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Young Male drivers

Lord Derpington · 2009-07-31 09:43:20

What is the story with this crap, im sick of hearing on the radio and in the papers that because i am a young male driver I; 1) I drive too fast 2) Im going to kill any girl in my passanger seat I mean as if the radio add where "he drives, she dies" wasnt enough now this weekend under the Bank holiday road safety crackdown…

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#202 19-08-2009 10:16am

mandysmithers

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Most car crashes that are reported in the news where there's a fatality seem to involve males in their late teens and early 20s. The examples given above aren't as common as ones with guys involved.

In the past few days I've witnessed numerous incidents of dangerous driving - in one of them a van almost ran into me as it crossed over the white line onto my side of the road. I would have been a goner, without a doubt. In all these incidents, young males have been driving.

I would prefer to be in a small accident where a car just got a tip, than one where someone ends up dead or in a wheelchair. As some posters have said, when men have accidents they cause more damage, or the resulting cost is higher - that's why they have higher premiums, and I would agree with that. So while that trend continues, men will have to pay higher premiums. If it was the other way around, women would have to pay higher premiums, that's life.

Also, some posters have said that accidents involving women are more frequent but don't do as much damage. Well, I know which type of accident I'd prefer to be involved in, if I had to choose.

Obviously, not being in any accident would be my top choice.

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