Men or Women – Who drives better?

While male drivers are higher in number, an insurance study indicated that nearly 80% of serious car crashes are caused by men.
Round 1 – Women!

Another study, however by John Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health, revealed that women over 35 are more likely to be involved in a crash.
Round 2 – Men!

Male drivers tend to be more aggressive and outnumber female drivers 3 to 1 in DUI violations as per the insurance study.
Round 3 – Women!

An NCP parking report performed in England discovered that women took 21 seconds to park while men took 16 seconds.
Round 4 – Men!

But that same report indicated that over 90 percent of women are better at finding parking spaces than men.
Round 5 – Women!

Due to the stereotype, many psychologists believe it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy in which women start to think that males are better drivers.
Round 6 – Men!

source: geobeats 

while – noha, miközben
male – férfi
insurance study – biztosítási kutatás
to indicate – jelezni
to cause – okozni
round – kör
to reveal – feltárni
more likely – valószínűbb, esélyesebb
to be involved – részt venni
to outnumber – számban meghalad
DUI (driving under the influence) – alkoholos vagy egyéb befolyásoltság alatt vezetni
violation – szabályszegés
as per – szerint
NCP – brit parkolócég
report – jelentés
to perform – elvégezni, lefolytatni
to be better at – jobbnak lenni valamiben
due – köszönhetően
stereotype – előítélet
self-fulfilling prophecy – önbeteljesítő jóslat 

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1. Last Friday in a remarkable act of bravery, a _____________of complete strangers rescued an elderly woman after her car plunged into the sea and quickly began to sink in Portland Harbor, Maine, in the United States.
2. Without fear for their own safety, over 30 brave bystanders raced into the chilly waters to save Ms Nixon, 84, ____________ had become trapped in her car after she lost control of it on the road.
3. The car ploughed through two fences _________ the ocean.
4. ‘You could hear the clanging of a fence,’ ___________ Mike Wells, one of the civilians who joined in the rescue. ‘It looked like it was going pretty fast. I saw it go over the edge and then water splashed up.’
5. Another of the rescuers, Katie Nelson, said she _____________lunch one minute when she heard the speeding car crash – then just moments later she was dashing into the water and climbing through the rear window of the sinking car to pull Nixon to safety.
6. ‘I just remember looking in at her and there was water all in the front of the car and she was in the front _____________,’ Nelson recalls. ‘I said, "Hi I’m Katie," and she’s like, "I don’t want to die in here, I’m going to drown."
7. And I’m like, "No, no you’re not. You’re ____________ to grab my hands and we’re going to pull you out".’
8. A further hero, Robert Slaving, then swam the _____________ woman back to shore and placed her into a safety harness, which local firefighters then used to hoist her back to land.
9. Remarkably, the clearly shocked Nixon’s only concern when she got out of the water was to ask ___________ she had hurt anybody.
10. The 84-year-old was taken to hospital, but was lucky to only sustain minor injuries to her leg and eye. Several of her selfless rescuers were treated on the scene for hypothermia, ___________ all are fine now.

source: Metro

Driving vocabulary practice

I. Road signs to remember!

1. a U-shaped bend in the road

2. this is the section of road through which you can enter a motorway

3. a street with only one inlet/outlet

4. a type of road junction with a central island in the middle

5. a motorway you can only use if you pay

6. an intersection of a railroad track and a road at the same level

7. the section of road through which you can leave a motorway

8. a strip parallel to the motorway, reserved for emergency stops

II. Road traffic offences

1. If you drive too fast, you get a ………………..

a) speed ticket
b) speeding ticket

2. If you park your car on the road in a busy street, it will be ………………..

a) towed away
b) pulled away

3. If you drink alcohol before driving you’ll be accused of ………………..

a) drunk driving
b) drink driving

4. If you don’t pay the parking fee, you get a ………………..

a) parking ticket
b) parker’s ticket

5. For illegal parking you can get a ……………….. .

a) tyre clamp
b) wheel clamp

6. You have to pay a fine if you are caught ……………….. .

a) crossing the red light
b) running a red light

7. If someone is involved in an accident and leaves the scene, it is a ……………….. accident.

a) hit and run
b) kill and run

8. For a serious offence you can lose your ……………….. for a period of time.

a) driving license
b) license plate

answers:

I. 1-f 2-d 3-g 4-a 5-c 6-b 7-e 8-h
II. 1-b 2-a 3-b 4-a 5-b 6-b 7-a 8-a

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