Lost Male Drivers Waste $3,000 In Gas, Study Finds

aolnews.com:

(Sept. 3) -- Men waste more than $3,000 in fuel costs because they refuse to ask for directions when lost, according to a British study released as motorists across the U.S. prepare to load up their cars for the long Labor Day weekend.

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Comments

[G52]

12:30 AM on 09/07/2010

Stupid story that proves nothing! Lost male drivers are going to waste gas or they would not be lost in the first place!

Sex has nothing to do with it!

Are lost women also going to waste gas? A more accurate comment might be that lost drivers waste gas!

If a male is truly lost he will ask for directions as would any other driver!

[Hajnal]

01:54 PM on 09/06/2010

If I judge by the number of sexist comments from men here, the study has touched a nerve.

[G52]

12:33 AM on 09/07/2010

Its a bit of a sexist study to begin with! :>)

[juan787]

03:53 PM on 09/05/2010

3000 dollars for gas now, is like a drive from your house to the next block if you live in a city, they probably just wandered off track for about 5 minutes and turned around to get back on course because us men don't need no direction because are women tell us where to go...lol..

[G52]

12:34 AM on 09/07/2010

Dog is my co pilot!

[rtaylor352]

06:05 PM on 09/04/2010

I'm never lost, I just like to explore unknown territory from time to time.

[Hajnal]

01:55 PM on 09/06/2010

LOL

[DismayedRepub]

12:48 AM on 09/04/2010

Hey! Is this the story about the Eight Poshest Pools?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stacie-krajchir/post_786_b_704113.html

[WoodyCPM]

11:04 PM on 09/03/2010

One of my gay male friends drives me crazy with this. We've driven around for an hour or more lost on more than one occasion because he refuses to stop and ask for directions. So gay men are no different. But not all men are like that. I'm not and most other men I know, gay or straight, are not like that.

[gsavage77]

07:17 PM on 09/03/2010

I must say that I've never been lost, except when trying to follow directions given to me by a woman.

[Olga Bancic]

08:45 PM on 09/03/2010

There hasn't been this much scapegoating of women since Adam blamed Eve for being expelled from the Garden of Eden.

Guess the article touched a nerve.

[eric14]

09:51 AM on 09/04/2010

Was that one particular woman, or are you refering to multiple experiences?

[Hajnal]

01:46 PM on 09/06/2010

"Relax, it was only a joke" in 3...2...1

[liberal123]

03:24 PM on 09/03/2010

I wonder if the issue will change as GPS becomes more prevalent - - some male drivers will refuse to use GPS because they always think that they know how to get there already : )

[chrisr266]

04:51 PM on 09/03/2010

I'd bet on this one. I know two men who refused to use their navigation because, as one said, "I could have gotten there faster if I would have followed my own directions." ;)

[slimcat]

03:15 PM on 09/03/2010

Lost my beautiful navigator/co-pilot last year. I can still hear her in her sweetest, most loving voice, "Yes, honey, the exit you just passed." My soul aches.

[chrisr266]

04:52 PM on 09/03/2010

I'm sorry for your loss. And thanks for the smile, it's the same phrase I use with my husband when he's behind the wheel.

[slimcat]

05:33 PM on 09/03/2010

Well, I'm glad to know there are other women out there who recognize the fragility of mens egos and have the skill to navigate and placate, simultaneously. ;) Fanned!

[KIVPossum]

05:50 PM on 09/03/2010

So sorry for you.

My navigator says,'You're driving, you figure it out'.

[slimcat]

06:27 PM on 09/03/2010

Time for some team-building. The added benefits are, um, quite nice. ;)

[tyger]

03:03 PM on 09/03/2010

No need to ask which is the smarter sex.

[Perry Clease]

02:58 PM on 09/03/2010

Women waste thousands of hours stopping to ask for directions, just another excuse to talk.

[multidoc]

03:00 PM on 09/03/2010

Obviously you're not from the south, if you think that women talk more than men.

[Perry Clease]

03:02 PM on 09/03/2010

Fortunately I do not live down South :)

[tyger]

03:04 PM on 09/03/2010

I worked with 90 percent men and they are the biggest gossips of all.

[G52]

12:39 AM on 09/07/2010

Sorry but I don't buy that!

My own theory is that some guys navigate more by their sense of direction than by really knowing where their destination is!

They usually FIND THE DESTINATION within minutes of distractions and setbacks!

[peowlemeow]

02:42 PM on 09/03/2010

Mission of shopping females waste millions.

[multidoc]

02:56 PM on 09/03/2010

Criminal males waste trillions.

[RussT]

02:35 PM on 09/03/2010

LOL @ "study". Somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if this was funded by the Obama recovery act. So what...waste is something we all do. Move on.

[Waltfl]

02:40 PM on 09/03/2010

It says "British study" right in the first sentence. Had to bring Obama in somehow, right?

[Perry Clease]

02:55 PM on 09/03/2010

Especially when it is Bush's fault :)

[JoJoRae]

03:02 PM on 09/03/2010

Might want to read before you comment.

[chrisr266]

02:31 PM on 09/03/2010

The heuristic truth here is undeniable, regardless of methodology. Live with it, guys.

[Aladdin Sane]

02:56 PM on 09/03/2010

That's right. The study was done not so much for any real informational value. It's real purpose was intended to boost the low self-esteem of female shopping addicts that easily waste an exponentially higher amount of energy scurrying about frantically in their pointless and endless quest for sales at the mall.

[Blues02]

03:45 PM on 09/03/2010

What does driving have to do with shopping addicts?

[chrisr266]

04:47 PM on 09/03/2010

Maybe so, but we never get lost going to the mall!

[Olga Bancic]

02:58 PM on 09/03/2010

Or try to figure out why this might be so and make a rational choice not to do so in the future.

[JeffBeckRocks]

02:25 PM on 09/03/2010

I live in europe and virtually everyone here has a Nav system in phone or built into car.

I use mine constantly................talks me directly to any address in Western Europe.

Best thing since sliced bread.

[multidoc]

02:58 PM on 09/03/2010

Show-off. People from civilized countries should not be allowed to write comments on HuffPost.

[G52]

12:48 AM on 09/07/2010

Hope they come out as standard equipment someday!