女司机发生车祸概率更高

 　　Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists。

　　Researchers looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers。

　　They also discovered that women have a tough time negotiating¹ crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads。

　　The results are even more surprising given that men spend more time behind the wheel than women. On average, men drive 60 percent of the time, and women 40 percent。

　　Michael Sivak, of the University of Michigan, said: 'The results indicate that in certain crash scenarios³, male-to-male crashes tend to be under-represented and female-to-female crashes tend to be over-represented.'

　　Dr Sivak and his colleague Brandon Schoettle studied data from a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes in the US from 1988 to 2007.

　　They had expected to find that accidents involving two male drivers would make up 36.2 percent of all crashes, while female/female accidents would account for 15.8 percent and male/female 48 percent。

　　Instead, they discovered that accidents involving two women drivers were 20.5 percent, while male/male crashes were much lower at 31.9 percent。

　　Accidents involving male and female drivers stood at 47.6 percent, as expected。

　　The scientists also found that women were more likely than men to crash at a junction² - their cars are often hit on the left-hand side when trying to make a right-hand turn, and vice⁴ versa。

　　Dr Sivak said this might be due to height difference between the sexes。

　　He said: 'There are three dominant⁵ driver-related factors, including the probability⁶ of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, one's own driving skills and the driving skills of the other driver involved.'

1 negotiating   

n. 谈判 动词negotiate的现在分词

参考例句：

• They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他们被迫通过谈判解决。
• We want to get all the parties back to the negotiating table. 我们想把有关各方拉回到谈判桌上来。

2 junction   

n.连接，接合；交叉点，接合处，枢纽站

参考例句：

• There's a bridge at the junction of the two rivers.两河的汇合处有座桥。
• You must give way when you come to this junction.你到了这个路口必须让路。

3 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

6 probability   

n.可能性，可能发生的事，概率

参考例句：

• The probability that it will rain today is high.今天下雨的可能性很大。
• He must calculate the probability of failure.他必须计算一下失败的概率。