Women Are Better Behind The Wheel, According To Study
The battle of the sexes about who is better at driving seems to have come to an end. Surely you have heard the phrase: “Woman at the wheel, constant danger”. Well, this phrase is totally false according to a study, because the safest driving couple is made up of a woman at the wheel and a man as co-pilot
When driving a car is composed in this way, the accident rate is six times lower than that of cars with male drivers and co-drivers.
On the other hand, a study carried out in the United States states that men cause up to 80% more accidents than female drivers.
The perfect couple: woman driving and man as co-pilot
A study states that The perfect couple behind the wheel is composed of a woman driving and the man looking at the map The research has been carried out by Línea Directa Foundation and has received the name “The co-pilot and his influence on the prevention of traffic accidents.” “A gender perspective.”
To reach this conclusion, they have analyzed the data of all the accidents that have occurred in Spain (with and without co-pilot) between the years 2011 and 2013, that is, a total of 255,000. In addition to this data, they have also obtained information from a survey in which 1,206 people participated.
The results of the report conclude that “the presence of the co-pilot significantly reduces the probability of suffering an accident on the road, since if you travel accompanied the risk decreases by almost 35%”, as stated in the newspaper. The world.
This couple (female driver and male co-pilot) has an accident rate six times lower than the male driver and male co-pilot couple.
According to Francisco Valencia, general director of the Línea Directa Foundation, to the same newspaper, the reason for this report has been “to know the profile of the perfect driver and co-driver and safe behavior behind the wheel, because for the first time in 11 years the number of deaths from traffic accidents has increased”.
The report also reveals that the combination of a female driver and a male co-pilot has an accident rate six times lower than when the couple is made up of a male driver and a male co-pilot.
Perfect co-pilot: a man between 60 and 69 years old because he is not distracting and pays attention to the signs
But there is still more. It is also reportable reveals the profile of the perfect co-pilot: a man between 60 and 69 years old since it does not distract the driver and he pays attention to the signs and other occupants of the vehicle (such as children in the back seats).
The profile of the “worst co-driver” is that of a young boy between 18 and 29 years old who spends the entire trip talking, criticizing the driver and annoying. But a curious fact: when a woman drives and the co-pilot is also a woman, the accident rate multiplies by two. When a man is driving and a woman is the co-pilot, it is multiplied by 2.2.
Other studies that claim that women are better at driving
In addition to this study, Other research has also shown that women are better drivers than men
This same year, a study carried out by the British insurance agency Privilege, showed that 28% of women thought they were better at driving than men, and only 13% of men thought women were better at driving. But these prejudices about the way women drive were evident in the study, because after evaluating the driving of both men and women, and evaluating their driving on a 30-point scale, the women obtained a result of 23.6 points, while the men only got 19.8.
Furthermore, when both sexes were surveyed about their perception of their driving, men had overrated their driving For example, when asked if they had driven at the appropriate speed, 84 percent of men said yes, but only 64 percent had done it right.
Finally, another study carried out by the North American insurance agency “4autoinsurancequote” in 2007 states that 80 percent of fatal accidents caused in that country are a consequence of poor driving by men. The study concludes that women are 27 percent less likely than men to cause accidents.
