http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/6849247/Women-worse-at-parking-than-men-study-shows.html

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"Women are slower and less accurate at parking than men, according to a scientific study that confirms the suspicions of many male motorists. "

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"Female drivers take an average of 20 seconds longer to park their cars but are still less likely to end up in the middle of the bay, the research suggests. As part of the test 65 people were asked to park an Audi A6 family saloon in a standard-sized parking space. Their manoeuvres – including head-on, reverse and parallel parking – were timed and rated for accuracy, which was judged by how far they kept the vehicle from the edges of the bay. While the researchers expected the women volunteers to be slower, they were surprised to find that the cautious approach did not lead to a tidier final result. Dr Claudia Wolf from Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, who led the study, said that the research confirmed previous findings that men have better co-ordination and spatial awareness than women, and take more risks behind the wheel. "These prejudices exist and as a scientist I decided the find out if they are true or based on myth," she told the Mail on Sunday. "I don't think that feminism or the cause of women is in any way set back by these findings. It only proves what previous studies about the spatial differences between men and women have shown. "Besides, it is not as if there was a massive failing by women. It is just about parking – not the triumph of men over women.""

Shocking, I know.

12/23/2009 4:22:07 PM

i will be the first to say...yes, i suck at parking.

12/23/2009 4:23:24 PM

i completely suck at parking. i will park several blocks away before i even attempt to parallel park

12/23/2009 4:24:34 PM

I parked at work one day, and some random guy in the parking lot was like, "Hey, you sure know how to handle your car." I guess because I didn't run over him or something.

12/23/2009 4:24:53 PM

and driving, math and logic.

12/23/2009 4:25:05 PM

I must admit, I'm beyond amazing at parking, especially in reverse. I wish I could've upped our results in the study.

12/23/2009 4:26:43 PM

Maybe driving in general, yeah. I don't think you could defend the thing about math/logic. All humans have the potential to let emotions get in the way of logic, it just seems to happen more often with females.

12/23/2009 4:27:05 PM

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"It is just about parking – not the triumph of men over women."

She shouldn't even go there, men invented the very concept of triumph, of course were better at it.

12/23/2009 4:29:13 PM

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"and driving, math and logic."

[Edited on December 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM. Reason : .]

12/23/2009 4:30:25 PM

^^Only because men are physically stronger. In early civilizations, it didn't matter if men had better ideas. They were the ones able to enforce their will most effectively.

[Edited on December 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM. Reason : ]

12/23/2009 4:30:29 PM

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"She shouldn't even go there, men invented the very concept of triumph, of course were better at it."

lol

12/23/2009 4:32:30 PM

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"Female drivers take an average of 20 seconds longer to park their cars"

wow

12/23/2009 4:41:57 PM

So get this.... a week ago I had to get some gas, PRONTO so I stopped at the nearest station which only had one tank open. It just so happened that I would have to back up to it, keep in mind the gas pump is on the right side.

Behind me was a guy filling up his tank watching intently. I think he wanted to be amused or something. Anyway I pulled right up quickly and did a damn fine job if I do say so myself. He just smirked and continued filling.

I can even parallel park. I think my only scary habit is my speeding... which has been toned down now after 3 speeding tickets since I've started driving... LAWLA

12/23/2009 4:43:09 PM

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"I must admit, I'm beyond amazing at parking, especially in reverse."

wut?

12/23/2009 4:59:39 PM

parking what in reverse?

...

12/23/2009 5:01:18 PM

i learned how to drive a tahoe. one of the HUGE ones..you know with three rows of back seats

so i'm pretty mean when it comes to trucks and stuff. i can take whatever you dish out, mostly.

but i, for the life of me, cannot comprehend how small a car is when i'm driving it

12/23/2009 5:01:33 PM

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"Female drivers take an average of 20 seconds longer to park their cars but are still less likely to end up in the middle of the bay, the research suggests"

It takes people >20 seconds to park?

12/23/2009 5:07:43 PM

Have you never seen it happen? They'll try to pull into a spot, and it won't even be a narrow spot, but they don't get the angle right or something, so they have to back out and try again, and they'll end up having to repeat the process around 3-4 times, and then they're still over the line. I see this probably 3 times a week at work.

[Edited on December 23, 2009 at 5:20 PM. Reason : ]

12/23/2009 5:20:10 PM

I think the 20 seconds was the combination of the different parking maneuvers.

12/23/2009 5:21:43 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0e6xA5G_8

12/23/2009 5:27:13 PM

In reverse = backing into a spot.

12/23/2009 5:45:33 PM

I wonder how much of bad female driving is just inexperience(and lack of caring/bruised ego enough to practice) and how much is hormones filling their dainty little minds with visions of sugarplums.

It boggles my mind when I try to show a girl something basic that will save them significant hardships like jump starting a car and they say they don't want to know.

12/23/2009 5:56:03 PM

I find girls so cute when they think they are equal.

12/23/2009 5:57:45 PM