Dave,
I've often heard the "women are better drivers" remark, especially when I
was a young man trying to buy affordable insurance. What I would question is
the methodology used in arriving at that conclusion. Did the writers of the
study just review insurance data and decide that because men had more
tickets and accidents than women, that women were better drivers, or did
they actually review data broken down by miles driven?

As we can see just from the list members, most of us have wives who are
licensed drivers, but the men seem to do the lion's share of the driving.
Equal number of drivers in the van, but one, because he is behind the wheel
more often, is statistically more likely to be involved in an accident or
get a ticket. Personally, and I know I'm too small a sample, I've had some
tickets, never caused an accident. I have been hit four times. Twice by men,
twice by women.

It doesn't neccessarily mean that women aren't better drivers, I am just
curious how they arrived at their conclusion. As you would say, hmmm....
Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: Friday question

> women are better drivers than we are.  They have lower accident rates,
> cause less vehicle failure, and generate less stress in passengers
> (documented by research, don't have citation handy).
>
> My wife prefers for me to drive, simply because she gets to rest.  But,
> she'll drive if I request it, and she does offer.  I drive more than she
> does, but we both put in a substantial fraction of the miles.  That holds
> with whichever vehicle we are using.  since neither of us considers
> driving to be a sport, neither of us feels shortchanged if the other one
> drives.  When she drives, I get to read.  I seldom sleep in the passenger
> role.
>
> David McNeely