Men Feel the Need to Drive Fast

So young men drive fast; now we know. What are they going to waste money on next? Is the sky blue? Is grass green?

clipped from news.yahoo.com GENEVA (AFP) - Young men drive fast because speed is perceived as inherently male, a team of Swiss and German researchers claimed in a study released on Monday. The scientists at the Universities of Zurich, Neuchatel and Heidelberg found that men who were exposed to a "typically male environment" drove "significantly" faster than when they were in female or neutral environments. The study was prompted by concern about the high proportion of young men involved in road accidents linked to speeding. Schmid Mast said the results were statistically significant. "The link between a macho attitude and aggressive driving has often been evoked but it hadn't been demonstrated," she told AFP.

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