Women are better drivers than men - Page 5

Buddahaid · 04-12-18, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Say what you will about women drivers, and you may have the statistics to back it up; but few things put as much fear into me as a short old man, wearing a hat, driving a big American car.

Nothing good is going to happen.

I will just pull over and wait a few hours to make sure he is not anywhere near me.

You forgot the death grip on the steering wheel as well.

Platapus · 04-12-18, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

You forgot the death grip on the steering wheel as well.

Staring only straight ahead

Eichhörnchen · 05-04-18, 02:23 AM

Yesterday afternoon... the level-crossing thing again

I was approaching the crossing in town, saw a red light up the road on the other side but there was room on the other side to allow me to cross. As I was doing so a car pulled across in front of me from the adjacent lane, with the usual "indicate and just go manouver".... luckily for me there was still room for 2 or 3 vehicles on the other side, but she couldn't have known that from her position in the other lane

August · 05-04-18, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Staring only straight ahead

At least their head is visible above the steering wheel.

Eichhörnchen · 05-04-18, 10:42 AM

I was driving through Sleaford town today and an elderly woman driver pulled straight out in front of me from the kerbside with no signalling.... hard to believe, her being a woman driver and all; I was doing about 20 mph

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 05-04-18, 11:21 AM

If you're worried about old folks who drive DON'T COME TO FLORIDA! No really.. don't do it! The way people drive in this state is scary as all get out and there's the worst mix of drivers possible, teenagers who just got their drivers license and the elderly who are probably shouldn't be driving any more as the reaction time is much slower the other drivers.

Eichhörnchen · 05-04-18, 12:09 PM

Add to that all the women who are driving and I am not coming, for sure

Sean C · 05-04-18, 12:59 PM

Virginia is okay ... if you don't ever need to merge ... or don't need to drive when it's raining/snowing/foggy/sunny ... or don't mind spending an hour waiting to get by an accident - on the other side of a divided highway ... or ...

On second thought ...

Eichhörnchen · 05-04-18, 02:11 PM

^

Eichhörnchen · 05-11-18, 02:57 AM

A long straight country lane runs from our village to the next and you can drive quite fast along most of it. At the end it suddenly narrows, passes over a small bridge then round a very tight blind bend... which you must take at around 20mph to be safe because of idiots coming the other way who, presuming there can be nothing coming, take it in the middle of the road. The narrow bridge often does nothing to slow them down when they're travelling from this direction.

Yesterday I was returning from the other village, and as I drove carefully around the bend I hoped, as usual, that there was no idiot racing over the bridge and into the corner... But there she was... at around 40mph around the bend she came... in the middle of the road. I pounded in vain on where I hoped the horn was on this bloody steering wheel, but as usual I couldn't find it because it isn't in the middle where it ought to be.

Catfish · 05-11-18, 03:11 AM

Eisenwurst · 05-11-18, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

A long straight country lane runs from our village to the next and you can drive quite fast along most of it. At the end it suddenly narrows, passes over a small bridge then round a very tight blind bend... which you must take at around 20mph to be safe because of idiots coming the other way who, presuming there can be nothing coming, take it in the middle of the road. The narrow bridge often does nothing to slow them down when they're travelling from this direction.

Yesterday I was returning from the other village, and as I drove carefully around the bend I hoped, as usual, that there was no idiot racing over the bridge and into the corner... But there she was... at around 40mph around the bend she came... in the middle of the road. I pounded in vain on where I hoped the horn was on this bloody steering wheel, but as usual I couldn't find it because it isn't in the middle where it ought to be.

Get one of these and you should be right

ChrisTayeb · 05-16-18, 06:39 AM

u should see me wife driving

Eichhörnchen · 05-16-18, 05:01 PM

I used to say to my Missus when she got a bit near the verge (or on it) "Why use the road when there's a perfectly good field?"

Eichhörnchen · 05-31-18, 10:27 AM

Today I was driving along our road at about 30 mph when around a blind bend came a speeding car in the middle of the road. The driver was steering one-handed, her phone clamped to her ear with the other.

I drove onto the verge and stopped, averting a collision, and can you believe she had the bloody cheek to give me a thank you wave as she roared past.

I'm still trying to work out what I did wrong....

05-04-18, 02:23 AM	#63
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yesterday afternoon... the level-crossing thing again I was approaching the crossing in town, saw a red light up the road on the other side but there was room on the other side to allow me to cross. As I was doing so a car pulled across in front of me from the adjacent lane, with the usual "indicate and just go manouver".... luckily for me there was still room for 2 or 3 vehicles on the other side, but she couldn't have known that from her position in the other lane __________________

05-04-18, 10:42 AM	#65
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I was driving through Sleaford town today and an elderly woman driver pulled straight out in front of me from the kerbside with no signalling.... hard to believe, her being a woman driver and all; I was doing about 20 mph __________________

05-04-18, 11:21 AM	#66
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,259 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	If you're worried about old folks who drive DON'T COME TO FLORIDA! No really.. don't do it! The way people drive in this state is scary as all get out and there's the worst mix of drivers possible, teenagers who just got their drivers license and the elderly who are probably shouldn't be driving any more as the reaction time is much slower the other drivers. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

05-04-18, 12:09 PM	#67
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Add to that all the women who are driving and I am not coming, for sure __________________

05-04-18, 12:59 PM	#68
Sean C Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 950 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 2	Virginia is okay ... if you don't ever need to merge ... or don't need to drive when it's raining/snowing/foggy/sunny ... or don't mind spending an hour waiting to get by an accident - on the other side of a divided highway ... or ... On second thought ... __________________ If you have a question about celestial navigation ... ask me! Celestial Navigation Spreadsheet

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ __________________

05-11-18, 02:57 AM	#70
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	A long straight country lane runs from our village to the next and you can drive quite fast along most of it. At the end it suddenly narrows, passes over a small bridge then round a very tight blind bend... which you must take at around 20mph to be safe because of idiots coming the other way who, presuming there can be nothing coming, take it in the middle of the road. The narrow bridge often does nothing to slow them down when they're travelling from this direction. Yesterday I was returning from the other village, and as I drove carefully around the bend I hoped, as usual, that there was no idiot racing over the bridge and into the corner... But there she was... at around 40mph around the bend she came... in the middle of the road. I pounded in vain on where I hoped the horn was on this bloody steering wheel, but as usual I couldn't find it because it isn't in the middle where it ought to be. __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 05-11-18 at 03:13 AM.

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ChrisTayeb Watch Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 19 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	u should see me wife driving

05-16-18, 05:01 PM	#74
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I used to say to my Missus when she got a bit near the verge (or on it) "Why use the road when there's a perfectly good field?" __________________

05-31-18, 10:27 AM	#75
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Today I was driving along our road at about 30 mph when around a blind bend came a speeding car in the middle of the road. The driver was steering one-handed, her phone clamped to her ear with the other. I drove onto the verge and stopped, averting a collision, and can you believe she had the bloody *cheek* to give me a thank you wave as she roared past. I'm still trying to work out what I did wrong.... __________________