USAToday.com: Boys bad, girls good

Well it seems 16-YO boys are the main reason girls die in car accidents, or so you may gather from USA Today's March 1, 2005 cover story.

From the article:


To many who knew the victims, the crash seemed like a cruel act of fate, a freak tragedy beyond anyone's control. But it fit a common formula for teen deaths on the USA's roadways: Put a 16-year-old boy at the wheel of an SUV. Add two or three teens, including at least one other boy. Send them out at night. Finally, let them travel fast — and unbelted.

I guess girls never drive recklessly, do they? Not according to this publication from the Scottish government:


Although boys constitute the majority of road accident casualties at all ages, accident statistics show that the difference between boys and girls is narrowest during their early teenage years. This research did not find strong evidence to explain this phenomenon. There was little evidence to suggest that girls were any less likely to engage in 'common risk' behaviour but there was some evidence that they were slightly more careful when they did so.

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