Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by Someone on Saturday February 07, 2026 @01:46PM
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> The shift from male to female is fascinating. In younger drivers accidents are disproportionately male, I guess due to high testosterone buffoonery but in older drivers it's disproportionately female.
When you correct for population size, I think you’ll see that difference largely, if not completely, goes away. There are more women than men in the UK from age 50 upwards (https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-kingdom/2025/)
Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by globular-toast on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:42PM
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The statistic is per distance driven.
Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by markstos on Saturday February 07, 2026 @01:49PM
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One reason there are more females in accidents at the oldest ages is because the males are dead. In the UK, the average life expectancy for a female is 82.9 vs 77.9 for men, a 5-year gap.
Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by myroon5 on Monday February 09, 2026 @12:00PM
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The statistic is per distance driven
Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by cucumber3732842 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @03:13PM
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>The shift from male to female is fascinating
Is that like a dog whistle for "perfectly in line with stereotypes"?
What I wanna see is how it maps vs wealth. Because I have a theory...
Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by tim333 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @03:47PM
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I don't think it fits with stereotypes. I would have thought older ladies would be relatively safe.
Re:British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
by cucumber3732842 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:22PM
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Nobody stereotypes men as oblivious or inattentive drivers. Excessively fast or discourteous perhaps but not inattentive.
According to this women become more dangerous than male 17-24 year old drivers only when they reach 80+ whereas for men they only become more dangerous than female 17-24 year old drivers at 86+.
I actually think more should be done about younger drivers than older.