Due to the competitive nature of the human mind, we do like to compare things and indulge in various theories. The debate becomes especially heated when it involves putting men versus women. Who’s better at washing dishes? Whose IQ is higher? Who’s the better driver? Although we don’t have any data regarding dishes or intellect at the moment, we can try to add some fuel to the fire by trying to decide who’s got better driving skills. For that we took three separate studies and put the results in one infographic. The first study takes data from over 1.5 million driving tests conducted in the UK. It’s a big enough sample of data. It turns out that only 43.4% of wannabe women drivers pass their test. Men do slightly better with 49.6% passing their tests. This would suggest that women are worse when it comes to driving, however, both results are below 50% which, you will agree, is pretty poor. The second round is a parking test that was conducted by an independent company analyzing video recordings of 2,500 drivers attempting to park their car. Sounds like a simple task? Well, men didn’t do very well at all. Only 25% of all men managed to find their central end position. In comparison 56% of the ladies managed that with easy. They were also quicker at finding an appropriate space for parking. For the third round, we took data from a study by Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. This independent organization is dedicated to making cars and traffic safer. They’ve accumulated data about car crashes in the United States. The data shows the number of serious crashes per 100 million miles driven and it also specifies the gender of the person involved in the crash. It turns out that women are safer drivers because they account for fewer serious crashes than their male counterparts. You may argue that women drive fewer miles than men, however, if you look at the data in a proportion, women cause only 1.7 serious crashes per 100 million miles driven, while men are responsible for 2.5 serious crashes for the same amount of miles. What this tells us is that men are more prone to road-rage accidents and they are also more often involved in drink driving accidents.
Via:- creditplus.co.uk
