Are girls good drivers?

[mikedudley17]

My wife has had 3 accidents and 2 speeders.

I hit a deer and have had 2 speeders.

You do the math.

[wylee]

My wife has had 3 accidents and 2 speeders. I hit a deer and have had 2 speeders. You do the math.

Need more information. How many miles do each of you drive? Where and when do each of you drive? If she drives into heavy traffic everyday and put on 60k a year, and you drive in light traffic and drive 5k a year....

[dmcnelly]

I think over a certain age it evens out, but under 25, girls tend to be a lot more distracted than guys when driving. This is changing substantially because of the ubiquitousness of cell phones, along with fumbling through the iPod, guys are getting distracted a lot more frequently now.

As far as maintenance goes though, girls seem to tend to be REALLY hapless. Anecdotal evidence here, but more than one of my lady friends has ruined a car due to lack of oil changes. I've actually had this exchange: Her: "Oil changes are for people with old cars. Mine's only got 50,000 miles on it!" Me: "And you've never gotten an oil change?" Her: "No, I thought you did that when it hits 100,000."

Sidenote: Apparently "I'm driving" isn't a good enough reason for not answering the phone. I got five calls while driving, and when I got a chance to call them back, they were offended I didn't answer while I was driving. I don't feel like having to find a way to use the phone, shift, and steer at the same time. I only have two hands, dammit.