A U.S. study says that men and women have different risks of driving

According to a report from the British "Daily Mail" on July 8, a study from the University of Michigan found that women are more likely to have accidents while driving than men.

Dr. Michael Schwarke and Brandon Siketo of the University of Michigan, who was responsible for the study, conducted a study of 6.5 million crash cases that occurred in the United States between 1998 and 2007. Based on the original statistical data, the researchers originally thought that in a collision accident, the opposite party would account for 48% of the opposite sex, 36.2% for the same man, and 15.8% for the same woman.

However, the results of the final study were contrary to the accident of the researchers. They found that in certain crashes, accidents between females are more common, and accidents among men are not representative. The results showed that the two sides of the accident accounted for 20.5% of the total number of accidents investigated; the same as for men was much lower than expected, only 31.9%; and the opposite sex collision was as expected as 47.6%. Considering that American men drive far more time than women (there are data showing that 60% of the time in the United States is driving by men and 40% by women), the result is even more surprising.

Researchers also found that women tend to spend more time than men at crossroads, T-junctions, and highway entrances and exits. In addition, compared with men, women are more likely to have accidents at the intersection. Their cars often turn right when they hit the left side, or when they turn left, they hit the right side.

Shiwako explained that this may be related to the average difference in height between men and women. He believes that the reasons associated with the driver in traffic accidents generally include three: their own driving skills, the other's driving skills, and in the wrong place at the wrong time.