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On Jan 17, 2008 7:20 PM, Ray Smith <rjsmith@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It's like saying women can't parallel park, obviously they can (and are > safer drivers as shown by insurance premiums for the ladies) > > Ray > That's fallacious I'm afraid. Lower insurance premiums show that women have fewer accidents not that they're better drivers. For a variety of reasons women (on average) cover a lot lower mileage than men but per mile driven, men are much safer - if you accept the statistics at face value and don't get into an argument about fatality rates and what exactly defines good v bad driving and so on (and on - 'cos I've never met a woman who'd accept the statistics at face value). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html