Who would you rather Drive with?

In June 2006, Gallup New Service conducted a worldwide survey that consisted of questions asking; Which gender would you rather drive with? and Which gender is a safer driver? The results were the following:


The first graph shows that 43% feel there is no difference between Male and Female drivers, but of the 54% that registered their opinion 33% would rather ride with a male driver and 21% would rather ride with female driver. In my opinion there is no difference in the majority of male and female drivers but there is a large difference in the extreme cases, most of the worst drivers tend to be women.

The second graph shows that 37% think that women are safer drivers and 34% think that males are safer drivers. I agree with the 37% that think women are safer drivers simply because they are more cautious and less aggressive that the majority of male drivers.

The third graph shows that there is a bias in peoples own gender with completely opposite percentages between men and women but the majority still feel that there is no difference. The last graph sows that the "stereotype" is consistent through all ages.

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