Are women drivers a menace on our roads,or is this a myth.Also is it true that driving standards and courtesy?

Scouse

No women on the roads are no worse than men except possibly on the school run when the kids are in the car but then I have seen some very silly moves by men after they have been dropped of. Standards of signalling and courtesy on the roads are getting worse. The lack of courtesy is general, It is the non existent signalling which is the most dangerous. I was taught signal if it helps and if no one is around you signal anyway because it is better to waste one than miss one. The result of that any manoeuvre demands a signal and is made before I move so the only thing I have to consider is exactly when to move

Anastasia Beaverhousen

Stephen H you're an idiot. I am a competent, skilled, FEMALE driver with a clean record. I drive courteously, I'm constantly aware of my surroundings, and I could beat your *** behind the wheel any day. I have a clean driving record and the only accident I have ever been involved in was because a MALE driver slammed into the back of me in dead stop traffic on the freeway. It is a myth fueled by male chauvinist pigs like our friend Stephen that women are bad drivers, even though most males cause accidents, drive like they own the road, and their insurance is higher. And yes, driving standards and courtesy have absolutely plummeted! It seems people are confused as to how a turn signal works and what its function is. The come flying down the road and tailgate you when you're already doing 10 over and you're in traffic so you can't move out of their way. Or when they almost run you off the road after cutting you off, and you honk at them and they look at you as if to say, "what? I didn't do anything cuz I'm an oblivious ****!"

gheeeezzzz!

some guys i know drive worst than old women
so i think it is a stereotype

are asians really bad drivers?

i think when we find one person that fulfills our prejudges we tend to run with it

cunning linguist

Women drivers are just as good as their male counterparts but
safer,they normally don`t take risks that male drivers might.
There is only a small percentage of woman drivers who don`t
know how to drive compared to males who think they do.

The worst women drivers i have encountered are the ones that
drive 4x4s in my town anyway.They have no concept of how
large their vehicle is.I have spent many a time sat in my car in
a supermarket carpark watching them trying to park the thing or
get out of the space they put it in.

As for standards and courtesy it varies wherever you go.Where i live the drivers are mostly nice but you do meet the odd assh**e.
I have been driving for 27 yrs and there are more cars on the roads now than there were when i first passed my test back then.

More cars=More conjestion on roads that have not been upgraded
to handle the larger percentage of vehicles that we now have as opposed to 20 something years ago.

Gina @ Sand Castle Alapahas

I happen to be an excellent driver. Oddly enough it's been mostly men that I have seen that were the bad drivers and who took senceless chances. But that does't mean I think all men are bad drivers.

And yes, I think courtesy while driving has plummeted. I have people try to dart behind me when backing out of parking places and people who won't let me get into the other lane when I signal. I try to be courtious, I wish others would too.

'Er indoors!!

My wife is a better driver than me, but don't let her know I said so. As for courtesy, why don't people from up north give a courteous wave when I have sat there waiting for them to pass? I think it is so rude. We always do in Cornwall, but on a recent trip to the Lake district, absolutely no one showed any manners.

SnoddersB

Driving standards have plummeted, that is a fact, just think of the number of complete numbskull's who overtake and fill the gap that you leave for safety between yourself and the vehicle in front. I note that most of the offenders drive German made cars and Chelsea tractors, so may be there is a connection there.

ste73

No the auld codgers who've been driving since before testing was invented, are far worse than any woman driver.

Driving standards have taken a nose dive, but this is probably down to the examiners having to meet their targets, as laid down by the dsa.

lindsay3897

i am women driver and yes i do have a touch of road rage maybe it is watching those who we drive with and their attitude to the road or maybe because we are fed up of not being thanked if we let someone out. manners are my main cause of bother and i then tend to think why do i bother being nice if people are too inconsiderate in not even to put a hand up at least.

I have noticed in the last 7 years of driving that courtesty has fallen.

owlet04

No more then men accept when they drop there children off to School or pick them up parking where they should not. Men do some silly things as well trying to get home in a hurry so weave in and out of traffic on the motorways.

lolitakali

I think its the truth!

little devil

I think old people are the worst drivers on the roads these days with youngsters a close second.

Pete

Its not really their fault... its their lack of spacial awareness that makes them so careless and accident prone.

slipinere

Most are! they think indicating gives them right of way expecially wee fat women in 4 wheel drives... what's that all about???

rowdy

Damn right. This has been argued about for years, and probably will be for ever, so there's no point in going on about it now - men and women will still have the same opinions about each other, whatever we say!

It's perfectly true that male drivers are a bigger insurance risk than women. But insurers are not interested in who are the safer drivers - they're only interested in which drivers cost them the least amount of money (not the same thing). Men are having all the accidents because they're swerving out of the way of the women doing crazy things. You know, like stopping on a 70mph dual-carriageway to let someone out of a side road (I've seen it happen).

Regarding the second part of your question, well yes - just like in every other part of life, I suppose.

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