Your wife or partner’s driving prejudices?
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Just back from a late night shopping trip at a well known supermarket. On the way out we were almost T-boned by a Fiat 500 driver not looking where they were going. Nothing out of the ordinary for a supermarket car park.
My wife spotted the imminent danger a split second before I did and shouted out “Stop!, she’s not looking where she’s going”. Maybe with more expletives but it was something like that
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Whilst passing and making angry faces at each other the way you do I realised it was a very large bloke driving, not a woman as both my wife and I expected. Obviously, purely to do him a favour, I made a swift exit to ensure he didn’t hurt himself getting out of such a small car.
But I am having fun ribbing my wife about how prejudices come out when you have to react in the moment.
Are there any driving related prejudices you find amusing in your wife/partner?
My wife spotted the imminent danger a split second before I did and shouted out “Stop!, she’s not looking where she’s going”. Maybe with more expletives but it was something like that
.Whilst passing and making angry faces at each other the way you do I realised it was a very large bloke driving, not a woman as both my wife and I expected. Obviously, purely to do him a favour, I made a swift exit to ensure he didn’t hurt himself getting out of such a small car.
But I am having fun ribbing my wife about how prejudices come out when you have to react in the moment.
Are there any driving related prejudices you find amusing in your wife/partner?
Zafira (usually a very flat dark blue) full of kids with no belts, woman driver with hair tied back, seat pulled all the way forward with face against the screen. One or more wheel trims missing, scratched and dented all over and as she hurriedly pulls out in front of you (giving it the finger as she does so) youll see the rear wiper either snapped off or hanging down over the number plate..
Yeah, I’d agree with the above. Textbook Zafira.
Honda Jazz. Almost guaranteed to be going nowhere fast.
Double cab pick ups, well actually aggressively marketed “Barbarian” or “Raging bull” types, Normally driven by perpetually angry middle age guys with forearm tattoos.
Any car with stickers on the windscreen....almost certainly piloted by a love island wannabe who looks like they are on fire judging by the vape cloud following them.
VXR8, rebadged Holden saloon things...I never see one driven normally.
Blue Impreza with gold wheels, stickers and piloted by ginger guys...this seems like the perfect storm of “late for your own accident”
Middle age mums in SUV’s...I’d expect them not to be aware of anything around them.
Ladies who...perhaps have gold things placed on the dash or hanging from the mirror...almost always look to be driving for the very first time.
Honda Jazz. Almost guaranteed to be going nowhere fast.
Double cab pick ups, well actually aggressively marketed “Barbarian” or “Raging bull” types, Normally driven by perpetually angry middle age guys with forearm tattoos.
Any car with stickers on the windscreen....almost certainly piloted by a love island wannabe who looks like they are on fire judging by the vape cloud following them.
VXR8, rebadged Holden saloon things...I never see one driven normally.
Blue Impreza with gold wheels, stickers and piloted by ginger guys...this seems like the perfect storm of “late for your own accident”
Middle age mums in SUV’s...I’d expect them not to be aware of anything around them.
Ladies who...perhaps have gold things placed on the dash or hanging from the mirror...almost always look to be driving for the very first time.
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Many years ago I worked in a fairly large call center which had no less than 27 MINI's owned by the people working there. Only two of those were owned by men and both of them had names begining with M so from then on it was decided that MINI's were only owned by women and men with names starting with an M.
Also BMW's are all driven by businessmen in short sleeve shirts who have forgotten how to indicate.
Also BMW's are all driven by businessmen in short sleeve shirts who have forgotten how to indicate.
Thanks, I’m enjoying the replies.
My wife definitely has more prejudiced views against various drivers and car types than I have, and I have my fair share. To be fair she does many more miles than I do these days too.
There are far too many to list but a strongly shared one is that the least likely person to let you out at a busy junction is a woman in a large SUV. Whether it’s true or not confirmation bias means it’s true in my experience
My wife definitely has more prejudiced views against various drivers and car types than I have, and I have my fair share. To be fair she does many more miles than I do these days too.
There are far too many to list but a strongly shared one is that the least likely person to let you out at a busy junction is a woman in a large SUV. Whether it’s true or not confirmation bias means it’s true in my experience
CO2000 said:
Old Volvos, she hates old Volvo's so I always point out them in adverts and films (even pausing/rewinding to make sure 
) as there are somehow loads! (esp 240's!)
Yes, mine is the same, I once had a V70 which she was convinced was a reincarnation of "Christine" she had several "incidents" in it and eventually refused to even get in it.) as there are somehow loads! (esp 240's!)She's pretty prejudiced against any car which she perceives as "big" though.
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