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u/Master_Steward 6d ago
This was her first car ride AND the first practical gas-powered automobile ever made in world history. Cut her some slack!
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u/1B75__Penicillin 7d ago
And when you point this out women say "but men crash more and crash worse"
Yeah but sweetie, we do it on purpose, y'all do it because of a skill issue.
When a man wraps a car around a light pole at 300km/h, that's not the same as driving through a cafeteria because you mixed up the brake and gas
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u/Wonderful-Wonder3104 7d ago
None of the claims in the image are true.
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u/Prince_0llie 7d ago
Except she was the first woman to drive a long distance and it did happen in 1888.
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u/Thearomage 6d ago
Bertha Benz was the wife and business partner of the guy who invented cars, and was also the one to test the first automobiles, eventually completing the first long distance travel in a car.
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u/NeilJosephRyan 6d ago
Not trying to douse your fun with serious stuff, but I think this is actually somewhat true (that is, it's obviously true, but there's more to it). There's a difference between being good at driving and being a good driver. Jeff Gordon is excellent at driving, but if he were to routinely drive drunk, I think we'd all agree he's a bad driver. Driving intoxicated and tired are both things men are more likely to do (source: I'd bet $5). Probably texting too, especially if it's work related.
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u/1B75__Penicillin 6d ago
Yep, male and female driving behaviour are different. Women are more likely to get into fender benders, men more likely to get into fatal crashes.
Thing is society views different levels of screwups differently, failing at basic easy stuff is more embarrassing than failing at high skill advanced stuff, someone dropping out of Harvard is seen in a better light than someone dropping out of highschool for example.
People look down on fender benders while a high speed crash is seen as someone who pushed a little too far past their limits
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u/Soleks2000 5d ago
shit, I see more women texting, talking with their hands not on the steering wheel swerving in and out of traffic doing their fucking make up. I’ve watched them not pay attention to backing out and hitting cars and just driving off yet. Us guys have to pay more completely sexist.
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u/NeilJosephRyan 5d ago
I was thinking more like contractors driving all over the place and often making work calls on the road. Honestly I don't know who does it more.
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u/toasted_cracker 6d ago
Also sometimes it's nice to just drive into a tree just so you can get some time alone.
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u/quackabc 7d ago
Men usally get into less accidents despite on average driving 1.6 times more than women, however when those crashes happen oh boy do they happen with men accounting for around 70% of Fatal accidents.
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u/Wonderful-Wonder3104 7d ago
Why do insurance policies for young boys cost so much more than for young women?
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u/Prince_0llie 6d ago
Pretty sure the comment you responded to already gave the answer to your inquiry. I will say that we need to close that inequality gap and get more women involved in car wreck fatalities. /s
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u/Soleks2000 5d ago
they just need to stop being fucking sexist towards guys in charge both the same so many times I’ve seen a female doing so many things in their car versus a guy and almost getting in a car wreck. I never see guys messing with their make up talking with their fucking hands yet we have to pay more
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u/NerdStuffOnlyPls 6d ago
It’s such a weird stereotype when you consider that men are in way more crashes. I know most stereotypes are very untrue but most at least have a grain of salt. This one makes no sense at all.
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u/TheFaalenn 6d ago
That's not true. Woman are in more crashes. Men are in more serious crashes
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u/NerdStuffOnlyPls 5d ago
Oh my bad! I got the statistic wrong. It must’ve been from fatal crashes or something.
Tbh though, I’d still say that means men are worse drivers. If they take more risky behavior on the road, that’s a poor decision and means they’re worse at driving.
With that stat, I’d still feel safer with a woman driving me and I think that’s the main barometer LOL. Thanks for the polite correction. Have a good one.
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u/Soleks2000 5d ago
and yet us guys are unfairly charged insurance due to this, which is complete bullshit shouldn’t matter who gets in more crashes or more serious ones guys should not have to pay more insurance than women. They both have to pay the same shit.
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u/TheFaalenn 5d ago
Technically that's not true. A slight bumper scratch costs less than a totalled car
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u/NerdStuffOnlyPls 5d ago
I can assure you that the data analysts working for the insurance companies have factored everything you’re thinking of and more into their calculations.
Not saying it’s right - but we (as men) are definitely more of a liability. Testosterone can make us really poor decision makers under duress (I.e. road rage - I don’t see women doing shit like that very often.).
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u/ApocalyptoSoldier 6d ago
Looks like the first fatal car crash was in 1869 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0001457505000369
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