^ Not much can be done other than driving defensively but you could consider following my example and purchasing a dash cam which if nothing else, will help in any future insurance claims.

I do miss not having the 'blues and twos' these days though.

You have no idea how many times I have told my wife that. She doesn't seem to believe me. :O:

Maybe it's just the law of averages catching up with you. The more you drive, the greater the chance you will encounter bad drivers. I'm sure you drive a lot, Eichornchen , with your art shows and other activities. We have all had our bad experiences with bad drivers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx2dnajTG_k

This is a video of a state Trooper who was unfortunately injured by a careless driver in Utah. I saw on the news where another driver who was texting almost hit a state trooper, head on, but the video isn't available at this time as it just happened a few days ago.

Utahans like to talk about "typical" and "bad" Utah drivers. Whenever that topic comes up my first response is always "Never forget, you are one". When they start to get offended I mention the half-million cars on the road every day, and that if only 0.001% make a stupid mistake on a given day that's still 500 stupid mistakes being witnessed by several people who then comment "Stupid Utah drivers!" If you only have to make such mistake once in your life there are still going to be several people making derogatory comments.

So yes, no matter who or where you are there is going to be someone commenting on terrible drivers and using you as an example. By that standard, you are a bad driver, and so am I.

No such thing as the perfect driver, all drivers can muck up for a number of reasons.

No I don't drive. :O:

Motorcycle rider here since I was 16, and also practicing "defensive driving" always. I have lost counts how many times it has saved me, knock on wood.

Regarding the thread title, I have always thought that women circulate better, but men drive better. When it comes to car control, men usually have the edge. Just think of all the couples you know and ask yourself who would be quicker on a cones slalom, or if asked to drive a difficult twisty road, the guy or the lady? I have little doubts, don't know a single case where I would say the lady is quicker (Though I know at least a lady that for sure would be quicker than me! Not than her men, though :D)

I have never seen myself as a good driver I know I had my limit and those was the reason to why I haven't been driving a car since 2010.

It have nothing to do with drinking or smoke funny tobacco or illness

My problems was and still are-concentration which is a big must when you drive a car from A to B.

Markus

@ Hitman

Well, the thread was intended to be an ironic one: my protest against some recent and relentless propaganda which has been added to a general litany of anti-male stuff here in the UK just lately.

I don't dare to doubt the statistics yet they fly in the face of my own personal experience, in that whenever I've been threatened or indeed nearly creamed by another vehicle being driven recklessly, there's usually been a woman at the wheel. Just saying....

Maybe you've reached that age where you are invisible....

:haha::haha::haha: Good answer... I like that (I think)

I know you live in Utah, Steve. You may not believe this but my comment wasn't meant as an indictment of drivers in your state. It just turned out that the video that I posted was that of another terrible driver.

Well, I'll share this with you in the spirit of transparency and honesty.....

Been in quiute a few 'white knuckle' high speed chases accompanying a female driver and thought to myself "How the hell did she pass the same advanced course as me?"

Later on you ask the question of your female colleague in private and the usual response was usually along the lines of "Now you know how I feel when you're driving"

So as I posted earlier....spin a coin.

Under those conditions,while the female driver was behind the wheel, did you ask for a blindfold and cigarette ? :haha:

Who needs a blindfold...or a https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qim...6070f9ee1142-c....https://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnb...g?v=1520511123:arrgh!:

I never said it was. I was merely picking up on what you said and adding my observations according to my own experience. I didn't even look at the video. My point was simply that people talk about others being terrible drivers and don't always look at the whole picture.