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Show Male of Species More Dangerous Than Female Women have the reputation of being worse drivers than men but where accidents are concerned, con-cerned, statisticians can find no figures to substantiate this popular popu-lar belief. These facts are revealed in a new booklet "Smash Hits of the Year" just issued by The Travelers Travel-ers Insurance Company as the tenth in its annual series of bulletins bul-letins dedicated to street and highway safety. Despite the fact that a Gallup Poll showed a large majority of persons feel safer riding with a man at the steering wheel, the .company's statisticians found that more than 90 per cent of all fatal and non-fatal accidents in 1939 involved male drivers. Where fatal accidents alone are considered, consid-ered, the female of the species has an even better record, being charged with the responsibility for less than seven per cent. The answer undoubtedly rests in the fact that a greater number of men drive more miles each year and under more hazardous conditions, the article concludes. No method has yet been found to determine the relative risks faced by males and females and until such data are available no one can say with accuracy which sex is safer at the wheel. |