Toward understanding on-road interactions between male and female drivers.
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2011-01-01
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Abstract:This study examined gender effects in six geometric scenarios of two-vehicle crashes in
which an involved driver could potentially ascertain the gender of the other driver prior to the
crash. The actual frequencies of different combinations of the involved male and female
drivers in these crash scenarios were compared to the expected frequencies if there were no
gender interactions. The expected frequencies were based on annual distance driven for
personal travel by male and female drivers.
The results indicate that in certain crash scenarios, male-to-male crashes tend to be underrepresented
and female-to-female crashes tend to be over-represented. This pattern of results
could be due to either differential gender exposure to the different scenarios, differential gender
capabilities to handle specific scenarios, or differential expectations of actions by other drivers
based on their gender. The current lack of information on gender exposure in different
scenarios, scenario-specific driver skills, and driver expectations based on other drivers’ gender
prevents ruling out any of these possible explanations.
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