Women are better behind the wheel, study finds

Do men or women drive better? A study reveals the answer.

The battle of the sexes on who is better behind the wheel seems to have come to an end. You've probably heard the phrase: "Woman behind the wheel, constant danger".. Well, this phrase is totally false according to a study, because the safest driving couple is formed by a woman behind the wheel and a man in the passenger seat. a woman at the wheel and a man as co-driver..

When a car is driven in this way, the accident rate is six times lower than in cars with male drivers and co-drivers.

On the other hand, a study carried out in the United States states that men cause up to 80% more accidents than female drivers.

The perfect couple: woman driving and man in the passenger seat

A study states that the perfect driving couple consists of a woman driving and a man looking at the map.. The research has been carried out by the Línea Directa Foundation and has been named "The co-driver and its influence on the prevention of traffic accidents. A gender perspective".

To reach this conclusion, they have analyzed the data of all the accidents that have occurred in Spain (with and without co-driver) between the years 2011 and 2013, that is, a total of 255,000. In addition to this data, they have also obtained information from a survey in which 1,206 people participated.

The results of the report conclude that "the presence of a co-driver significantly reduces the probability of suffering an accident on the road, since if one travels accompanied, the risk decreases by almost 35%", as stated in the newspaper El Mundo.

This pair (female driver and male co-driver) has an accident rate six times lower than the male driver and male co-driver.

According to Francisco Valencia, general director of the Línea Directa Foundation, the reason for this report was "to know the profile of the perfect driver and the perfect co-driver and safe driving behavior, because for the first time in 11 years the number of deaths in traffic accidents has increased".

The report also reveals that the female driver and male co-driver combination has an accident rate six times lower than when the pair consists of a male driver and a male co-driver.

Perfect co-driver: a male between 60 and 69 years of age because he is not distracted and is aware of the signs.

But there's more. The report also reveals the perfect co-driver profile: a male between 60 and 69 years of age.He/she does not distract the driver and pays attention to signaling and other vehicle occupants (such as children in the rear seats).

The profile of the "worst co-driver" is that of a young guy between 18 and 29 years old who spends the whole trip talking, criticizing the driver and being a nuisance. But a curious fact: when a woman is driving and the co-driver is also a woman, the accident rate is multiplied by two. When a man drives and a woman is the co-driver, the accident rate is multiplied by 2.2.

Other studies claiming that women are better behind the wheel

In addition to this study other research has also shown that women are better drivers than men..

Earlier this year, a study carried out by the British insurance agency Privilegeinsurance agency, showed that 28% of women thought they were better behind the wheel than men, and only 13% of men thought women were better at the wheel. But these prejudices about women's driving were evident in the study, because after assessing the driving of both men and women, and evaluating their driving on a 30-point scale, women obtained a score of 23.6 points, while men only got 19.8 points.

In addition, when both sexes were surveyed about their perception of their driving, men had overrated their driving, men had overrated their driving. For example, when asked if they had driven at the appropriate speed, 84 percent of the men said yes, but only 64 percent had done it well.

Finally, another study carried out by the American insurance agency "4autoinsurancequote" in 2007 states that 80 percent of fatal accidents caused in that country are the result of poor driving by men. The study concludes that women are 27 percent less likely than men to cause an accident.