Comments on: Do Men and Women Commit Different Types of Driving Violations? http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/11/04/do-men-and-women-commit-different-types-of-driving-violations/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:26:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rob http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/11/04/do-men-and-women-commit-different-types-of-driving-violations/#comment-9973 rob Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:48:47 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1280#comment-9973 small municipalities vs larger ones... from an enforcement presepective police are more likely to give warnings to those they know... police are more likely to know the person they've stopped in a smaller town... look at traffic stats of police like the RCMP or OPP who police rural and urban... same force same training but different apporaches depending on the town/rural district vs a city detachment IE Surrey RCMP vs Kingsville OPP small municipalities vs larger ones… from an enforcement presepective police are more likely to give warnings to those they know… police are more likely to know the person they’ve stopped in a smaller town… look at traffic stats of police like the RCMP or OPP who police rural and urban… same force same training but different apporaches depending on the town/rural district vs a city detachment IE Surrey RCMP vs Kingsville OPP

]]> By: gpsman http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/11/04/do-men-and-women-commit-different-types-of-driving-violations/#comment-9729 gpsman Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:55:31 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1280#comment-9729 "And if anyone has seen any studies examining violation types by gender, please advise." Good luck with that. The feds seem to concentrate on collecting crash data, specifically fatal crashes, especially if your route happened to include passing within 1000' of a bar so they can classify it as "alcohol-related". Best I could do: http://www.claimsmag.com/News/2008/11/Pages/Study-Shows-Gender-Differences-in-Risky-Driving.aspx Unrelated but essential reading is fhwa-rd-02-003 http://www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/02003execsum.htm “And if anyone has seen any studies examining violation types by gender, please advise.”

Good luck with that. The feds seem to concentrate on collecting crash data, specifically fatal crashes, especially if your route happened to include passing within 1000′ of a bar so they can classify it as “alcohol-related”.

Best I could do:
http://www.claimsmag.com/News/2008/11/Pages/Study-Shows-Gender-Differences-in-Risky-Driving.aspx

Unrelated but essential reading is fhwa-rd-02-003
http://www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/02003execsum.htm

]]> By: nick http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/11/04/do-men-and-women-commit-different-types-of-driving-violations/#comment-9668 nick Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:52:48 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1280#comment-9668 The problem with the Israeli study cited is that citations are an imperfect measure of violations. An equally valid explanation to explain why smaller towns have more citations than big cities is that smaller towns have more enforcement than big cities. The problem with the Israeli study cited is that citations are an imperfect measure of violations. An equally valid explanation to explain why smaller towns have more citations than big cities is that smaller towns have more enforcement than big cities.

]]> By: nick http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/11/04/do-men-and-women-commit-different-types-of-driving-violations/#comment-9667 nick Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:19 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1280#comment-9667 There is an excellent paper called "Killed by Automobile" from the advocacy group Right of Way (http://www.rightofway.org/research/kba_text.pdf), which analyzes pedestrian and cyclist deaths by automobile in New York City. From the paper: "For the 820 fatalities in which the identity of the driver was established, 747, or 91 percent, of the drivers were men; 73 (9 percent) were women. In contrast, women account for an estimated 25 percent of vehicle-miles driven on New York City streets, excluding highways, indicating that women are under-represented as killer/drivers by a factor of 2 to 3, while men are correspondingly overrepresented." "For the 63 cyclist fatalities in which driver gender was reported, only two, or 3 percent, were women. This is a startling figure. Recall that the male share of street driving in New York City is estimated to be 75 percent. Even though the male driving share in Manhattan, where cycling is concentrated, may be higher, the fact that 97 percent of cyclist-killers were men strongly suggests that driver aggression (and not just cyclist impulsiveness) plays a significant role in killing bicycle-riders in New York City." "Based on these figures and the gender differences noted above, we observe that death by automobile, in New York City, is largely a matter of one group of people — young men — killing two other groups: older men, and women of all ages." The report also notes that 5% of deaths of pedestrians and cyclists by automobile occurs on sidewalks and other areas where driving is prohibited! There is an excellent paper called “Killed by Automobile” from the advocacy group Right of Way (http://www.rightofway.org/research/kba_text.pdf), which analyzes pedestrian and cyclist deaths by automobile in New York City.

From the paper:

“For the 820 fatalities in which the identity of the driver was established, 747, or 91 percent, of the drivers were men; 73 (9 percent) were women. In contrast, women account for an estimated 25 percent of vehicle-miles driven on New York City streets, excluding
highways, indicating that women are under-represented as killer/drivers by a factor of 2 to 3, while men are correspondingly overrepresented.”

“For the 63 cyclist fatalities in which driver gender was reported, only two, or 3 percent, were women. This is a startling figure. Recall that the male share of street driving in New York City is estimated to be 75 percent. Even though the male driving share in Manhattan, where cycling is concentrated, may be higher, the fact that 97 percent of cyclist-killers were men strongly suggests that driver aggression (and not just cyclist impulsiveness) plays a significant role in killing bicycle-riders in New York City.”

“Based on these figures and the gender differences noted above, we observe that death by automobile, in New York City, is largely a matter of one group of people — young men — killing two other groups: older men, and women of all ages.”

The report also notes that 5% of deaths of pedestrians and cyclists by automobile occurs on sidewalks and other areas where driving is prohibited!

]]> By: Mark Young http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/11/04/do-men-and-women-commit-different-types-of-driving-violations/#comment-9661 Mark Young Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:27:41 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1280#comment-9661 Hi Tom, My understanding of the gender difference in driving behaviour is that men tend to make more deliberate (and risky) violations, while women are more prone to slips, lapses and misjudgements. One paper to show this, which used self-report data, is in the journal Ergonomics: Reason, J., Manstead, A., Stradling, S., Baxter, J., & Campbell, K. (1990). Errors and violations on the roads: a real distinction? Ergonomics, 33(10/11), 1315-1332. I'm sure there have been more since, and I'm pretty certain Leonard Evans discusses the gender divide in Traffic Safety. Mark. Hi Tom,

My understanding of the gender difference in driving behaviour is that men tend to make more deliberate (and risky) violations, while women are more prone to slips, lapses and misjudgements. One paper to show this, which used self-report data, is in the journal Ergonomics:

Reason, J., Manstead, A., Stradling, S., Baxter, J., & Campbell, K. (1990). Errors and violations on the roads: a real distinction? Ergonomics, 33(10/11), 1315-1332.

I’m sure there have been more since, and I’m pretty certain Leonard Evans discusses the gender divide in Traffic Safety.

Mark.

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