Women and Bad Driving?

Everyone knows quite well of the accusations against women that they are horrible drivers. I'm here to try to get things straight.

Here is an explanation that I found on Yahoo! Answers:-

"History….during the time prior to the ‘cultural revolution’ females rarely drove. My own grandmother never even had a license until grandfather died. During that time it was the guy thing to drive. Check out those old movies, and TV shows of that time.

Now whether the stereotype started because (most, many?) women then were bad drivers due to the lack of experience, or simply as a easy excuse to indulge the stereotypical ‘male ego’ for control, or a combination of the two would be an interesting study.

As to why the stereotype is still around today, even though the car insurance statistics, at least the ones they use for rates, show the opposite, I believe is just that it is hard to kill a stereotype once it is in the social consciousness." by sirwasik.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsGxvd1N5Rz68OMuf3WgKd0jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070916060103AAmsb5S

I also read another theory by an England Driving Inspector, someone reliable, who said:-

"As a Driving Instructor,here in England,I see the difference between male and female drivers from the minute that they sit behind the wheel! Girls will instinctively come off the gas on approaching a bend in the road because they will be wondering if there is anything hidden around the corner! That thought doesn’t even occur to the boys, who just keep driving at the same speed! Girls anticipate better, boys “Firefight”,just dealing with a problem if it appears, which,sadly, is all too often, too late.
There has been research(from the States) that shows that the male Brain does not develope fully until the age of 25,with the understanding of consequence and anticipation of Danger being the last area to mature.They are experts at coordination and spacial awareness.making it easier for them to pass the driving test, the real challenge, for me, is to train their Minds,and motivate them to Think!and take pride in being a good driver rather than a fast driver."

http://www.wowowow.com/post/study-women-are-safer-drivers-men-141216

Those words should be convincing enough to show that the accusitions of women and bad driving are just unreasonable but these are the thoughts of other people.

"What do you mean by bad drivers? Fact is that women ARE worse at parking and reversing on average. I have seen some women who seem to have no idea where the ends or sides of their vehicle are. Men are better at these sorts of tasks, on average. It's just the way the brain works - men's perception of distance, angles and so forth tends to be better. Sorry, as far as I can see it's a fact.

However, accidents involving parking and reversing rarely cause much damage and injury.

OTOH men tend to have accidents at higher speed where damage and injury are far greater when they occur."by Ken E

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061008065113AAPiVcn

After much researching, I realised that most of the women make their points by saying that men dringk drive more, men are involved in accidents more, and also to point of comparing insurance prices!

So, to sum up, I would say that both men AND women are horrible drivers sometimes and also depending on the situation, sure the lady in the car in front of you doesn't which side of her is which, and sure that guy who just passed you drives like a maniac. But, to tell you the truth, it's all in the way you think. Hope this clears all the stereotype theories on the net about which sex is better at driving.