Any truth to "Women Drivers"?
 

As you may have previously read, my sister went ballistic at my EOC driving technique.

Well, today I went for a ride in her car with her driving and was appalled at her lack of "situational awareness". (nevermind her emotional outburst when I politely mentioned something to her)

Then, I noticed her driving style is to turn the steering wheel in 1/4" jerky twists. My sister doesn't steer a car. She aims it.

All this leads me to ask the group, "Do you believe there is any truth to what many say about women drivers"?

Among other things, they seem to use all controls as if they're just on/off switches; gas pedal and brake pedal all on or all off, no gradients. Summer: a/c on full blast; Winter: heat on full blast. Radio: full blast. Following distance to other vehicles, especially when head is stuck to cell phone: about 20". Speed when looking for something: 2 mph; otherwise 85 mph.

But the actuaries say they have fewer or less costly accidents vs guys.

My sister rolled the family Camry 5 times on a straight section of road she is very familiar with, on a clear day, with no traffic. She also hit a guy who "took too long to complete his right turn". She has also never learned to ride a bicycle, and I gave up trying to teach her how to drive a manual after she tried to shift 1st to 3rd without using the clutch or letting up on the throttle.

Agree with Frank's comments above about women setting things at all or nothing. My wife is a good driver, but does tend to vacillate between full hot and full cold settings, or between too quiet and too loud.

That said, men are aggressive and get in more serious accidents. I've done 155 MPH on the motorcycle on public roads in my youth, and most women would have no interest in that.

I've noticed most females drive very nervous and jerky. My wife is the only one I know that drives as good as I do. But she has a class A CDL. I absolutely REFUSE to ride my my best friends wife. She weaves side to side as if she is bouncing off the painted lines, cuts corners off pavement, sings into her hairbrush, has the A/C on with the windows down, and waits until she is 10' from the line to slam on brakes to stop at a red light. I had to endure this for 2 hours when she came to pick me up when the Jetta broke down.

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^I don't care who you are, that there takes some extraordinary skill!

My wife's driving sometimes scares me and my driving sometimes scares her. We're different. Guys mostly hang out with guys and talk about how different other people are. Girls mostly hang out with other girls and do the same thing. Oddly enough, those "other people" are the other sex. It's generally not constructive.

Whether it's natural or just the way we're raised, men tend to be more interested in "things" than women are. So guys, let's just agree that in return for not getting blamed for "obsessing" about the things we care about, we won't blame other people for not obsessing about them, or obsessing about different things. Differences (diversity, if you will) are important: I'm not a boring guy, but if everyone were just like me then it'd be a really boring world.

Well, she might just be flipping it to install a belly pan. Cheaper than lift time if you don't have someone with a lift owing you a few big favors.

Free roof dimpling at the same time!

Do you realize the depth of physics understanding to be able to perform something like that? If she were to pick up a pool table stick she would likely walk home with everybody's paycheck in one evening.

Obviously, that woman driver was taught to "keep the car between the lines"...only there were no lines between those gate posts (ha,ha).

Whereas I prefer to hang out with women, and talk about our horses :-)

They have more accidents per mile but drive to this day far fewer miles.

to be kind...she was trying quickly to remove the air drag roof racks!

I agree that generally women are just interested in other people, not things.

But such an incredible gap...they can pick up on the slightest change in voice tone, read body language like a book, watching how your feet are pointed to see if you're interested in a girlfriend sitting next to them....etc.... but like mentioned before, crude jerking while driving, no subtle heater/air controls. If I lower a car window, I try to match the 2 sides for even flow. In a stronger headwind, I will slow down to save fuel and oil. I will read what direction the grass and tree tops, where they are blowing. most of all reading to avoid manhole covers, or any hole, crack, crease in the pavement that might hurt my car. Over kill perhaps, but in over 7 years, never have needed a front end alignment!
What really gets me from e harmony? I've learned that most woman check out the condition of a man's shoe!!!! That seems of course VERY silly to me!

Shoes!
Never wear brown shoes with black trousers, socks in sandals, white socks in anything, etc.
All the convenient choices are taken away once you enter a relationship.
(convenient being whatever is easiest to grab with early morning drowsiness)

It is almost like they take an interest in how they are perceived by other people, and how other people see you... ;)

Maybe that is the key.
Don't say "You are driving erratically"
but "Your driving style would appear erratic to others".

Although, as a man, you are not supposed to be in the know about appearance that much, so beware.
Unless you show it by wearing the right shoes of course.

It ain't the shoes boys, it's the SIZE of the feet.

regards
mech

No... it's the shoes.

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I find that VERY hard to believe! When I observe traffic the women vastly outnumber the men. They are ALWAYS tearing all over creation.

I dunno, 'cause I do that with women. One that is wearing running shoes, hiking/riding boots, &c is going to get a LOT more attention than one wearing six-inch heels :-)

I bet you will get a lot more attention wearing six-inch heels than running shoes ;)

If you see many more women drivers, it is because they are lost. Women complain about asking directions, but when men give me directions, they are more often correct.

I know plenty of women that were apparently were not taught to stay within the lines, or at least in their lane.

I know more scary female drivers than males, but nobody has ever tried taking me 155 MPH. One of these females was stopped for suspicion of DUI. No, just a bad driver. Her phone may be worth more than her car and she gives too much attention to the wrong one while driving.

Women are not obsessed with things? I have helped women move. When it requires multiple trips just to carry all of their shoes and then you have purses and everything else, it seems obsessive. I helped my sister and brother-in-law move. They had a twenty-foot moving truck and he had four boxes.

I had classmates walk late into class, the professor said that we were working in groups, and suggested they joined a group, instead of catching up on the assignment, I heard "Oh my gosh! Your outfit is so cute!"
"Oh my gosh! I know!"
I swear that I heard "Oh my gosh" a few more times before they calmed down.

What is Pinterest, if not thing obsession?

Last time we moved, when it got close to the end and there are empty boxes in the back of the truck. "Why are we hauling empty boxes". "Those are decorative boxes".

"Then why in $%^&*() are the damn things EMPTY!"

Same move last things being picked up. Wife says, "Grab that plant on the front porch".

I grab the plant and toss it into the trunk of my Riviera. Grab a few more thing and when I go to toss them in the truck, I realize that there is an ant's nest in the plant. By now there are ants swarming all over the cars trunk. I throw the damn plant in the ditch next to our house, grab some bug spray and blast heck out of the trunk area. Driving to the new home (18 miles) I SEE FRIGGIN ANTS CRAWLING EVERYWHERE!!!!!!

Bombed the car when I got home.

To top that off ain't easy but here goes. I fire up the 37 Ford coupe to drive it to the new home and the NOS throw out bearing with 100 since replacement miles decides to freeze up and make the worst noise you have ever heard. This is after replacing the complete clutch assembly and having the transmission rebuilt. I towed the car to my old shop and sold it. It never reached the new house where we now live.

I hate doing anything twice with a serious passion. Fall apart on me you $%^&* and your $%^&* is gone.

regards
mech

Ex G.F., riding on the back of my V-Max, reaches around and twists the throttle WOT. Unexpected; exciting. :eek: Death wish. That thing will propel you to over 100mph in the blink of an eye.

Re: Moving. It's usually stressful.

For some reason, I thought you were going to find a way to blame the ants for the bad throw out bearing.

Reminds me of a story I heard about two bikers; one on a Harley and the other on a rice rocket.

Between the two of them, they thought it would be a good idea to trade bikes.

After the first red light turned green, the Harley rider on the rice rocket popped a wheelie off the line, sped through the intersection out of control, and then totaled the bike into a telephone pole.

I can see that happening, you twist the throttle same as always, but more response between your legs than used to. I had my 2001 FZ1 catch me off guard, twist the throttle to have a little fun, but if your not ready your body goes backwards twisting the throttle even farther. Bail or try to ride it out and hope it comes down and don't hit anything? I went from a KLR650 to FZ1 throttle response is a little different.