Each country has a different ratio of men and women behind the wheel, but regardless of this, women's driving behavior is constantly a source of jokes. What are the specifics of female driving and is the stronger sex fair to car enthusiasts?
Parking
You can find thousands of videos on the Internet about women not knowing how to park. These videos, as a rule, demonstrate how long and persistently women try to enter the chosen parking space, how diligently they try to stand up correctly.
Women also often stand up unevenly, do not turn their wheels straight, and take up two parking spaces instead of one.
Watching women park is really interesting, but other than videos and a couple of illegally parked cars in the yard, there are no statistics confirming women's inability to park.
It is believed that the woman does not adequately perceive the speed of the flow and, accordingly, does not comply with it, thereby creating an emergency situation for other road users. It is likely that some women really drive according to the principle “the slower you drive, the further you will drive.” Especially those who travel rarely and little, in order to buy groceries or take their children to classes.
Perhaps this is more likely due to a lack of experience and the desire to drive carefully and safely when a beloved child is in the car. All that remains is to understand and forgive, because in addition to caring women, all students of driving schools and also “snowdrops” drive like this.
Moreover, women also write SMS messages while driving! However, the entire modern world does this, regardless of gender.
Inappropriate reaction
There is a stereotype that women in stressful situations on the road may close their eyes, let go of the steering wheel or press the brake pedal, when in order to avoid an accident it is better to give the gas.
But firstly, such cases are more likely to be observed in particularly infantile girls or in absolute beginners in driving.
Secondly, in order to avoid traffic accidents, it is most often recommended to brake; other maneuvers may turn out to be more life-threatening.
The feeling of the road situation, reaction to what is happening and the skill of emergency driving, regardless of gender, are achieved only in one way - experience. Otherwise, women are indeed more emotional drivers and very often their driving style depends on their mood.
The pedals are confused
To refute or prove this point, a survey could be conducted among women and men: “Have you ever confused the pedals?” But, unfortunately, those who confused the gas and brake pedals are unlikely to want to admit it, and in the meantime, numerous videos and accidents involving women confirm this widespread stereotype.
Can't drive in reverse
There are no exact statistics confirming this stereotype. But the problem with reversing may exist among girls who use mirrors for other purposes.
Toys in the car
An abundance of toys, especially on the dashboard or in front of the rear window, obscures the view and provokes accidents on the roads. This stereotype sounds especially funny, because it turns out that plush toys are the culprits of road accidents!
In fact, women strive to create comfort in their car and this, of course, is very feminine, but has nothing to do with driving. As for visibility, it is also hampered by curtains on the windows, stickers on the rear window and tinting.
Mirrors are not used for their intended purpose
Car mirrors allow you to maneuver perfectly and monitor the situation on the road, but girls cannot deny themselves the pleasure of looking at themselves in the mirror.
By the way, it was the representative of the weaker sex - the English racer Dorothy Levitt, in her 1906 book “Woman and the Automobile” - who advised car enthusiasts to always have a small mirror with them, which would allow them to monitor what is happening behind the car. This was eight years before automakers began installing rearview mirrors.
However, wearing makeup while driving is definitely a bad idea. In the UK, about 500 thousand accidents occur annually due to the fault of women applying makeup while driving a car. Most often this applies to young girls aged 17 to 21 years. According to a British insurance company, every fifth participant in the survey wore makeup while driving at least once in her life.
According to research by the British Brake Center, every sixtieth male driver under the age of thirty was involved in an accident with serious consequences; for women this figure was three and a half times lower.
NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the USA) provides the following statistics: men aged 16 to 25 receive more tickets for speeding, for driving a red light, in addition, in 2009, 23,726 men and women died on American roads only 10,070 women.
In Russia, insurance company experts found that accidents caused by women lead to less damage compared to accidents with male culprits. On average, the amount of compensation under compulsory motor liability insurance for women is 5.5% less than for men.
The State Traffic Inspectorate does not keep official statistics on accidents among men and women and does not distinguish road users by gender. Even if gender differences influence driving behavior, the most important thing on the road is still safety. And it depends on all road users!
According to British and American studies, women are much less likely to drive while drunk, which is why men are more often the culprits in “drunk road accidents.”
To the question This inspired me about the fear of driving! How can you confuse right and left????or the gas and brake pedals...you are at the one specified by the author freshly salted the best answer is I have a friend, even in everyday life she confuses left and right... using her instructions to find an address can sometimes lead to a whole joke. One day we were riding in a taxi with her, I was in the back, she was next to the driver. She commands - here to the right! Driver - there is no right turn here! .She, how could she not, I’ve been here a thousand times, here he is! And with his RIGHT hand he points to the LEFT past the driver’s nose...
Answer from chevron[guru]
damn... easy for me...
Answer from Yolomon Salmonello[guru]
Yes, that’s how they get confused! out of fright...
Answer from Panda[guru]
Yes, usually, we are all human, we all have memory problems or panic or an unusual situation
Answer from Special[guru]
For an ordinary person, right is gas and left is brake is not at all obvious. Therefore, it can be easily confused.
Answer from Moon[guru]
in the first weeks it turns out
Answer from Masja[guru]
I don’t know, I’m not confused about anything, and I drive normally
Answer from Mikhail Levin[guru]
When you walk, don’t you get your feet mixed up? Well, suddenly they took it and stepped with one foot two times in a row?
Answer from Captain obvious[guru]
How a girl behind the wheel confuses where to turn the steering wheel when backing up, I’ve seen it several times
Answer from Sigmaxx[guru]
Confused by those who have not yet developed reflexes...
well, or who has a complete mess in his head... for example women)))) (not all of course)...
Answer from A Psychiatrist's Dream[guru]
I'll mix it up for sure))
If you ask me to turn or look to the left, I promise, I won’t do it right away.
but in a car this is fraught with consequences)
Answer from Elena Kovtun[active]
I don’t confuse gas and brake, but from left to right even when walking it’s difficult, and there’s no need to say where to turn I know everything!
Answer from *muse*[guru]
Yes, easily. My husband constantly confuses left and right in the car.. And he also confused the gas with the brake once.. That’s why he doesn’t drive)
Answer from Ira Ivanova[guru]
I regularly have nightmares like this))
Answer from Christina[expert]
If you change from a left-hand drive car to a right-hand drive car, it’s easy to get confused.
Especially the turn signals are turned on the wrong way often, or as a friend had, she turned on the wipers instead of the turn signal.
Yes, they get confused anyway, especially in a stressful situation.
Answer from Pinokkio[guru]
if someone sits and yells from left to left... I’ll turn right like crazy... I don’t know why
Answer from I dance as I want))[guru]
I'm confusing the definition of "right" and "left"..
in order to get my bearings and determine the “right”, I always remembered which hand is more familiar to write (since I write with both)), with the transition to printed writing, the skill of this action was forgotten, now I remember the feeling of the mouse in my hand)), but when unexpectedly and quickly they give commands " right-left" - I get lost. . (I immediately remember the joke: “don’t show off, just show it with your hand”))).. At the same time, I very easily orient myself in space and remember the location of objects.
Answer from Fortuna ad me[guru]
Here you write how it can be confused. Last summer in our area one of these got mixed up, I don’t know what. She was parked next to the bus stop and talking on her cell phone, then suddenly her car drove into a bus stop where a mother and a five-year-old child were sitting on a bench, the mother jumped back, and the child’s leg was practically torn off. The female driver then got out of the car and said that she didn’t understand how it happened at all, that she didn’t do anything at all.
Women drive more carefully than men. Nobody argues. But at the same time, a rare man, due to inexperience, will confuse left with right when parking or gas with brake when you need to slow down.
Below is the clearest example of how girls, out of the blue, can forget everything their driving instructors taught. According to the author of the video, his friend went with his wife for the first time after studying at a driving school.
Well, some more examples:
How not to confuse the gas and brake pedals - simple ways to remember
In order to stop confusing the gas and brake pedals, you need, firstly, not to be nervous. When you get behind the wheel, you need to completely relax and tune in to the fact that you don’t need to get from point A to point B, but enjoy the trip and not be nervous about anything. Once you can relax really well, then all the necessary actions will be performed slowly and carefully.
To begin with, slowness is important. In cars with manual transmissions (which is what beginners are usually taught to drive on) there are only three pedals and it is almost impossible to mix them up, especially after you slowly work out the entire sequence of actions. The motor skills and automation of the body will independently make the necessary decisions - where to press if necessary. It should be remembered that the leftmost pedal in cars with manual transmission is the clutch pedal. It only needs to be squeezed when you change gears (you can also use it when braking - read how below). The rightmost pedal is the gas pedal. This is done in all cars, without exception, of any brands, models, years of manufacture, types and varieties. The gas pedal is always located on the right, without exception. Therefore, your right foot will always be responsible only for increasing engine speed.
As you might guess, the brake pedal is located in the middle. In cars with an automatic transmission, the brake pedal is also located to the left of the gas pedal. If you drive a manual transmission, then the brake will be the middle pedal, and if you drive an automatic transmission, then the brake will be the leftmost pedal of the two.
To prevent your feet from getting tangled in two or three pedals, ask your instructor to explain the correct position to you. Although you can learn this on your own. First of all, you need to remember that the left foot, which is responsible for the clutch, is always at rest, it lies slightly sideways near the clutch pedal on the left. Or she stands, raised on her heel, and presses the pedal when necessary.
And your right leg is the one that should be responsible for the gas and brake pedals. On cars with both manual and automatic transmissions. The bottom line is that the heel of your right foot should always be on the floor. In any cases and conditions. Never lift your heel or the heel of your foot from the floor of the car, only pressing the gas and brake pedals with the middle of your foot and its toe. So it turns out that you won’t be able to mix up the pedals and your feet won’t get confused in the space between them. The left foot is responsible for the clutch and there is no point in pressing the brake with it - it is inconvenient and impractical, completely get rid of this habit immediately if you have developed it. Only the right foot is responsible for the gas and brake. Standing on her heel, she alternates moving her toe between both pedals and pressing on them alternately. So it turns out that when you need to start moving, without lifting your foot off the floor, press the pedal farthest to the right, and when you need to brake, you simply move the middle of your foot and its toe to the left pedal (brake pedal). That's all science is, it's simply impossible to get confused.
As for braking, when braking with our right foot, we can help the car do it more quickly by pressing the clutch pedal with our left foot. Inside the car, the crankshaft will disengage from the flywheel and the car will be able to stop more quickly.
Now you know how not to confuse the gas and brake pedals.
If you are wondering how not to confuse the gas and brake pedals, it means that you have only recently gotten behind the wheel, are nervous and cannot fully and, most importantly, drive the car safely. But this is not a problem - the main thing is not to forget that training should be carried out only at specially equipped sites, training grounds or, in extreme cases, outside the city, on old airfields or rural roads.
How not to confuse the gas and brake pedals - optimal solutions.
In order to stop confusing the gas and brake pedals, you need, firstly, not to be nervous. When you get behind the wheel, you need to completely relax and tune in to the fact that you don’t need to get from point A to point B, but enjoy the trip and not be nervous about anything. Once you can relax really well, then all the necessary actions will be performed slowly and carefully.
To begin with, slowness is important. In cars with manual transmissions (which is what beginners are usually taught to drive on) there are only three pedals and it is almost impossible to mix them up, especially after you slowly work out the entire sequence of actions. The motor skills and automation of the body will independently make the necessary decisions - where to press if necessary. It should be remembered that the leftmost pedal in cars with manual transmission is the clutch pedal. It only needs to be squeezed when you change gears (you can also use it when braking - read how below). The rightmost pedal is the gas pedal. This is done in all cars, without exception, of any brands, models, years of manufacture, types and varieties. The gas pedal is always located on the right, without exception. Therefore, your right foot will always be responsible only for increasing engine speed.
As you might guess, the brake pedal is located in the middle. In cars with an automatic transmission, the brake pedal is also located to the left of the gas pedal. If you drive a manual transmission, then the brake will be the middle pedal, and if you drive an automatic transmission, then the brake will be the leftmost pedal of the two.
To prevent your feet from getting tangled in two or three pedals, ask your instructor to explain the correct position to you. Although you can learn this on your own. First of all, you need to remember that the left foot, which is responsible for the clutch, is always at rest, it lies slightly sideways near the clutch pedal on the left. Or she stands, raised on her heel, and presses the pedal when necessary.
And your right leg is the one that should be responsible for the gas and brake pedals. On cars with both manual and automatic transmissions. The bottom line is that the heel of your right foot should always be on the floor. In any cases and conditions. Never lift your heel or the heel of your foot from the floor of the car, only pressing the gas and brake pedals with the middle of your foot and its toe. So it turns out that you won’t be able to mix up the pedals and your feet won’t get confused in the space between them. The left foot is responsible for the clutch and there is no point in pressing the brake with it - it is inconvenient and impractical, completely get rid of this habit immediately if you have developed it. Only the right foot is responsible for the gas and brake. Standing on her heel, she alternates moving her toe between both pedals and pressing on them alternately. So it turns out that when you need to start moving, without lifting your foot off the floor, press the pedal farthest to the right, and when you need to brake, you simply move the middle of your foot and its toe to the left pedal (brake pedal). That's all science is, it's simply impossible to get confused.
As for braking, when braking with our right foot, we can help the car do it more quickly by pressing the clutch pedal with our left foot. Inside the car, the crankshaft will disengage from the flywheel and the car will be able to stop more quickly.
Now you know how not to confuse the gas and brake pedals.
