{"id":2536,"date":"2010-05-04T18:02:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T18:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2010-05-04T18:02:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T18:02:35","slug":"confused-com-a-little-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=2536","title":{"rendered":"Confused.com&#8230; A Little Confused?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this small article in today&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #800000\">Daily Mirror .<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">L OF A WIN FELLAS <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">By RICHARD WRIGHT <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">MALE drivers are claiming victory over women after a motoring survey. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">It found females take longer to pass their tests, needing an average of 21 lessons compared with just 17 for the boys. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Men are also more likely to pass first time, with less than 54% needing another attempt, while 57% of women have to take a second test. Women are more likely to suffer from nerves, with 92% saying they were terrified before their test but only 78% of men. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Comparison website  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.confused.com\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">www.confused.com<\/a><span style=\"color: #000080\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">  carried out the study and a spokesman said: &#8220;For years, people have argued over whether men or women are the best drivers. And men can now claim victory with these results.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let me just set the record straight &#8211; and I should add that my data are probably more accurate than those<span style=\"color: #800000\"> confused.com  has come up with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>99% of women are shitting themselves before their tests<\/li>\n<li>99% of men are shitting themselves before their tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article also strongly suggests the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>women are <em>slightly<\/em> more honest than men<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Asking people how many attempts they had before passing is not the same thing as how many attempts they actually made.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSA Official Stats\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.direct.gov.uk\/en\/Motoring\/LearnerAndNewDrivers\/PracticalTest\/DG_4022483\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Official statistics from the DSA<\/a> show that the average number of hours a complete novice takes before taking their test is 45 with an instructor and 22 additional hours private practice. The quickest I have had <em>anyone<\/em> pass their test without any previous training and no private practice at all&#160;is around 23 hours. Most people take between 30-40 hours, and do lots of private practice, so Heaven knows what the <span style=\"color: #800000\">confused.com  data are showing. I suspect it is either a complete pack of lies from the survey correspondents, or people&#160;only including their last instructor hours (I lose count of how many come to me having done 30+&#160;hours, and then do another 10-20 with me and pass &#8211; and even then, not necessarily first time).<\/p>\n<p>But &#8220;17 hours and first time&#8221; sounds better than &#8220;well, 20 with my first instructor and failed my test, then I did another 10 with my second &#8211; but he retired, so I did another 15 with my last instructor and passed&#8221;. I think <span style=\"color: #800000\">confused.com  needs to wake up and smell the coffee &#8211; this business is far more complicated than that. In fact, what they are suggesting is highly irresponsible: it will make people think they can drive after 17 hours, but then they will wrap themselves round a tree because they simply haven&#8217;t got the skills and experience, even if they do scrape the test. But at least it will push insurance premiums up, so the winner would be&#8230; <span style=\"color: #800000\">confused.com .<\/p>\n<p>One final thing. A small bunch of liars telling you their personal fantasy does not prove that men are better drivers than women, although that&#8217;s what the report concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Men <em><span style=\"color: #800000\">are <\/em> better drivers than women \ud83d\ude08 However, this survey doesn&#8217;t prove that in any way, shape, or form!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this small article in today&#8217;s Daily Mirror . L OF A WIN FELLAS By RICHARD WRIGHT MALE drivers are claiming victory over women after a motoring survey. It found females take longer to pass their tests, needing an average of 21 lessons compared with just 17 for the boys. 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