Why are women drivers so rude?
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This is an interesting one... We live in a small cul de sac off a main road. At busy times of day, one can wait a while for someone to let you out. I noticed that it was nearly always a man who let me out. Imagine my surprise when I mentioned this to my wife and she agreed with me! Her reasoning was that at busy times, women were always on "autopilot" and thinking about something else... So it maybe that our male inability to multitask is why we are "politer"?
I've noticed this too. The majority of them will even make eye contact with you at a T junction for instance and you think "great, she's seen me and is going to let me out by the looks of it", only for her to sit there blocking your exit as she pulls up to the car in front.
Personally, I like to aid other drivers wherever possible to keep junctions clear and keep traffic moving.
I've just remembered another recent incident in my road. There are cars parked either side, only realistically room for one car at a time to travel down it.
Someone was indicating to turn right onto their drive, another car just moved forward to allow them to do that, but couldn't go any further forward because of a parked car in front of them (this was In full view of anyone on the road).
A middle aged lady then came hurtling down the road in a Korean hatchback with a 'I want to get through!' expression on her face and sat on the rear bumper of the car that had just moved forward. She just hadn't registered what was going on and completely jammed the road as she wouldn't reverse.
Personally, I like to aid other drivers wherever possible to keep junctions clear and keep traffic moving.
I've just remembered another recent incident in my road. There are cars parked either side, only realistically room for one car at a time to travel down it.
Someone was indicating to turn right onto their drive, another car just moved forward to allow them to do that, but couldn't go any further forward because of a parked car in front of them (this was In full view of anyone on the road).
A middle aged lady then came hurtling down the road in a Korean hatchback with a 'I want to get through!' expression on her face and sat on the rear bumper of the car that had just moved forward. She just hadn't registered what was going on and completely jammed the road as she wouldn't reverse.
It's odd, I was coming on PH tonight to post this very topic !
this morning on my way to work I was heading down my street, as usual there were car parked on both sides meaning you can only pass oncoming traffic at the various junctions that join the road, it's easy, oncoming traffic waits next to a gap by a junction, I then go in the gap and get out of their way, they carry on, so do I.
Not this morning, woman in a beat to death Astra races right up to me as I am trying to reach the next pull in gap. blocks the gap, then she sits there looking at me and pointing at me to reverse, problem is there is nowhere to go because the two pull-ins further back have people in them waiting for the woman to get past me, except she can't and I can't let her.
She got all shouty and it was my fault. Then, another woman decided everyone else was waiting in the pull ins to allow her to overtake and come right up my arse, I then have two stroppy women to deal with.
I decided to just sit there until they got bored and used their brains to work it out.
this morning on my way to work I was heading down my street, as usual there were car parked on both sides meaning you can only pass oncoming traffic at the various junctions that join the road, it's easy, oncoming traffic waits next to a gap by a junction, I then go in the gap and get out of their way, they carry on, so do I.
Not this morning, woman in a beat to death Astra races right up to me as I am trying to reach the next pull in gap. blocks the gap, then she sits there looking at me and pointing at me to reverse, problem is there is nowhere to go because the two pull-ins further back have people in them waiting for the woman to get past me, except she can't and I can't let her.
She got all shouty and it was my fault. Then, another woman decided everyone else was waiting in the pull ins to allow her to overtake and come right up my arse, I then have two stroppy women to deal with.
I decided to just sit there until they got bored and used their brains to work it out.
Getragdogleg said:
It's odd, I was coming on PH tonight to post this very topic !
this morning on my way to work I was heading down my street, as usual there were car parked on both sides meaning you can only pass oncoming traffic at the various junctions that join the road, it's easy, oncoming traffic waits next to a gap by a junction, I then go in the gap and get out of their way, they carry on, so do I.
Not this morning, woman in a beat to death Astra races right up to me as I am trying to reach the next pull in gap. blocks the gap, then she sits there looking at me and pointing at me to reverse, problem is there is nowhere to go because the two pull-ins further back have people in them waiting for the woman to get past me, except she can't and I can't let her.
She got all shouty and it was my fault. Then, another woman decided everyone else was waiting in the pull ins to allow her to overtake and come right up my arse, I then have two stroppy women to deal with.
I decided to just sit there until they got bored and used their brains to work it out.
Engine off, newspaper out.this morning on my way to work I was heading down my street, as usual there were car parked on both sides meaning you can only pass oncoming traffic at the various junctions that join the road, it's easy, oncoming traffic waits next to a gap by a junction, I then go in the gap and get out of their way, they carry on, so do I.
Not this morning, woman in a beat to death Astra races right up to me as I am trying to reach the next pull in gap. blocks the gap, then she sits there looking at me and pointing at me to reverse, problem is there is nowhere to go because the two pull-ins further back have people in them waiting for the woman to get past me, except she can't and I can't let her.
She got all shouty and it was my fault. Then, another woman decided everyone else was waiting in the pull ins to allow her to overtake and come right up my arse, I then have two stroppy women to deal with.
I decided to just sit there until they got bored and used their brains to work it out.
Gaz. said:
Prof Beard said:
This is an interesting one... We live in a small cul de sac off a main road. At busy times of day, one can wait a while for someone to let you out. I noticed that it was nearly always a man who let me out. Imagine my surprise when I mentioned this to my wife and she agreed with me! Her reasoning was that at busy times, women were always on "autopilot" and thinking about something else... So it maybe that our male inability to multitask is why we are "politer"?
I could have posted that word for word, except the multitasking crap at the end. 
750turbo said:
bluey1905 said:
Getragdogleg said:
I decided to just sit there until they got bored and used their brains to work it out.
I'll wager you were sitting there a while.
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