Date:         Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:22:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Al Knoll <anasasi@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday question
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com>
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Pass?  You PASS OTHER CARS?  Egad!  That's blatant misuse of a vanagon isn't
it?  Mine's a touring box, a certifiable right-laner.  The scenery's better
from the dog slow lane.  Especially during flower season.

She who must always be obeyed has the catbirds seat in the passenger viewing
area.  Hates to drive.  But is a fully qualified offroad wranglerette.

Pensionerd.

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> As the situation was explained to me, men, especially young men, have no
> more accidents than do women, but due to (theoretically) higher
> testosterone
> levels, when they have accidents, they tend to be much more destructive and
> expensive.
>
> Is Stephanie a better driver than me?  Maybe.  She's different.  She's much
> more the type A personality.  While she has faster reflexes and better
> vision, she tends to tailgate and cut things a bit too close for my
> comfort.
> When I'm driving, I'm constantly hearing about how, if I was in the other
> lane, we'd be able to pass all those cars, etc.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
> |I've often heard the "women are better drivers" remark, especially when I
> |was a young man trying to buy affordable insurance. What I would question
> |is
> |the methodology used in arriving at that conclusion. Did the writers of
> the
> |study just review insurance data and decide that because men had more
> |tickets and accidents than women, that women were better drivers, or did
> |they actually review data broken down by miles driven?
> |
>