Women better drivers than men: RTA

I agree that these statistics do need to be investigated a bit further.

Surely the volume of male licenses is greater than female, and

Surely the amount of hours the average male driver spends on the road is far greater than the average female driver (particularly in country hours where transport and industry is dominated by men).

If this is true then you would expect via probability that there would be far more crashes involving men.

Malley


I heard that in NSW at least the licenses issued is 'about' the same - they did quote the numbers during the radio discussion, but I cant recall - but I made the mental note that they were 'about' the same

Agree about the data - needs to be qualified - and as yiou say how many hours, thetype of hours - for example I would suggest that there would be a higher percentage of 'school drop offs' (and one could say that these would be a 'safer' trip - a lot of 50k travel - kids in car so mum is driiving with a greater sense of safety etc) whereas male is doing longer kms - probably under more stressful conditions (keep appointmenst, high traffic times to and from work etc)

But having said al that I have seen some shocking driving from both sexes :-)))))

Yep, I cut em out of cars for too many years, and I'd have to agree that there were more males than females in the drivers seat, but I'd really like to see them publish all the data instead of just taking a snapshot that supports a particular point of view.

Im with you Heather!

Though such a simplistic analysis is probably a bit dodgy; but I certainly agree about the motivation bit.

BUT there are also a lot of young female drivers who should not be behind the wheel.... doing all the things that their male counterparts do and then some!

On the other hand I think some men are rather one eyed about women drivers, underestimating both their ability and the distances/hours that they drive.

Cheers,

Val

"Women dont start wars either"

I assume you're not including Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi to name but three from recent times or perhaps you are ignorant of them?

And let us not forget from 1914-1918 the "white feathers" women would press upon men they passed in the street in order to signify the men's cowardice because they were at home rather than fighting overseas.

I think you need to read a little more history Heather.

Would you care to educate me as to what wars these three women started?

sorry Nigel maybe I should have put 'many' between start and wars.

Greetings Heather,
Women who have started wars recently are, Golda Meir (Israel) Bandaranaika(Sri Lanka), Thatcher (UK). All since the end of the second world war.Sorry to bleep ter your illusion with these facts. It seems to get to the "top" you need to behalve the same, male or female. Warwick

“sorry Nigel maybe I should have put 'many' between start and wars”

That would have been much closer to the reality.

However not “many” women are, or aspire to be, the leaders of nations or armies – if they did I have no doubt they would have fought more and more bitter wars than any man is capable of. It is said the female guards in the concentrations camps were far worse than the men.

The reasons women are, generally, not aggressors are intrinsic to the differences between the sexes however it is a popular Politically Correct notion to deny such differences exist although we all know they do. Women are carers and nurturers. Men are hunters and protectors. Nature assigned these roles to us many millions of years ago and we have honed them well. A few thousand years of “civilisation” have changed nothing.

Picture a man and woman, husband and wife perhaps, strolling down a side street to their parked car in the city at 11pm after a pleasant meal at a fine restaurant: suddenly a thug with a knife accosts them and demands money or worse – how will the woman desire the man to react to this? We all know the *real* answer but the Politically Correct will suggest she would prefer the man to hand over his wallet and be safe. Rubbish! She’ll despise him ever after for failing to be *a man* and protect her by defeating the aggressor. Remember the “white feather” women?

This piece in New Scientist makes a comment upon the evolutionary nature of the issue:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg15120481.200-why-women-dont-start-wars.html

It’s easy for women to erroneously take the moral high ground in these matters because no one *expects* them to fight for and protect the community as a whole – they are simply, as nature decreed, intended to protect their offspring.

Heather

..............................Maggie Thatcher.


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Ok - so I must have been too busy and exhausted childrearing our 4 kids (includes twins) as well as working (mostly fulltime) during the 70's, 80's, and 90's to really care too much about what was happening unless it was at home and in my workplace!!! lol

However Nigel I believe you are wrong about a woman wanting the man in to protect her by being aggressive rather than passively handing over his wallet!! Unless of course she wants to see him harmed!
I think that this is something that you and I will just have to agree to disagree about.

Now what was this thread originally about???? It seems I have started a war of my own. lol

Cheers Heather

Heather

" ...you arent telling me anything new!! I always thought we were. LOL
Women dont start wars either. ..."


Try googling:

Cleopatra
Boudicca
Aefelflaed
matilda of Tuscony
Joan of Arc - whilst she might not have started it she certainly kept it going

there are LOTS more examples

and in more moden time lets not forget
Queen Elizabeth
Mrs Thatcher and Falklands and see what you get ;-)

and dont even start me on how many males have got into a war or a fight BECAUSE of a woman :-))))

You gals are just as capable, if not more so, of starting a war/fight as us poor, easily led males

Besides........we've learnt to get out of there way when we see them coming so its not actually them avoiding the accidents but us. Hahahahaha

"When you go for a 4WD trip the men are normally driving and the women passengers aka backseat drivers."

Have a closer look. Like most couples in our 4wd club we share driving pretty equally.

And how many women are driving B doubles, road trains and haulpaks - in the case of the latter I understand that women are preferred over men because they look after the truck and hence cost less in down time.

I suspect that many women only claim that they dont like to drive because they just get sick to death of their "better halves" telling them what to do or not to do. Its just easier to get out from behind the wheel and let the "expert" take over. In which case a bit of assertiveness - and some good 4wd training usually does the trick :-))

Cheers,

Val.

"And how many women are driving B doubles, road trains and haulpaks - in the case of the latter I understand that women are preferred over men because they look after the truck and hence cost less in down time."

True........half the amount of work means half the amount of maintenance.
It also means half the production.

LOL

Now!...Now!....Val.

Theres nothing worse than a woman who makes sense.

Enough of that please....lol.



Cheers.....Lionel.

Yeah that was the result of being awake for 32 hours, no wonder my eyes looked like Pi$$ holes in the snow, pun intended, but don't tell anyone I then drove to Jabiru, I finally went to sleep about 7pm that night.

As for water skiing I can do that as it is level, and not 1.4 kms down hill. lol

Cheers Steve.