Women Drivers

I am a good driver and have been told so by many passengers. However, I know I am not as good as my DH.

Whenever someone does something stupid and it happens to be a woman, I say "figures, a woman "

Do you think, from your experience that the stigma of women being bad drivers is true?

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Absolutely 100%.

Message edited 7/13/2007 10:45:05 AM.

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I completely disagree, I think women are much better drivers. Including myself.

eta...my husband can barely get his car around a corner and talk at the same time. Women can multitask...therefore better drivers. They can think and drive at the same time, unlike men.

Message edited 7/13/2007 10:48:06 AM.

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I'm in the same boat as you, and I hate to say this bc I am a woman, but YES, it's true! Not to say that there aren't any crazy male drivers, but in my experience, women are far worse.

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My DH drives down Northern Blvd like its the Daytona 500. He always wonders why he gets speeding tickets, too.

I have a lead foot but I don't drive like a maniac.

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I don't - DH is worse than I am. I am more cautious and he speeds and weaves in and out of cars!

He races - so I guess that's where it comes from. Sometimes when we are on the LIE I have to remind in that it's NOT a race track.

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actually most of the female drivers I know are way better than the males.

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i think its totally true, women cant drive!

ok, thats too harsh, but i believe that women are not as good as men, which makes me mad.

i am a HORRID driver.

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I consider myself a good driver, but my dh can handle situations better. We have managed to avoid quite a few accidents thanks to having him behind the wheel - I do not think the outcome would have been the same if I had been driving

I do not think it is fair to say that all women are poor drivers though

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I say that all the time as a joke.

I see a lot of speeders & weavers that are men. And a lot of distracted women, on the phone or not. It all depends on the person of course, but maybe men do tend to be more speed demons and risk takers?

I do believe that most of the population could be better drivers than they are. Me included. Whether it be by retesting themselves on the driver's test, taking defensive driving, minimizing distractions, or just respecting other people...

I wish there were mandatory driver's tests.

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ummm, if we're using DH and myself in this scenario...then he is by far a better driver than i am!!!! i'm a speed demon and, as he likes to say, "have trouble in reverse". i've had 2 fender benders backing up in parking lots.

i do the same thing when i see a bad driver thats a woman...i say to myself "figures, its a woman driving"...only because I am such a bad driver myself!

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I consider myself an awesome driver

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Sometimes I think that; its somewhat a 50/50........but I will tell you what I do find.

I find a lot more women drivers driving while talking on their cell phone and that pi$$es me off........b/c I can usually tell b/c they are driving carelessly. And then I will pull up, look over, see them talking and say to myself "it figures".

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