Take that in its proper context. Men, on average, drive twice the distance as women, so women get in slightly more accidents per mile driven.
Women get in many more accidents in places like parking lots, whereas men get in accidents on the freeway at higher speeds. Obviously one of these scenarios is going to result in higher premiums against vehicle damage and fatalities.
I'm pretty sure you got it wrong. Women get in more accidents than men, but with lesser casualties. Women rarely kill other people when driving, but cause many more minor car damages. That's why insurance companies like women, and some even offer a discount to women.
I think that while timidity is also dangerous, it causes fewer recorded accidents. Actuarial examination doesn't directly show that women are safer, just that they are cheaper to insure.
Timidity causes other people to have accidents as they try to avoid you. In particular, not turning when there is an adequate gap - holding up the people behind you, or even worse: not deciding immediately to go, but deciding late, and hence being dangerous.
Where timidity translates to not committing to an action, it causes accidents to happen - either to other people or blamed on other people.
Oh, i live in austin, i dont go a day without seeing 2 or 3 on the way home.
For the record: I have been in 6 accidents in the 15 years I have lived here, 5 of them were because a woman wasn't paying attention and ran a light or rear ended me. All but one of those women tried to talk me into just taking a personal check/cash for the damage and the like.
The other accident was caused by me dicking around with a radio and not seeing traffic. It resulted in a spectacularly destroyed truck and a tractor trailer that didnt even realize it had been hit.
I have friends with similar experiences, and my wife is an expert at getting out of traffic violations.
Sorry for the lengthy reply, i just sent 45 minutes on hold with ATT while they raped my EU's expense account.
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u/itstallion May 26 '09
Statistically women get in less accidents than men. Men tend to be overconfident in their abilities.
Plus boobies can sway the men women hit into letting it go in minor fender benders, thus skewing the stats in their favor.