Research claims women are idiots about cars

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/me...ing_signs.html

Friday, 3rd March 2006
Women drivers 'miss warning signs'

BELT UP: Warnings missed.WOMEN drivers are dashboard dunces when it
comes to recognising warning symbols in their cars.

New research shows that one in two hasn't the foggiest idea of what
some dashboard signs mean.

Despite the average motorist spending 360 hours a year behind the
wheel, as many as 42 per cent of motorists cannot identify common
dashboard symbols, according to the poll by AA Personal Loans.

Almost half of women and one third of men could not correctly identify
symbols for frequently used functions or basic warning lights.

Researchers asked 1,700 drivers to identify symbols such as the
handbrake warning light, full beam headlight, front windscreen wash
and wipe and rear fog light.

The revelations show that 39 per cent of women and 28 per cent of men
were unable to correctly identify the warning lamp for the main beam
headlight warning lamp suggesting that they may regularly unwittingly
dazzle oncoming traffic.

Two thirds of women could not correctly identify the front windscreen
washer and wipe symbol, one in five admitting they had no idea what it
signified, compared to one in 20 men.

Handbrake

Just 38 per cent of women compared to 65 per cent of men were able to
correctly identify the warning lamp indicating high coolant
temperature - yet ignoring this could lead to engine damage.

Twelve per cent of women and seven per cent of men admitted they had
no idea what the handbrake warning light was. A third of women drivers
wrongly identified this symbol, compared to just on in five men.

More than two thirds of women and 44 per cent of men could not
correctly identify the rear fog light symbol, with one in five women
admitting to having no idea what it meant.

The most commonly identified symbol in the survey was the oil pressure
warning lamp.

A total of 85 per cent correctly identified this symbol, but women
still lagged behind men with 78 per cent being correctly able to
identify this symbol, compared to 91 per cent of men.

Lloyd East, ofAA Financial Services, said: "More women than men are
now buying second-hand motors.

"It's worrying so many female motorists are in the dark over some of
the most common dashboard symbols."

laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE urinated this:

> BELT UP: Warnings missed.WOMEN drivers are dashboard dunces when it
> comes to recognising warning symbols in their cars.


This coming from someone who can't even see the dashboard lights because
they burned out years ago! ROTFLMAO!

laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:
> http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/me...ing_signs.html
>
> Friday, 3rd March 2006
> Women drivers 'miss warning signs'
>
> BELT UP: Warnings missed.WOMEN drivers are dashboard dunces when it
> comes to recognising warning symbols in their cars.
>

The title and opening statement are inconsistent and the article itself
is pretty much useless sensationalism. There is no indication in the
article that women are missing the warning signs. The article simply
says in several paragraphs women (and men) have not committed a long
list of symbols and definitions to rote memory. The article skips over
the truly important question of whether the driver misses or ignores a
warning light that flashes on. A more meaningful study would be to
find out how many women (and men) responded to a warning light by
finding out what it meant and by taking the proper action.

The resulting article would not be nearly as sensational and sell far
fewer papers, but would be far more informative of driver habits.