer moms.

Read that out loud, and then slap yourself.

[Racerboy]

Go ahead and start with the hate but I personally feel that most women have no business being behind the wheel of any automobile.

Again, I said MOST, not all. There are some good women drivers maybe even great women drivers, many of whom I am friends with and might even be on this site but the majority of them take driving as a secondary afterthought to what ever else they are doing at the moment. I have had multiple accidents over the years and in every case each accident was caused by a woman with the exception of one.

[Dnyce]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Read that out loud, and then slap yourself.

Originally Posted by Racerboy

Go ahead and start with the hate but I personally feel that most women have no business being behind the wheel of any automobile.

Again, I said MOST, not all. There are some good women drivers maybe even great women drivers, many of whom I am friends with and might even be on this site but the majority of them take driving as a secondary afterthought to what ever else they are doing at the moment. I have had multiple accidents over the years and in every case each accident was caused by a woman with the exception of one.

if you change it to most females you've been in direct contact with, i'd completly agree. 90% of the females ive ridden with drive like shit, as opposed to 50% of the males whos car ive been in are shitty drivers.

honestly i think about 60% of ppl that drive, males and females, drive like shit, and 90% of the time, being a competent motorcycle rider makes you a better driver.

bottom line tho-who gives a shit? sure, she drives like crap, but shes hot and coming to pick me up, in her fancy car that her daddy gave her, so what if she almost kills us both, its exciting, i like to live on the edge

[was92v]

The term "Better" is ambiguous at best. Better, to an insurance company is simply "Whomever negatively affects our margin less" nothing more, nothing less.

Better to me, is someone who can better control the vehicle under adverse or extreme conditions and actually takes the job seriously. I think in most cases that is men, if for no other reason than experience.
I've been riding motorcycles since I was 13, have operated tractors and farm equipment, driven Log trucks, fire engines, fork lifts from little tippy tow motors to tracked dozers with forks, log skidders and lots of crappy old stuff with no brakes and steering so loose I would be sawing the steering wheel back and forth 180 degrees just to go straight, 450 HP cars back in the day that didn't corner, and had brakes that didn't stop worth a shit. Most women in this country have not. The ones that have are probably a better driver than me. The men that have not had the experience that builds reflexes and "correction alarms" in their heads are going react wrong too, for the most part.
Cars today are so easy to drive that anyone can drive one, even people that shouldn't, male and female. They allow "distracted and unskilled" drivers to get away with it for a long time past when they should have taken the bus.

[azoomm]

This thread is funny, at best.

Truly.

There is one thing that is absolute. Above all else, everyone is absolutely certain they are a better driver than the next person. Everyone is.

I know some pretty fine drivers, both male and female. That being said, when driving on a public roadway women drivers usually scare me more often than men - though, mouthbreathers are the worst... especially when they are distracted AND mouthbreathing.

[Particle Man]

the number of citations is a bs data source.

Officers can choose or not in many cases whether the infraction warrants a citation - I know so many women who have gotten out of tickets just because they're hot and more than one has been asked for their number upon being pulled over.

[101lifts2]

Men hands down can drive an automobile better than women. However, women prolly cost insurances companies less coin, therefore under their assumption they are "better drivers".

[Katana-750_lady]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Men hands down can drive an automobile better than women. However, women prolly cost insurances companies less coin, therefore under their assumption they are "better drivers".

That's a generalization anad doesn't apply to all women.

Here is my take on it. Most women I know, learn to drive at a much later age than men. As we all know, when we are younger we learn things MUCH faster. As we get older our own brains get in the way, we tend to over-think things a little more as we get older.

Now, driving (once you have done it for a while) becomes like second nature, you don't really need to think about how to turn the wheel at a corner or how hard to press the brake when you want to stop at a traffic light.

The younger you are, the less cluttered your mind is with all the crap that comes with age/adult-hood, hence I believe someone younger has a better chance of driving becoming like "second nature" than someone older.

Take that into consideration, most guys learn to drive at 14-16 where most women I know, didn't start till 17-18. I think those couple of years can make the difference in someone's driving skills.

Now, back to the original comment, some of us women started driving at 13 (I drove to Georgia with my dad on a weekly basis and took over when he was sleepy) I drive just as well if not better than some or most of the guys I have met. I have more experience behind the wheel than they do.

It's all a matter of how and when you learn.