I'm baaaak so who are better drivers? Guys or Girls

nexxus · 10-18-2009, 09:07 AM

Wow, a lot of generalising!

From my experience as a driver trainer, women are better drivers, at least young women are. Why? They listen and learn, we had a 85% failure rate on 18-25 yr old guys and a 52% failure rate among girls in the same age group, now keep in mind this was not an easy course.

Often we'd drive around a purpose built open area on asphalt, which had been watered (to simulate a wet road) and the instructor without warning was to yank the wheel and the student would need to safely stop the skid.

The amount of times I heard from guys "Oh my car would be fine, not like this piece of s.. Hyundai"

But if you can't handle a skid in a car with 50kw, heaven help you in a car 3 times as powerful.

A lot of drivers can drift onto a gravel shoulder on a road and the reflex action is to try and pull the car back onto the road abruptly, worst bloody thing you can do.

What makes a bad driver IMO is attitude firstly. If you believe you're an awesome driver chances are you're not.

I've done years of driver training, and I still think I can learn more. Perfect driver? Nope. Not even close. But I know enough to drive with the assumption that every other motorist has the potential to cause an accident at any time, and to drive aware and within my limits.

10-18-2009, 09:07 AM	#10
nexxus Danielle Junkie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 24	Wow, a lot of generalising! From my experience as a driver trainer, women are better drivers, at least young women are. Why? They listen and learn, we had a 85% failure rate on 18-25 yr old guys and a 52% failure rate among girls in the same age group, now keep in mind this was not an easy course. Often we'd drive around a purpose built open area on asphalt, which had been watered (to simulate a wet road) and the instructor without warning was to yank the wheel and the student would need to safely stop the skid. The amount of times I heard from guys "Oh my car would be fine, not like this piece of s.. Hyundai" But if you can't handle a skid in a car with 50kw, heaven help you in a car 3 times as powerful. A lot of drivers can drift onto a gravel shoulder on a road and the reflex action is to try and pull the car back onto the road abruptly, worst bloody thing you can do. What makes a bad driver IMO is attitude firstly. If you believe you're an awesome driver chances are you're not. I've done years of driver training, and I still think I can learn more. Perfect driver? Nope. Not even close. But I know enough to drive with the assumption that every other motorist has the potential to cause an accident at any time, and to drive aware and within my limits. __________________ I don't speak English, I'm bloody Australian!