You know it's true. But now covert surveillance of people parking their cars shows the truth in the data. The surveillance, which was initiated by the Croydon, U.K.-based car park firm NCP, was done as part of one of the most comprehensive studies (PDF) ever conducted on gender driving differences. The firm employed a team of researchers to observe 2,500 drivers across 700 parking lots in Britain over a one-month period.
The researchers took into account seven key characteristics of parking styles: appropriate space finding speed; pre-parking pose; reverse into space; forward into space; speed of maneuver; reposition shuffle; central finish. In six of these areas, women fared better than men, gaining a higher score. Part of their success might come from the fact that, over the course of lifetime, women spend 12 days carrying out a parking maneuver, while men spend only nine.
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Tags: Cars, Driving and Safety, Science
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