WOMEN DRIVERS (I thought I'd toss this one out there for discussion)

SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- Men drive more dangerously than women and are more likely to be at fault when involved in a traffic accident, a company's analysis reveals.

Quality Planning Corp., a San Francisco company that validates policyholder information for auto insurers, said in a Friday news release it has determined that men are cited for reckless driving 3.41 times more often than women. Men also are pulled over for driving under the influence 3.09 times more often.

Men are cited more frequently for seatbelt violations (3.08), speeding (1.75), failure to yield (1.54) and stop sign/signal violations (1.53).

Women drivers were about 27 percent less likely than men to be found at fault when involved in an accident, Quality Planning's study of 12 months of 2007 policyholder information for U.S. drivers found.

The differences held true across all age groups, the company said.

Dr. Raj Bhat, president of Quality Planning, said because men are more likely to violate laws for speeding, passing and yielding, the resulting accidents caused by men lead to more expensive claims than those caused by women.