Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Female drivers

This story may sound a little sexist but I am still going to say my piece about it. Female car ownership is on the rise world wide as more women enjoy the independence that come with it. It is good that women drive since it helps them in many ways. Car companies also realise this and have added many extra accessories to cater for this segment of the market. Simple examples being the mirror on the sun visor on the driver's side and the bag hooks attached to the headrests. These accessories were previously missing from older cars.
We also hear many claims or statements made that women and better drivers then men. This is completely untrue and this statement is made by a woman!
The reality is that women drivers can be very erratic and unpredictable and may have poor spatial awareness and coordination while men are often very reckless and drive too fast making them dangerous drivers. We have all seen many Youtube videos of women drivers destroying gas pumps by driving off without removing the gas pump, then there are cases of women crashing their cars in car parks or driving their cars into pillars or bollards!
Saying all this the point goes back to driver education and the testing criteria in order to obtain a driver's license. In Asia there has been many accidents caused by female drivers who were oblivious to their surroundings opt to stop in the middle of the freeway because she was lost! One can obtain a driver's license by bribing driving test officers in South East Asia bringing into question the level of competency of the drivers on the road.

There is nothing wrong with having female drivers... I believe all drivers regardless men or women should really undergo defensive driving and should be subjected to more stringent test before the driving license is issued to them.

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