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IIRC a similar study was done in Europe. The conclusion was that women are indeed more likely to die or sustain serious injuries, but that the cause of that was
by Sander_Marechal 4y ago
IIRC a similar study was done in Europe. The conclusion was that women are indeed more likely to die or sustain serious injuries, but that the cause of that was that woman, on average, drive smaller cars. So, they are more vulnerable in a collision.
Just look around you. How often do you see families where the man is driving the big fancy SUV and the woman is driving the smaller "second" car?
- yamtaddle 4y ago> Just look around you. How often do you see families where the man is driving the big fancy SUV and the woman is driving the smaller "second" car? Maybe it's a regional thing, but around here the big SUV replaced the minivan as a "women's car". I hear safety (i.e. wanting to "win" in a crash, often phrased exactly like that) as a common reason for the choice. Their husband will drive a similarly-huge truck, usually.
- walthamstow 4y agoI have heard exactly the same sentiment from women here in the UK. Not a single one of the women I have spoken to about this realise they are participating in an arms race. The husband in the UK will more likely drive a fast, sexy coupe/hatchback/saloon with a large engine, rather than a truck.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoIn my experience in America, women prefer huge SUVs while men prefer more sporty cars, or trucks. Huge SUVs are slightly feminine because they're good for getting the kids to soccer practice. SUVs ate the market for vans, another vehicle good for moving a bunch of kids around. That's just my observations. The data might say otherwise.
- watwut 4y ago> Huge SUVs are slightly feminine because they're good for getting the kids to soccer practice Genuinely, in what way? When I am taking kids somewhere, I want car that fits into small parking space. I just dont see what SUV would help with.
- sokoloff 4y agoIn most parts of the US, sports practice areas tend to have ample parking. Optimizing for "fits into small parking space" is largely a benefit only in cities.
- bombcar 4y agoSUVs come in all sizes now, and there's some advantage to certain sizes. Most people don't have an array of vehicles to choose from except when buying, so they don't really get much of a choice between "the car" and "the SUV". When you have small children a minivan becomes really nice, since the doors open wide which helps with car seats and booster buckling.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoUnless you're in a downtown urban center, soccer practice has plenty of parking space for your ship-sized SUV (for that matter, so do downtown parking garages. It only becomes an issue with street parking.) Also you want a car that can fit 7 or 8 kids because you take turns with other parents ferrying many kids around, not just your own.
- bombcar 4y agoIn many cases the woman drives the "mom van" (minivan or SUV) to shuttle kids around, and the man drives "the car" (usually a sedan of some sort) to work and back each day. With all these studies it's very important to correct for various differences and interpret the data. I suspect Volvo, for example, has a pretty good idea on these things (because they wouldn't compare all vehicle but particular models, etc).
- JeremyNT 4y ago> IIRC a similar study was done in Europe. The conclusion was that women are indeed more likely to die or sustain serious injuries, but that the cause of that was that woman, on average, drive smaller cars. So, they are more vulnerable in a collision. Was the more to it? If they are aware of this fact, it feels like it would be trivial to control for it, to determine whether women are still more vulnerable in the same types of vehicles.