Female drivers were originally meant to refer only to the female crowd in the vast group of drivers, but I don't know when they began, but they evolved into synonymous with "road killers". The rise of the Internet has fueled the popularity of irrational speech, including the example of female drivers equating with "road killers."
From a report on the "characteristics and trends of traffic accident crime cases in 2016-2019" disclosed on the government website, it can be seen that the incidence rate of male drivers is 8.8 times that of female drivers, which is the most powerful evidence to refute that female drivers are "road killers".
According to information released by the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, in 2021, the number of motor vehicle drivers in the mainland reached 481 million, of which 319 million were male drivers, nearly twice as many as women. Combined with the above proportion of cases, the number of male drivers is far higher than that of female drivers, but why do we usually see the words "female drivers" instead of "male drivers" in the news media? Because the dissemination of news should cater to people's "curiosity mentality", plus this type of traffic accident is mostly associated with low-level errors, such as the throttle as a brake, reversing, slipping, etc., it is easier to trigger people's discussion and complaining, and over time, it will create an atmosphere in which female driver driving skills are generally poor.
Affected by this bad atmosphere, there have also been many incidents of wrongful female drivers, such as the sensational 2018 Chongqing Wanzhou bus crash accident, before the police issued an official notice, a group of media, Weibo big V one-sided criticism and even insults to the owner of the car in the accident, using words such as "female driver" and "retrograde" to win people's attention, until the official release of the notice to return the innocence of the female owner.
There is no obvious gender distinction between male and female drivers in driving technology, but there is still a difference in psychology. Female drivers usually have a weaker perception of space, distance, and speed than men, so the traffic violations related to female car owners are concentrated in low-speed driving situations such as scraping, reversing, and rear-end collision. At the same time, the female car owner's response to the unexpected situation is also weaker than that of the man, in other words, the emotional impact on the female car owner is greater than that of the male car owner, which also increases the probability of misoperation in the emergency situation.
Diversified car scenes coupled with real driving time and driving mileage help to improve driving technology, but compared with male car owners, female car owners have a relatively single car scene, once the car scene becomes complex, such as narrow roads will be cars, etc., it will be more difficult to adapt, which also increases the possibility of accidents. However, with the advancement of the process of automobile intelligence, more and more auxiliary driving functions and active safety functions are widely used, such as lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, active braking, 360-degree panoramic imaging, automatic parking, automatic parking, etc. Models equipped with these functions can avoid traffic accidents to a certain extent, if you are not confident enough in your driving skills, you may wish to increase your budget on the purchase cost of the car, and also provide more safety for your own car.
Write at the end
There are thousands of roads, and safety is the first. Whether it is a male driver or a female driver, it is a good driver to travel safely, and it is irrational to make controversial remarks or opinions in order to provoke gender antagonism. At the same time, I also hope that new drivers will know more about traffic laws and the use of their own cars before going on the road, and also ask old drivers to give novice drivers some understanding and care when driving in their daily life. (Text/UVIS Auto Ride)
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