Who are better drivers: men or women?

[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.

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Katana-750_lady

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

Here is my take on it. Cliffs Notes: Big generalization about when people learn to drive.

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

I don't know any women that started driving years after guys did. And I doubt the learning curve from 14-16 to 17-18 is that steep. The brain develops most from 6-13 for Language skills, then plateaus. I'm not sure that age is universal for all skills though, motor skills and hand/eye coordination could be much different.

[Katana-750_lady]

That might have to do with where you live ... the women I am talking about are hispanic, maybe that has something to do with it ...

I dunno