Survey: Men Are Less Attentive Drivers Than Women

Contrary to popular stereotype, a recent survey conducted by insurance group NRMA found that men are the more distracted of the sexes behind the wheel. It should come as no shock that of the 1,350 individuals surveyed, almost all admitted to being guilty of one driving distraction or another.

The most common offense? Fiddling with the car stereo. Yes, the CD player, radio, MP3 player — perhaps even the tape deck — turned out to be quite the priority, as 76% of drivers admitted to taking their attention off the road to change the station or skip a song (in all fairness, though, 2007 was the year of Nickelback's "Rockstar").

Additional distractions included beverage drinking, map checking, insect chasing, newspaper reading, shaving and kissing. Men were the graver culprits, however, with 30% admitting to nearly causing an accident compared to only 20% of women.

Perhaps the most distressing figure is the 20% of both sexes that admitted to texting while driving, which seems to us like the most dangerous distraction of all — short of chasing an insect with a newspaper while making out and drinking a Coke, that is.

Male Drivers More Likely to be Distracted Behind the Wheel (Motor Authority)

Comments

[Spanky]

Scientific research just determined that men are more honest about their driving than women.

[Leroy Brown]

"Men were the graver culprits, however, with 30% admitting to nearly causing an accident compared to only 20% of women."

Notice the "admitting" part. Most women drivers are horrible, and have no business with a driver's license. They nearly cause many accidents with their lack of skills... it's just that they don't realize it. They're too busy talking on their cell phones, putting on makeup, or just generally daydreaming. I'm fully convinced that many women don't even realize that they are, in fact, driving a motor vehicle.

Sounds sexist, sure. But it's true. Most people just don't have the cajones to say so.

[ziggy]

I'd say it's about 50/50. There are just as many bad male drivers as there are female. It just depends on what your looking for on the road and what you want to be mad about. I hate drivers of large trucks and SUV so I notice their driving behavior more than anyone else. So I'm going to say they're the worse drivers when it's probably not true. It's a matter of perspective.

It does sounds sexist Leroy, but unfortunatly I have to agree with you. I have, on many occasions avoided accidents that another person, who was usually a woman or old almost caused- and was probably oblivious to the fact. The other thing is I noticed that they are more times than not driving a particular car that is very popular (not worth mentioning b/c I think there is already enough ammunition in this comment, lol)

The irony is that they are the ones with the cheaper insurance too, lol.

Broq

[J]

Is this the joke of the week?

They are not being honest. 30% vs 20%

[Infosaur]

I'm sorry wha,,,?

Did you say something?