Women are better at the wheel, according to study
The battle of the sexes on who is better at the wheel It seems to have come to an end. Surely you have heard the phrase: "Woman at the wheel, constant danger". Well, this sentence is totally false according to a study, because the safest couple driving is formed by a woman behind the wheel and a copilot man .
When the driving of 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 co-driver
A study says that the perfect couple at the wheel is composed of a woman driving and the man looking at the map . The investigation has been carried out by the Direct Line Foundation and it has received the name of "The copilot and its influence in the prevention of traffic accidents. A gender perspective. "
To arrive at 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 these data, they have also obtained information from a survey in which 1,206 people have participated.
The results of the report conclude that "the presence of the co-pilot significantly reduces the chances of suffering an accident on the road, because if you travel accompanied the risk drops 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 male driver and co-driver
According to Francisco Valencia, general director of the Línea Directa Foundation, at the same newspaper, the reason for this report was "to know the profile of the driver and the perfect co-pilot and safe driving behavior, because for the first time in 11 years the number of deaths due to traffic accidents has increased ".
The report also reveals that the combination of female driver and male co-pilot has an accident rate six times lower than when the couple consists of a male driver and a male co-pilot.
Perfect copilot: a man between 60 and 69 years old because he does not distract and is pending signaling
But there is still more. It is report too reveals the perfect copilot profile: a male between 60 and 69 years old , it does not distract the driver and pay attention to the signaling and to other occupants of the vehicle (such as children in the rear seats).
The profile of "worst co-pilot" is that of a young boy between 18 and 29 who is talking all the time, criticizing the driver and bothering. But a curious fact, when driving a woman and the co-pilot is also a woman, the accident rate is multiplied by two. When driving a man and a woman is a copilot, multiplies by 2.2.
Other studies that affirm that women are better at the wheel
In addition to this study, Other research has also shown that women are better drivers than men .
This 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 that women were better in command. But these prejudices about the way of driving of women was evident in the study, because after assessing the conduct of both men and women, and evaluate their driving on a scale of 30 points, women obtained a result of 23.6 points, while the men only got 19.8.
In addition, when they were surveyed both sexes about their perception of their driving, the men had overrated their driving . For example, when asked if they had driven at the appropriate speed, 84 percent of men answered yes, but only 64 percent had done well.
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 the bad driving of men. The study concludes that women are 27 percent less likely than men to cause accidents.
