Why do men think that women aren't good at driving?

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BeMuse · Accepted Answer

At the professional level race car drivers in all variations of the sport are dominated by men. It is what it is... Men consistently outperform women on spatial tasks. There have been countless studies on it. Which is why you often see women making crazy dangerous maneuvers where they cut people off. You know it’s a women because of the pink license plate border, breast cancer awareness bumper sticker, or whatever… Women are often afraid to pass cars when there is a mile distance between themselves and oncoming vehicles. The same can be said about women and upturns. They have trouble judging the distance of oncoming vehicles so they become indecisive about when to make the turn and sometime even just crossing the road to make a turn to the other side of the street into a parking lot. They have issues parking in the lines often and parallel parking is often a huge issue for them. Another behavior that is often present in women drivers is autopilot. They don’t focus on what they are doing. They are always trying to multi-task and are absent minded. They will be thinking about what they should eat for dinner and then drive to the wrong place on accident and say, oh shoot where am I going, I’m on auto pilot. This lack of focus is also dangerous and can lead to collisions. Women often focus on social features, so when people say heh where the hell are you going, they make an adjustment and refocus on the task to get where they are going. Where as men focus more on motion features, so they are focusing on passing landmarks to get to a destination in a sequence of planned steps.

God_of_Thunder · Accepted Answer

I don't think that men, or women, are better/worse drivers then the other gender.

There are some variances, however.

Men, in general, are better at spatial awareness, which lends itself to being able to accurately gauge where other vehicles/objects are in relation to their own vehicle. That's why men tend to be better at parking than women.

As a result, women tend to have more minor accidents, and "fender benders". Men, on the other hand, tend to be more aggressive, and take greater risks, which tends to result in more major accidents, and fatal crashes.

According to the data, men are involved in more total vehicular accidents than women, but that is based upon miles driven, and men drive more miles than women, overall. If you factor everything by percentage, then both genders are roughly equal.

Men just skew more towards the big accidents, and women more towards the smaller accidents, but neither is technically "better," just different. Individual skill level makes a big difference, too, so it's unfair to say that all men/women do these things.

wittymilf · Accepted Answer

…to be a ‘good’ driver as a guy it means you can do technical things and beat other people.  To be a ‘good’ driver as a women it means you can get places safely without harming others.

PizzaPieMamaBear · Accepted Answer

I have no idea where that idea may come from 😬 lol

Wish4UrB00ty · Answer

Lol! It isn’t so much we think girls aren’t as good at it as much as we think we are better at it. My ex pout me in my place and I haven’t messed that up since. I’m fine with driving and I’m fine with letting the girl drive but I will never again think I am better just because I got a dick…

PatriceONeal · Answer

Before power steering was invented, Women didn't have the upper body strength to turn the wheel in order to steer. This is why men are better at it. We've done it longer, and we like mechanical stuff, "things". Men like things, women like people. Cars are things.

glennos89 · Answer

Because a lot woman have fears when they are for example need to overtake a big truck on the high way Fear and driving is a recipe for unsafe situations on the road. Also some men have fears behind the wheel but in my opinion you better not drive when you are scared in the car

notwoke · Answer

because no ones' ever met one who can parallel park. Seriously, every woman in my extended family hates to drive and is fucking terrible at it. On the rare occasion I ride in a car with my wife driving, I'm always worried one of the other drivers will follow us to a gas station to stab her in the throat with a steak knife. Not to mention getting somewhere takes twice as long. But seriously, it is true that on average men have better spacial judgement while women on average better at fine motor dexterity (think watch making), I believe this at least part of the reason there has never been a winning female race driver and most women don't like driving and aren't excellent at it compared to the average male.

pers0n · Answer

It depends on what kind of driving. Some heavy vehicles absolutely require a lot of knowledge in order to operate, which most women aren't interested in. But regular cars and even racecars, I didn't see a big difference in men and women.

DJB72 · Answer

Women have fewer accidents, it's true..

but (and it's a big one)

Men drive on average ten times the distance women do. The majority of long-haul drivers are men. Most chauffeurs are men. Most reps on the road. Hell, even milkmen are men.

The insurance industry is biased against men because fewer women have a crash, but don't take into consideration that men often drive ten times the distance women do.

Over miles driven the stats are roughly equal when scaled up.

hypojoe · Answer

im not entirely sure I know girls like to tailgate and some are ove cautious But honestly if nascar was a all woman's sport would be fun to watch

TroyDT2 · Answer

Most women are fine drivers. The image might be from seeing a small %, but still a significant number, putting on makeup and other distractions while driving 70 MPH on the freeway.

PainusNdeeAnus · Answer

Well statistically more men drive than women but women are more likely to engage in risky driving practices, including not using seat belts, driving while impaired by alcohol, texting, and speeding

LimitedBenefits101 · Answer

It's true tho and most women are not into cars to begin with

bowenw · Answer

I've seen both men and women that are bad drivers. Driving ability doesn't appear to be related to gender.

Theabcking · Answer

Well, I dont, so it is not all men. They are probably just sexist men that do.

Fuentes · Answer

I do not think this, a lot of people ate bad drivers and make me cuss them out and flip them off and honk at them by punching my horn lol

Cubus · Answer

All of this depends on how you define "good at driving"

MountAverage · Answer

Men don't think that. Immature boys, douchebags, and incels think that.

Chthou95 · Answer

I think the better word would be skills. Men are better when it comes to skills when driving a car

ChiTown33 · Answer

Why as this? You're most likely NOT going get the answer you want. Nor change a person's mind.

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

I've never heard anyone say that before so I dunno.

jayhams · Answer

Anecdotal evidence. There are less professional female drivers and the females I know are worse drivers than the males I know.

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

Because it’s true. Most people driving professionally are men, and that’s for a reason.

handsomeboy99 · Answer

because women get excited more quickly and are less able to control their emotions

KrakenAttackin · Answer

Because most women don't really like driving and are often so distracted when driving.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

Look at most professional drives 99% are men I guess

dolemite89 · Answer

well they do statistically get in more small accidents than men do even though men drive nearly twice as much as women do on average.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Clearly in terms of cars they are wrong so perhaps cars are not what they mean

Summeroflove · Answer

It depends on the woman

In_Trance · Answer

because they're not good at driving

_Troian_ · Answer

Because.. you are not?

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