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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

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ORIGINAL: ncbabe
Okay, so I admit that when I see someone driving appallingly, I think to myself 'I bet it's a woman' and sadly, it usually is :(

Except that there's a reason why women get better driver's insurance rates  . They're actually safer drivers  . http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16698153/: "Male drivers have a 77 percent higher risk of dying in a car accident than women, based on miles driven." . http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,942107,00.html "


"Though women drivers are often the objects of jokes or curses, the joke is really on the men. Two British companies are offering lower insurance rates to women. The Royal Automobile Club last month reduced its premiums by 10%; the Zurich Insurance Co. had already cut its rates by 20%. U.S. casualty companies, whose executives admit that women are better risks than men, are not nearly so generous. Many of them offer 10% discounts to women, but only to those aged 30 to 64 who are the sole operators of their cars.
A study by the Zurich company showed that women are less costly to insure than men. While the women have more accidents per mile, their smashups are less serious and 20% less costly to settle. Women tend to clobber fence posts and rear bumpers; men often hit other cars head-on and at higher speeds. A separate survey by the World Health Organization made similar findings. Says Robert Pansard, a French safety official who participated in the WHO study: "Although women are perhaps more emotional, they do not possess the drive for power which often becomes aggressiveness in male drivers." They also do not drive as much at night or on dangerous rural roads as men ."

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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt

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My impartiality and fairness prevents me from pointing out that if they do mention it, they'll twist things around

Wouldn't want to disappoint:
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=788126

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In a study released by Quality Planning, an analytics company that validates policyholder information for auto insurers, women came out on top.The study analyzed different kinds of vehicle code violations (traffic violations) and then compared how many times men were cited versus women. The conclusion was that men break more traffic laws and drive more dangerously than women. Because they violate laws designed to make the roads safer, men cause more accidents and expensive damage.

Now, back to picking on Zephyr

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ORIGINAL: EbonyWood

What about the 3rd category of driver - 'Women in the Passenger seat who think they are driving' ?

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ORIGINAL: Wolf2Bear

*hands zephyr a cookie and Level's pole*

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Yeah, we speed, but let's get a show of hands for the number of men who have ever had a wreck with a compact in one hand, and lipstick in the other!

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There is nothing worse than being a competent driver and still having the guy look left and right before you make a turn.

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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt

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There is nothing worse than being a competent driver and still having the guy look left and right before you make a turn.

What's worse is when they lean forward to do so, preventing the actual driver from being able to see the road on the right. In my car, that tends to get the passenger bitch-slapped, no matter what sex they are.

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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt

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There is nothing worse than being a competent driver and still having the guy look left and right before you make a turn.

What's worse is when they lean forward to do so, preventing the actual driver from being able to see the road on the right. In my car, that tends to get the passenger bitch-slapped, no matter what sex they are.

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Knowing you and if I was a passenger in your car...I'd be blindfolded and bound even before getting in the car.

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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt

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Knowing you and if I was a passenger in your car...I'd be blindfolded and bound even before getting in the car.

smartass

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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt

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Knowing you and if I was a passenger in your car...I'd be blindfolded and bound even before getting in the car.

smartass

I must disagree, knowing our Bear, it was deep, deep wishful thinking

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ORIGINAL: WyldHrt

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There is nothing worse than being a competent driver and still having the guy look left and right before you make a turn.

What's worse is when they lean forward to do so, preventing the actual driver from being able to see the road on the right. In my car, that tends to get the passenger bitch-slapped, no matter what sex they are.

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*grinz*  I know all about the bearnapping plot you are scheming!