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Men versus Women: Average Annual Miles per Driver

In 1977, men drove an average of 126% more miles than women, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's household travel survey series. This figure dropped to 65% in 2001.

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Driving

Source of this part is Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text is licensed under the GFDL.

Driving is the controlled operation of a vehicle, which is usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, motorcycle, or car. For bicycles and mounted animals and — at least in the U.K., the U.S. and Canada — motorcycles, the corresponding activity is called riding.

Driving includes knowing how to operate the mechanisms which control the speed and direction (which in technical terminology are both components of the velocity), and the braking of the vehicle, and especially includes knowing how to do both safely.

Driving as a physical skill

In terms of the basic physical tasks required, driving a motor vehicle generally involves:

  • Starting the vehicle's engine with the starting system
  • Setting the transmission to the correct gear
  • Depressing the pedals with one's feet to accelerate and slow the vehicle (and, if necessary, to change gears)
  • Steering the vehicle's direction with the steering wheel
  • Operating other important ancillary devices like the headlights and windshield wipers
  • Watching the road conditions in all directions around the vehicle (including frequent checks behind the vehicle using mirrors) to monitor the relative location of other vehicles,
  • bicyclists, and pedestrians.

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