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MAVERICK said:
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CarreraGtRacer said:
let me re-word...studies show women drive slower then men and have less of a chance at crashing at high speeds and dieing...



Which studies, Salman? How old, accurate, unbiased, respected, etc. are these studies? Even if the results of these studies show women drive slower than men, the results and conclusions would not prove that women are safer drivers for the sole reason that they drive slower.

Speed is only one of many factors to consider when determining the primary cause of a crash. Often, the true cause of a crash can be disguised by everyone focusing on the speed. For example, this afternoon I almost crashed and died. Neither my gender nor my speed had any contribution. In fact, I almost crashed several times in the same manner; below, at and above the speed limit. Had I crashed below or at the speed limit, it's unlikely someone would have included "speed" as a cause. In contrast, had I crashed above the limit, "speed" would most likely have been stated as the cause in the accident report. This incorrect conclusion would have attracted a researcher doing a "study" and the fact that I was a male would have made my accident case useful as a potential data point for the study to assert wrongly that men have a higher chance of crashing at high speeds and dying.

Wrong. Dead wrong (pun intended) ! Actually, the correct primary cause factor was that I was feeling drowsy. Had I not eventually pulled over and rested for a minute before resuming driving, I may have, much to my disgust, become part of the widely and wrongly held belief that one gender is a more dangerous driver than the other due to a speed delta. Both genders drive fast. Both genders drive slow. Both genders chance a crash nine days in a row.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/021105-3.htm
http://news.myway.com/odd/article/id/218550|oddlyenough|07-30-2004::10:07|reuters.html
http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp...rd=&teaser=
http://www.goodyear.ca/drivers.html


When I asked my dad's insurance company about why men have higher rates then women (specially teenagers), the guy replied because females are safer drivers and are usually involved in less crashes then men...that doesn't mean they crash...