women drivers
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When I say "crap drivers" I don't mean dangerous, women have notoriously worse situational awareness, spacial awareness and are for the most part incapable of adjusting to the road they're on. I'm an extremely judgmental driver so pay far more attention to other road users than I should and I'd say if there's something stupid going down, or someone who's placed their car in such a way that it hinders others, it's 90% of the time a woman. They just have zero clue about how to be less of a pain in the ass to other road users. This of course doesn't make them dangerous, just a pain in the ass.
What!!-- No matter what car you are in if the wipers are going surely there is something amiss - Also thinking back on it when she pressed the fob I didn't see the indicators flash but that might have been because headlights or driving lights were on (didn't mention that in OP)
Caporegime
I recently bought a keyless start car and have to admit, I have actually returned to my car on a couple of occasions to find it still running. Still getting used to turning it off without removing a key.
There is an On/Off button on the dash?
Doesn't the car give you a warning? On my Seat if I leave the car with the engine running it will start beeping loudly with an alert on the dash screen.
Caporegime
Are you deaf..?
A 2 door BMW saloon you say?
Man of Honour
Men with ven.I wonder what a Venn diagram plotting people who use the phrase 'women drivers' and people with poor driving standards themselves would look like
Pardon?
It could have been a 2 door coupe - but it had 2 doors and it didn't look like a sports car - BMWs are not my car. -Been looking at camera footage for a picture of it
Caporegime
Lots of 2 door BMW's are called saloons. A 2 door E30 is a 2 door saloon, and I get triggered when people call it a coupe.
Man of Honour
Lots of 2 door BMW's are called saloons. A 2 door E30 is a 2 door saloon, and I get triggered when people call it a coupe.
BMW's what though??
Soldato
I agree entirely. Bad driver does not instantly mean fatal or serious accident and there is a lot which can differentiate a bad driver from a good driver.
Just from my own experiences, women drivers tend to have far more minor accidents, especially when parking. They seem to reverse into poles/other cars/scrape up road furniture and misjudge space and distance far more then men do. Another thing that I hear a lot of women doing is hitting kerbs and/or blowing out tyres in the process. Most of the types of incident they have are akin to what older drivers (who are mostly *terrible* drivers) have, which are obviously scarcely fatal and rarely reported to the insurance company because of the lower level of cost. I find middle aged (and old) women to be unduly slow in their decision making, hesitant at things like junctions and roundabouts and although they drive slowly, they really aren't looking at what is happening around them (that said, men will drive faster and still often aren't aware what's happening around them, which isn't good!). They may have more accidents in places like junctions/roundabouts (as the "non fault" party from people rear ending them) but again, these are scarcely fatal.
Younger men tend to make idiotic decisions. They will overtake in some insane places, sit 0.2cm from the car in front and most have the driving skill of a chimp, but think they are Lewis Hamilton. Surprise surprise when they tend to have more higher speed/higher injury accidents. Middle aged men tend to be in a rush a lot more and old men seem to drive as slowly and aimlessly as old women.
What he's alluding to is that the type of journey, and indeed times of travel, would be statistically significant. I'm willing to bet that, on average, women make far more local journeys in towns and cities in areas familiar to them, than men who may travel further afield in areas that are unfamiliar.
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This is the car and woman driver
PS- the date and time on my dashcam is 11 yrs out
PS- the date and time on my dashcam is 11 yrs out
Soldato
uhuh, not entirely sure we needed to see pictorial evidence - I think we believed you that someone accidentally left their car running!
The pictures were for the benefit of poster No48
Soldato
I can see how this would catch someone out not used to keyless. I was caught out when I changed cars last time. My old mini would stop start, but as it was keyed when I pulled up at home/work etc I could just pop the key, get out and lock it.
When I got the Audi it would stop start when I pulled up, but as it was keyless it was in "on but not running mode" this would not allow the car to be locked as it was in its mind still "on"
Add in the fact it will turn itself back on, ie restart the motor if required (for whatever and however it decides this) and I can see completely how someone not completely aware of this may end up..
Pulling up, car stops. Get out and walk off pressing lock on remote. Car then restarts as it decides it needs to be running again.
When I got the Audi it would stop start when I pulled up, but as it was keyless it was in "on but not running mode" this would not allow the car to be locked as it was in its mind still "on"
Add in the fact it will turn itself back on, ie restart the motor if required (for whatever and however it decides this) and I can see completely how someone not completely aware of this may end up..
Pulling up, car stops. Get out and walk off pressing lock on remote. Car then restarts as it decides it needs to be running again.
Man of Honour
Negative ghostrider, your stats are wildly incorrect.
Assuming you're doing 70 on roads you should be doing 70 on and not doing 70 while nipping to the shops.