THE WOMAN DRIVER: HOW DOES SHE RATE?

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES ATTITUDES OF MEN TOWARD WOMEN DRIVERS, INCLUDING AN OLD EDITORIAL ON HOW POORLY WOMEN HANDLE HORSES, AND A COMPUTERIZED TEST SHOWING WOMEN TO HAVE HIGHER ATTITUDE SCORES AND MEN TO HAVE HIGHER REACTION AND ALERTNESS SCORES. IN PROPORTION TO THE AMOUNT OF DRIVING THEY DO, MALE DRIVERS HAVE FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WOMEN DRIVERS HAVE. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 33, No 11, PP 38-40 & 43
• Corporate Authors:

  California Highway Patrolman

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• Authors:
  • Berkey, B
• Publication Date: 1970-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Behavior; Crash rates; Drivers; Females; Gender; Males; Reaction time; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology; Female drivers; Male drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223422
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 18 1971 12:00AM