What I\u2019ve experienced:<\/strong> The majority of guys driving aren\u2019t all that competitive or aggressive.\u00a0 The majority of drivers aren\u2019t aggressive and competitive. Yes, you get the odd berk who overtakes everything in sight just to get to the traffic lights two seconds in front of you, but as far as I can see, these people can be either gender.\u00a0 I\u2019ve even given in to the odd competitive urge myself\u2026 like that time that I was waiting at the lights and noticed that the car beside me was an orange HSV. I have a soft spot for Fords<\/a>, and orange is my least favourite colour, so if the road hadn\u2019t been so busy, I probably would have turned the green light into a chance for the great rivalry to continue between the blue oval and the lion.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve read:<\/strong> Women have more of an emotional attachment to their cars and treat them more like pets, while for a man, a car is a glorified power tool.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve also read:<\/strong> Men have more of an emotional attachment to their cars \u2013 \u201cboys and their toys\u201d \u2013 while women just want something that goes from A to B.<\/p>\n These two statements are mutually exclusive, so it\u2019s probably best to say that some people have an emotional attachment to their cars while others do not.\u00a0 It also depends on the car itself and memories associated with the car.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve read:<\/strong> Women get distracted more easily because they are more likely to text while driving and because they use the mirror to check their appearance and\/or apply makeup.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve experienced:<\/strong> If you can see your face in the rear view mirror while you\u2019re driving, it\u2019s in the wrong position. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen any of my woman friends applying any sort of cosmetic while driving and I certainly haven\u2019t done it myself. Not even at the traffic lights when I know from experience that I\u2019ve got at least a minute to wait.\u00a0 Idiots who text and drive are just as likely to be male as female, judging by the ones I\u2019ve had to dodge recently. And as for women being more distracted in general, well, those billboards featuring bikini babes we see all over the show aren\u2019t going to be much of a distraction for a straight woman, are they?<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve read<\/strong> (quite recently, in fact): Men are more likely to honk the horn at other drivers when ticked off, while women are more likely to swear or give the one-fingered salute.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve experienced:<\/strong> If you\u2019re dodging some idiot who has decided that the give way laws don\u2019t apply to them at the moment, then your main focus is going to be on avoiding a collision rather than using your hands to give someone the big finger or to find the horn (I always end up hitting one of the cruise control buttons by mistake). Applies to either gender.\u00a0 You might give some exclamation along the lines of \u201cOh, crap!\u201d to give a printable example.\u00a0 Again, applies to both genders.\u00a0 By the time you\u2019re out of the situation, it\u2019s too late for either the horn or the hand, as the twit who forced you to jam on the brakes has vanished, so muttering comments about him\/her is the only option left.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve read:<\/strong> Men are more mechanically adept than women and are more likely to take care of their cars.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve experienced:<\/strong> This is probably more a matter of training than actual ability. Most of us considering buying a new car today grew up when the \u201cgirls can do anything\u201d movement was just getting underway and girls just weren\u2019t taught mechanical bits and pieces, same as guys weren\u2019t taught how to sew on a button.\u00a0 The reasons for this are obscure, as people from the World War 2 generation knew perfectly well that women could fix and make machinery.\u00a0 It\u2019s changing again, with more and more girls and women being taught the basics of car maintenance and DIY.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve read<\/strong> (and this would have to be the stupidest claim of all): Men invented cars in the first place, so they\u2019re necessarily more interested in them, are better drivers, etc.<\/p>\n What I\u2019ve also read:<\/strong> While Herr Benz invented the horseless carriage and the internal combustion engine, it was his wife (no, she wasn\u2019t called Mercedes Benz<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 her name was Bertha) that actually took the invention out on the road to show the world how easy this invention was to drive. And she did her own repairs on the road, inventing brake linings on the way.<\/p>\n In my opinion, there aren\u2019t gender differences when it comes to driving. Personality differences, yes.<\/p>\n From time to time \u2013 but less often than we did in the past \u2013 you hear people making snarky comments about \u201cwomen drivers\u201d.\u00a0 This has always puzzled me. Do women really drive differently from men? Is there are gender difference in the way that people treat their cars? 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