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So I assume smug geeks are immune against bad driving?

vaksel 18y ago
when a guy crashes its because he is in the process of doing something stupid. When a woman crashes its because she isn't paying attention. Women are just horrible drivers from my experience. I've been hit 5 times and members of my family were hit 3 times. In ALL but one cases the other person was a woman. And that doesn't count the hundreds of times I had to scramble to get out of the way because some woman suddenly decided that she liked my lane better 1-side swipe w/o her using any turn signals. Usually not a problem since I'm used to this, but this one was dodging rear ending another car 2-sitting at a red light and the woman thought the light turned green, caused about 4 grand in damage(she must have had the pedal to the metal) 3-entering driveway and the woman thought my turn signal was flashing the other way, so she decided to pass on a shoulder and t-boned me as I was entering 4-t-bone in a parking lot because the woman decided to look back at her kids and hit gas instead of brakes 5-rear end at a red light because the woman thought I'd run the red light and didn't 6/7-2 major hits at a parking lot because the woman didn't slow down enough entering the space the one time I got hit by a guy it was when we were both pushing the limit at the racetrack, and was due to him understeering. Until I modified my car's exhaust I had to avoid careless women almost daily. Now that they can actually hear me thats been cut down to once a week. An aftermarket exhaust is the best investment you can make to avoid major repairs to your car.
- a-priori 18y ago
  I don't drive, but when I'm out cycling -- and I do a lot of cycling (something like 900km this summer) -- I behave like a car on the roads. I've never been hit myself, but I've had many close calls: 1) About two months back I saw a girl on a bike get hit by a guy who "didn't see her" because, as he claims, he was watching me (I was about 10m back). He was on a minor street crossing a major street. We were on the major street, and she got hit side-on. She was fine, by the way, just scrapes on her legs and hands (a doctor happened to be nearby, and he checked her over). 2) I almost got sideswiped by a guy turning right off a minor highway. Had to pull on the brakes and swerve left into the lane to avoid him. Thankfully there were no cars there. 3) As I was stopping at a stoplight, a pickup truck pulled up behind me. The guy inside apparently didn't like how far from the curb I was. He stuck his head out the window, swearing about how he's going to run me over. I yell back, tell him to mind his own business, then make a quick right turn to avoid him. I could go on. In fact, of all the times I've gotten a look at the driver, it was a woman driver very few times. To use a word I saw here recently, my anecdata contradicts your anecdata.
  - cmos 18y ago
    I can't tell you how many times a large truck accelerated up behind me with the horn blaring and guys yeehawing in a not so pleasant manner interrupting a nice, quite bike ride in the countryside. Sometimes they throw can's or cigarettes. Never had this happen with a truck full of females.
    - a-priori 18y ago
      Glad to hear I'm not the only person who's had that happen to them. But with me, it happens in the city (I don't do much biking in the country). In fact, it happened this afternoon, since I wrote my last post. Strange, eh?
- run4yourlives 18y ago
  See, this is one of those cases where an anecdote does not render fact. If women actually did cause more accidents; hence they are worse drivers, they wouldn't be paying less for insurance than us males now would they?
  - DabAsteroid 18y ago
    Males drive more miles than females. ...Yet another reason to charge insurance by the mile and/or minute. . By the way, this is interesting (though I don't know how accurate it is): http://christianparty.net/womendrivers.htm http://christianparty.net/womendrivers.htm Women Drivers: Hidden Health Risk To Men Women drive only 30% of miles driven but are in 37% of the fatal accidents ... NHTSA data suggests that ... if only women drove: There would be 23,879 more traffic fatalities each year. There would be 7,674 more women killed each year.
  - vaksel 18y ago
    Thats because most of their accidents are less severe. A guy's accident usually happens when they go beyond their limit and they end up totalling their cars. For women most of their accidents are due to carelessness and usually happen at a much lower speed. All of the accidents I had, were done at less than 10 mph. + I think the whole insurance industry is lagging, it'll probably be another decade before they adjust women's rates. I mean right now the whole thing is unfair as hell when it comes to insurance. When I was in college, a girl I knew had 8 at fault accidents. She totaled 3 cars and the rest were fender benders. Her insurance paid out close to $150,000. And her insurance was STILL lower for full coverage for a new 330ci than what I paid for liability on my old Civic. And I had a clean record, no at fault accidents or points on my license. Not exactly fair.

when a guy crashes its because he is in the process of doing something stupid. When a woman crashes its because she isn't paying attention. Women are just horrible drivers from my experience. I've been hit 5 times and members of my family were hit 3 times. In ALL but one cases the other person was a woman. And that doesn't count the hundreds of times I had to scramble to get out of the way because some woman suddenly decided that she liked my lane better 1-side swipe w/o her using any turn signals. Usually not a problem since I'm used to this, but this one was dodging rear ending another car 2-sitting at a red light and the woman thought the light turned green, caused about 4 grand in damage(she must have had the pedal to the metal) 3-entering driveway and the woman thought my turn signal was flashing the other way, so she decided to pass on a shoulder and t-boned me as I was entering 4-t-bone in a parking lot because the woman decided to look back at her kids and hit gas instead of brakes 5-rear end at a red light because the woman thought I'd run the red light and didn't 6/7-2 major hits at a parking lot because the woman didn't slow down enough entering the space the one time I got hit by a guy it was when we were both pushing the limit at the racetrack, and was due to him understeering. Until I modified my car's exhaust I had to avoid careless women almost daily. Now that they can actually hear me thats been cut down to once a week. An aftermarket exhaust is the best investment you can make to avoid major repairs to your car.

a-priori 18y ago
I don't drive, but when I'm out cycling -- and I do a lot of cycling (something like 900km this summer) -- I behave like a car on the roads. I've never been hit myself, but I've had many close calls: 1) About two months back I saw a girl on a bike get hit by a guy who "didn't see her" because, as he claims, he was watching me (I was about 10m back). He was on a minor street crossing a major street. We were on the major street, and she got hit side-on. She was fine, by the way, just scrapes on her legs and hands (a doctor happened to be nearby, and he checked her over). 2) I almost got sideswiped by a guy turning right off a minor highway. Had to pull on the brakes and swerve left into the lane to avoid him. Thankfully there were no cars there. 3) As I was stopping at a stoplight, a pickup truck pulled up behind me. The guy inside apparently didn't like how far from the curb I was. He stuck his head out the window, swearing about how he's going to run me over. I yell back, tell him to mind his own business, then make a quick right turn to avoid him. I could go on. In fact, of all the times I've gotten a look at the driver, it was a woman driver very few times. To use a word I saw here recently, my anecdata contradicts your anecdata.
- cmos 18y ago
  I can't tell you how many times a large truck accelerated up behind me with the horn blaring and guys yeehawing in a not so pleasant manner interrupting a nice, quite bike ride in the countryside. Sometimes they throw can's or cigarettes. Never had this happen with a truck full of females.
  - a-priori 18y ago
    Glad to hear I'm not the only person who's had that happen to them. But with me, it happens in the city (I don't do much biking in the country). In fact, it happened this afternoon, since I wrote my last post. Strange, eh?
run4yourlives 18y ago
See, this is one of those cases where an anecdote does not render fact. If women actually did cause more accidents; hence they are worse drivers, they wouldn't be paying less for insurance than us males now would they?
- DabAsteroid 18y ago
  Males drive more miles than females. ...Yet another reason to charge insurance by the mile and/or minute. . By the way, this is interesting (though I don't know how accurate it is): http://christianparty.net/womendrivers.htm http://christianparty.net/womendrivers.htm Women Drivers: Hidden Health Risk To Men Women drive only 30% of miles driven but are in 37% of the fatal accidents ... NHTSA data suggests that ... if only women drove: There would be 23,879 more traffic fatalities each year. There would be 7,674 more women killed each year.
- vaksel 18y ago
  Thats because most of their accidents are less severe. A guy's accident usually happens when they go beyond their limit and they end up totalling their cars. For women most of their accidents are due to carelessness and usually happen at a much lower speed. All of the accidents I had, were done at less than 10 mph. + I think the whole insurance industry is lagging, it'll probably be another decade before they adjust women's rates. I mean right now the whole thing is unfair as hell when it comes to insurance. When I was in college, a girl I knew had 8 at fault accidents. She totaled 3 cars and the rest were fender benders. Her insurance paid out close to $150,000. And her insurance was STILL lower for full coverage for a new 330ci than what I paid for liability on my old Civic. And I had a clean record, no at fault accidents or points on my license. Not exactly fair.