We Need More Women Drivers

When a couple goes out to dinner or whatever, who drives? Even among progressive people, the man usually drives.

This is probably a bad idea. Here's why, according to accident statistics (source - Google statistics that seem legit):

Men are 77 percent more likely than women to die in a car accident. Before you say anything, this is based on miles driven. So it builds in the math the fact that men drive more often.

And while the study found that the highway death rate was higher for an 82 year-old woman, she is less likely to have an accident on the road than a 17 year-old boy

Women are 50 percent less likely to get a DWI

Women are 10 percent less likely to get a moving violation

Men get in 25 percent more accidents while looking at themselves in the rear view or shade mirrors

I only made up the last one. The bottom line is in driving down the road separated by a double yellow line, I'd breathe a little easier if I knew that driver was a woman.

Posted by Laura G. Zois

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