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Blokes hate the missus driving, Part II

Blokes hate the missus driving, Part II

Monday, December 8, 2008
According to an Australian Top Gear magazine survey, only 15 per cent of Aussie blokes feel comfortable when their missus is driving.

Lizz from Innisfail says, “One night I told my boyfriend if he didn’t stop bitching he could walk home. I kicked him out and let him walk two hours home."

Meanwhile, Damien from Melbourne says, “According to insurance companies men have more accidents because they drive further, drive more often at night and commute much more often in adverse weather conditions. Per kilometre driven, men actually have fewer accidents than women. If insurance was billed per kilometre driven, I suspect women's premiums would be substantially higher.”

According to an AAMI survey consisting of 2384 drivers, nationally more men than women have experienced a crash – 84 per cent versus 77 per cent.

“Our claims data shows that men’s crashes tend to be more serious than women’s – they are more likely to be involved in head-on collisions, roll-overs and loss-of-control crashes, as well as crashes involving pedestrians, cyclists and animals. Conversely, women are more likely to collide with stationary objects or reverse into other cars,” says AAMI Spokesman Geoff Hughes.

A host of female RALPH.com readers claimed men speed too much and think 80km in a 50 zone makes them a “hero”.

In addition, men are more likely to become distracted by outdoor advertising/billboards when driving: half of men compared to 40 per cent of women.

Thommo from Canberra confirms he gets distracted by boobs on the road and can’t stop looking at them, which is pretty understandable.

Who do you think are better drivers? Leave your comment below.

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I'm not a bad driver, i just drive the limit. I stay to the left unless overtaking a Camry. I don't swerve in and out of traffic, i don't cut people off causing road rage but when the middle age men cut me off, i get a hell of a lot of road rage. Get over your mid-life crisis sweetie - we don't care. Yeah i'm 23 but i'm not checking you out old man, i'm subconsciously ramming your car off the road GTA style.
I agree with the statement that men drive a lot more kilomentres then women and if if was an accident per kilomentre rate men would be far better off - Also men have more accidents because they are dodging dreadful women drivers who just freeze when things get ugly - the men take evasive action, miss the woman who actually caused the accident then get all the bills-blame at the end - next time I'm just gonna run into the stupid cow!!
IT goes without saying men are far better drivers than women .IN actual fact me being a truck driver i see women cause more accidents than anyone . but we know this comment won't go down to well because aussies like me hate to speakOR HEAR the truth.
Young women (16-21) are by far the worst drivers.
My husband is a shocker! He's always taking his eyes of the road to reset his GPS or radio, or anything else! When he does he turns the steering wheel in the direction he's looking FGS! He's caused and accident by doing a u turn without looking, crashed into a pole when reversing (and blamed me and I wasn't even there!). He tailgates, and speeds in restricted areas and thinks he's a fabulous driver!... I stick with the speed limit, I watch the traffic around me and I don't play with electronic devices when driving, I actually watch the road. I've noticed that 98% of the maniac drivers on the road are men... so what does that tell you? It's just that they're so childish that they can't take the blame for their own stupid actions rather than acting like men.
There's a reason there are no women formula 1 drivers and it's got nothing to do with sexism. The only driving women are good at has something to do with men and walls.
Woot, 1st comment
Statistics are all over the place... Laws are in place that we cannot discriminate against SEX. but the fact remains Men are more skilled than the females. Crikey lets not deny the facts and figures.even Insurance companies are loath to Insure anyone with an Asian name the risk factor is much greater.
Boobs on the road, in Canberra? What..?
Women would be much better drivers if they obeyed the traffic laws and used the right hand lane for overtaking only, it's not an exclusive lane for them to travel at 20kms below the limit. police where are you?? book these dumb bimbos!!

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