by MSI » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:22 pm
April 13, 2012: La Times:
Women more likely to mistake gas pedal for brakes
From a recent NHTSA study:
- Women are more likely than men to mistake the gas pedal for the brakes
- Men are more likely to be involved in an accident
- Drivers aged 16 to 20 and those 76 or older were most likely to be involved in pedal misapplication crashes.
See the full NHTSA report:
Pedal Application Errors
- This project examined the prevalence of pedal application errors and the driver, vehicle, roadway and/or environmental characteristics associated with pedal misapplication crashes based on a literature review, analysis of news media reports, a panel of driver rehabilitation specialists, analysis of multiple crash databases, and case studies. An analysis of crashes attributed to pedal-related vehicle equipment malfunction, rather than to a driver error, was also carried out based on a media scan.
April 13, 2012: La Times: [url=http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-bad-women-drivers-20120413,0,3665494.story]Women more likely to mistake gas pedal for brakes[/url]
From a recent NHTSA study:
[list][*]Women are more likely than men to mistake the gas pedal for the brakes
[*]Men are more likely to be involved in an accident
[*]Drivers aged 16 to 20 and those 76 or older were most likely to be involved in pedal misapplication crashes.[/list]
See the full NHTSA report: [url=http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/nti/pdf/811597.pdf]Pedal Application Errors[/url]
[list]This project examined the prevalence of pedal application errors and the driver, vehicle, roadway and/or environmental characteristics associated with pedal misapplication crashes based on a literature review, analysis of news media reports, a panel of driver rehabilitation specialists, analysis of multiple crash databases, and case studies. An analysis of crashes attributed to pedal-related vehicle equipment malfunction, rather than to a driver error, was also carried out based on a media scan. [/list]