Driver Perception

[jonny jeez]

Maybe you should all have a look at this scientific paper looking at gender difference in route learning.

Then pay particular attention to the second author....

Fame at Last!!!

 

[2Loose]

It's a 15W heater with a pointy metal stick attached, used to apply localised heat to the metal legs of electronic components while melting a low-temperature alloy of tin/silver/copper onto them, to achieve a good electrically conductive link

What this has to do with drivers I have no idea

Oh, one of those, I can use those...I thought Arch was referring to something that made crinkles disappear from clothes while you are asleep. My mistake.

 

[davefb]

err still off topic
the biggest difference i've seen when driving, is the utter inabilty of females to comprehend traffic merging. they seem far more likely to not let u in.

cycling, women have been the most likely to have got in my way whilst on phone/texting....

tbh a lot of the 'quick moves' by wvm or lads in chavved up cars, i'm ready for , because they're telegraphed..

 

[Ergates]

JaguarLandRover have this system where Automobile Association Callouts are recorded for Warranty and customer satisfaction issues.

Looking down the Year To Date list on the PC at my side, I see a lot of 'Punctures' where the verbatim says "struck curb". Looking across at the 'driver details', it says Mrs and Miss a LOT of times.

To go back to this a second:

The clues here are 'Automobile Association Callouts' and 'Punctures'. Men are more likely that women to feel confident in changing a tyre themselves.

[EDIT: On a car obv.]

 

[John the Monkey]

Maybe you should all have a look at this scientific paper looking at gender difference in route learning.

Then pay particular attention to the second author....

Ooo!

Interesting stuff, although a lot of the anatomical detail was WAY over my head.

 

[jimboalee]

To go back to this a second:

The clues here are 'Automobile Association Callouts' and 'Punctures'. Men are more likely that women to feel confident in changing a tyre themselves.

[EDIT: On a car obv.]

Thinking more about this again.

Universities, car companies and private research pollsters can do all the questioning they wish. Its all pointless.
People tell lies.

 

[magnatom]

Ooo!

Interesting stuff, although a lot of the anatomical detail was WAY over my head.

To be fair, it goes over my head as well!


I do the physics bits, not the neuro-functional bits (although you do gain a reasonable understanding of it after a while....)

 

[jonny jeez]

err still off topic
the biggest difference i've seen when driving, is the utter inabilty of females to comprehend traffic merging. they seem far more likely to not let u in.

cycling, women have been the most likely to have got in my way whilst on phone/texting....

tbh a lot of the 'quick moves' by wvm or lads in chavved up cars, i'm ready for , because they're telegraphed..

Emm, come to think of It I notice far more women using their phones while driving than men…especially texting. I shall edit my post appropriatley

 

[fimm]

Maybe you should all have a look at this scientific paper looking at gender difference in route learning.

From the abstract:

Here we show, using functional magnetic resonance imaging, that men and women use the same brain areas to learn routes from both perspectives, and that the observed sex differences in route learning are not due to differences in the parts of the brain being used.

Hmmm, interesting. I might have a go at the whole thing at lunchtime (I'm not expecting easily accessible language!)

Then pay particular attention to the second author....

 

[magnatom]

From the abstract:


Hmmm, interesting. I might have a go at the whole thing at lunchtime (I'm not expecting easily accessible language!)

if you can work out what Richard (the first author) was talking about, let me know!

 

[fimm]

if you can work out what Richard (the first author) was talking about, let me know!

Parts of the brain, I assume?
Actually that wasn't as hard to read as I thought it was going to be (I have a chemistry degree and now work in IT, so I have no particular knowledge of medicine or MRI). Interesting.

 

[thomas]

Maybe you should all have a look at this scientific paper looking at gender difference in route learning.

Then pay particular attention to the second author....

Ok...so, was I right or wrong? I can't be bothered to read