According to the MetLife Auto & Home American Safety Pulse Poll women are better drivers than men. Here are the stats, as reported by
The Detroit Bureau. Read them and weep . . . or rejoice depending upon your sex,
Then, perhaps the statistics show that women are more attentive. Men are involved in reckless driving incidents 3.4 times more often than women and cited for DUI 3.1 times more frequently.
Automotive fatalities are particularly telling. A total of 11,900 men died in U.S. traffic accidents in 2009, the most recent year for which full statistics are available, while for women the number was a far smaller 4,900. Men also tend to drive more, so if you adjust the figures accordingly you find 2.5 men will be killed for every 100 million miles driven compared to just 1.7 women.
And when you’re looking at teens, the numbers go off the charts, the adjust death rate for males 16 to 19 years old coming in at 9.2 per 100 million miles driven, while for women it’s a more modest 5.3 deaths.
That’s something the insurance industry hasn’t missed, the website Insweb showing that the typical woman pays 9% less for comparable coverage.
