Women drivers

alanthemanc

I think women drivers are slightly better than male drivers, because they are not as aggressive, and if your not aggressive behind the wheel, you are calmer.
Agression leads to mistakes, and mistakes lead to accidents, so if you look at it logically, women are the better drivers.......... just my opinion
Alanthemanc

dreamdaisy

You won't get much disagreement from me on that, Alan! I am more prone to ranting and raving (with hand gestures too) but that I put down to an increasingly short temper due to age and pain. I don't race at traffic lights (well, in a Micra I can't!), I know what my handbrake is for, ditto indicators (other drivers are not mind readers and they may appreciate info as to where I am going) and, in 21 years of driving I have yet to hit another motorist (or them me, apart from the BLOKE who reversed into me at a petrol station - NB matey, always look behind you before you start moving.) So far so good! I hope Carlos is well, Daisy got thro her MOT. DD

tjt6768

Rehab is spot on, it's only cos they drive less.. I mean, let's face it, where do they have to drive to....
Make up shop
Pretty things shop
Sparkly things shop (attached to the pretty things shop)
School to pick up the afore mentioned screaming brats, even though the school is around the corner, but she couldn't possibly walk that far in those heels!
Hairdressers
Nail type shop/place thingy.. (attached to hairdressers)
And the gossip shop, I assume there is such a place, where else would they learn all that rubbish about how much weight her st number forty one had put on :shock:

It would be a safer place if wimmin just walked!!

Lol

dreamdaisy

Predictable, sexist claptrap from the usual predictable sexists - sorry - suspects. Just as not all men are dull-witted, bone-headed, armpit-and-groin scratching idiots, neither are all women simple-minded, vacuous, teetering-and-primping dimwits. DD

frogmorton

dreamdaisy wrote:

Predictable, sexist claptrap from the usual predictable sexists - sorry - suspects. Just as not all men are dull-witted, bone-headed, armpit-and-groin scratching idiots, neither are all women simple-minded, vacuous, teetering-and-primping dimwits. DD

Could NOT have put it better myself DD

we are also less likley to kill people aren't we in our cars

Love

Toni xx

julie47

dreamdaisy wrote:

Predictable, sexist claptrap from the usual predictable sexists - sorry - suspects. Just as not all men are dull-witted, bone-headed, armpit-and-groin scratching idiots, neither are all women simple-minded, vacuous, teetering-and-primping dimwits. DD

frogmorton wrote:

dreamdaisy wrote:

Predictable, sexist claptrap from the usual predictable sexists - sorry - suspects. Just as not all men are dull-witted, bone-headed, armpit-and-groin scratching idiots, neither are all women simple-minded, vacuous, teetering-and-primping dimwits. DD

Could NOT have put it better myself DD

we are also less likley to kill people aren't we in our cars

Love

Toni xx

ladies lets not let them wind us up
we know wimmen (think thats how they spell it , wrong ofcourse ) are the better drivers

Juliepf x

julie47

mmmmmm looking at my reply I might not be as good on computers
julie47

alanthemanc

Del
Rehab
Youv'e got to admit, there's abit of a Top Gear, Clarkson syndrome with men drivers. I am getting a bit sick of Audi, BMW drivers up my backside, headlights on, and when he eventualy passes you ( when your doing 39 in a 40 zone ), gives you a stare.
I am so p...d off with them , I've started brakeing hard for no reason, soon gets them even more angry. Alanthemanc

alanthemanc

Del
Good points, well made, but I don't know what it is, young male drivers worry me a bit, thats why it costs them 3 grand to insure a Fiesta, so there must be something in it.

NinaKKang

You lot are SO funny sometimes. Ladies, look how much the blokes try to defend themselves. It's because they know they're the weaker species really. In 50 years time we probably won't need them and will probably just keep them as pets.

Nxx

tjt6768

:eek: Woof :eek:

NinaKKang wrote:

You lot are SO funny sometimes. Ladies, look how much the blokes try to defend themselves. It's because they know they're the weaker species really. In 50 years time we probably won't need them and will probably just keep them as pets.

Nxx

NinaKKang

See? Tony knows his place already! Knew that Janet had things sorted...

Nxx

tjt6768

I'm still leader of the pack! Lol
And I can parallel park without wondering if my lippy matches my shoes :shock:

katie5

ok folks as i am a non driver can i ask your opinion on something.

i walk to work passed a primary school and along the pavement is a single yellow line - all the parents park there but half on the road and half on the pavement - is this legal?

this morning a car half mounted the pavement and then drove full speed all the way down almost squashing me against the wall - he then shouted at me to watch where i'm walking - couldn't reply i was shaking so much still shaking now.

Katie :shock:

alanthemanc

Katie5
I wouldn't have thought that putting any car on a public pavement is legal. It's just that the police can't be bothered with stuff like that, they are after speeding motorist's.
It's funny really, because 30 years ago, it wouldn't have happend, it seems like some kind of modern day stunt. Alanthemanc

dreamdaisy

Tony? You and me both - I don't wear lippy and much prefer driving with bare feet.

katie5, welcome to the world of the pratparent. They abound, they really do: their little darlings (whom we should hold in HUGE awe) are not supposed to exert themselves in any way, shape or form, hence their being dropped off at school despite the fact that they (probably) live just a five minute walk away. Pratparenting is the new, modern phenomenon.

Alan? The police cannot be everywhere. Which is probably just as well. DD

katekelly

NinaKKang wrote:

You lot are SO funny sometimes. Ladies, look how much the blokes try to defend themselves. It's because they know they're the weaker species really. In 50 years time we probably won't need them and will probably just keep them as pets.

Nxx

Like that Nina, with a bit of luck they will come with batteries which we can remove to put in the remote control!!

alanthemanc

Ive gone off women drivers ........haha. no only joking

tjt6768

Katie, it is a sad reflection on today's society, as DD says, parents actively encourage little tarquin asbo reebok hollyoaks to do as little excersise as possible cos they are too bloody lazy themselves... And we wonder why there are so many overweight children.... I used to walk four miles to school, from one end of Leeds to the other.... If I couldn't be bothered walking I used my skateboard....
Now I wish I could walk half a mile, so the lazy folks make my blood boil.

PS, DD, ain't driving in bare feet great, I do it all through the summer.. Lol

caterina57

Well, I didnt pass my driving test untill I was 28 (25 years ago) bought a mini and a year later was driving a mini bus, I have driven all over the place, motorways, A roads & B roads, Have pulled a caravan in my time and a trailer with 12 canoes from worksop to wales.
I don't mind driving but do mind the idiots - those who think is fun to pass a woman, those who drive too close, and especially those who think they can drive fast in any condition.
I drive for a reason, Its a bit too far to walk to the bus stop these days, its convenient and it gives me the freedom to choose where I want to go and when.
It also gives me an opportunity to watch idiots at play and risk my life!
Cath

livinglegend

katie5 wrote:

i walk to work passed a primary school and along the pavement is a single yellow line - all the parents park there but half on the road and half on the pavement - is this legal?

this morning a car half mounted the pavement and then drove full speed all the way down almost squashing me against the wall - he then shouted at me to watch where i'm walking - couldn't reply i was shaking so much still shaking now.
Katie :shock:

A single yellow line means that there is No Parking at certain hours of the day, this is shown on a small square plate which is displayed near to the lines.

Parking, even with 2 wheels on the pavement is illegal and is classified as obstructing the footpath. However, if there is sufficient space to get a pram or wheelchair past the car, then it is difficult to prove obstruction. Driving along the footpath is classified as dangerous driving, a far more serious offence and can result in prosecution. Driving across the footpath to access premises is legal, but drivers have to give way to pedestrians.

You can contact your local police anonymously on Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 and report what happened and ask them to take action. Or online at https://secure.crimestoppers-uk.org/ams.form.anonymous.asp Give them the registration number of the vehicle and tell them what happened. At least he may get a visit and a few choice words of wisdom in his ear. You will remain anonymous.

livinglegend

rehab44 wrote:

You lucky lucky b******d! I used to walk 400 miles to school, backwards, naked in the winter, kids today don't know they have been born :roll:

You lucky lad, I didn't even get to walk backwards!

frogmorton

livinglegend wrote:

katie5 wrote:

i Parking, even with 2 wheels on the pavement is illegal and is classified as obstructing the footpath. However, if there is sufficient space to get a pram or wheelchair past the car, then it is difficult to prove obstruction. Driving along the footpath is classified as dangerous driving, a far more serious offence and can result in prosecution. Driving across the footpath to access premises is legal, but drivers have to give way to pedestrians.

Joseph

Is it still illegal to mount the kerb...unless it's a dropped one?

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As for parents dropping their kids off at school, I think it can be as much to do with the fact that these days we are expected to have a HUGE houes and flatscreen TV, Xbox, Wii and playstation etc therefore BOTH parents probably HAVE to work and in order for them to get there in time they have to chuck 'em out so they can dash off themselves.

I think it would be good if there was a kind of 'drive through'

Fair few of the teachers at my local school could walk in too :roll:

Love

toni xx

tjt6768

Dear readers, maybe I down played my walking to school as a child, you see it was in bare feet over broken glass and rusty nails. This was after doing a fifty hour shift over night down t'pit.. My parents had flogged me to death twice each morning before leaving for school, used to dance up and down on mi grave singing hallelujah..
Eee, good old days

livinglegend

frogmorton wrote:

Is it still illegal to mount the kerb...unless it's a dropped one?

Local councils usually have a bylaw prohibiting it, as dropping the kerb also involves reinforcing the pavement which is not designed to take the weight of a car.

Plus they want their high fees for putting in a dropped kerb where needed.

only49

alanthemanc wrote:

I think women drivers are slightly better than male drivers, because they are not as aggressive, and if your not aggressive behind the wheel, you are calmer.
Agression leads to mistakes, and mistakes lead to accidents, so if you look at it logically, women are the better drivers.......... just my opinion
Alanthemanc

i agree we are careful and think things through and are sometimes emotional when it comes to our kids but when we are driving we dont take chances because usally we have our kids in our car with us and their safety is important.