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They make up less than half of all drivers, but what is more interesting is their involvement in road accidents.

Women behind the wheel - can the jokes be thrown away?

Keenan Cohen

14/03/2022

Monday, 14 March 2022, 08:59 Updated: 10:33

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"No, no, check this is a driver - I sign you" said the taxi driver at the sight of the red Suzuki Swift who was debating between the two columns towards the traffic light, got stuck in the middle of the two lanes and then also entered an intersection that was not available.

Half a minute later we were standing next to her on a left turn, neither a woman nor high heels - a young man who was engrossed in a stormy phone call or a schizophrenia attack - is unclear.

But the point is clear - the stigma and image of women as less good leaders is very ingrained in our social perception.

We hear it around us, I come across it in driving instruction - it's there - and it's also untrue and obvious!

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Well, specifically in this case it was a driver (Photo: Spokeswoman)

A summary of road accident data for 2021 shows that out of 18,282 drivers who were involved in road accidents, only 25% (4,540 accidents) involved drivers.

The gender gap is also repeated when detailing this figure for the different types of accidents;

In the case of fatal accidents out of 456 drivers, only 60 were involved in women (13%), in serious accidents their share was 16% and in minor accidents 27%.

Even when referring to the cumulative data with insurance companies, in all those accidents without casualties that are not included in these statistics this fact is repeated.

At the request of "Walla! Vehicle", data on 1,000 road accident notification forms were analyzed at the Insurance Companies Forum at the Bar Association.

There, the gap in the involvement rate of women and men in cases of rear-end accidents stands at 31% in the involvement of women, and 69% in the involvement of men.

In the cutting of accidents at the intersection the numbers are even more pronounced - in 78% of them men are involved.

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Adv. Assaf Warsaw: "There is no room for male arrogance and arrogance" (Photo: Yaniv Schmidt)

Advocate Assaf Warsaw Co-chair of the Torts Forum, expert in insurance law: "There is no room for male arrogance and arrogance in women's driving abilities. The reality and to acknowledge their weakness. "

Studies conducted in this field in Israel have found that women see driving risks as more of a challenge than a challenge, they are less prone to dangerous driving, less prone to conflicts and force, and more.

The Green Light Association further deepened the study and also went to the most detailed segmentation that the data currently allows, those of 2020 (detailed data of 2021 are not yet available), where in the breakdown of types of accidents the male gender gap remains stable. .

Even in the individual division into accidents, the share of women is significantly smaller (Photo: screenshot, source: green light)

Erez Kita CEO of Green Light: "It is no longer uncommon to see truck, bus and taxi drivers today and this is to be welcomed" (Photo: Official website, Green Light Association)

Erez Kita, CEO of the Green Light Association: "Women drive safer than men and are involved in fewer road accidents compared to their husbands 'share of the drivers' situation." It is not uncommon to see truck, bus and taxi drivers today and this is to be welcomed.

Therefore, the Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety would do well to encourage more and more women to join the array of professional drivers in public transportation, which is in need of thousands of professional drivers.

The inclusion of women in the field of mass transportation may make a crucial contribution to reducing life-threatening traffic offenses and leading to a reduction in road deaths. "

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