a) Women are bad at driving
b) Asians are bad at driving
c) "Wow you're such a good driver"
Okay let's start with a) and b). I've never really understood what it meant to be a "bad" driver. Is it lack of vehicle control? Disobedience of road rules? Extreme passiveness (driving at 50km/h on a freeway)? Extreme aggressiveness (though usually they're just a bad person, not limited to just driving)?
Because obviously, I've seen women be assholes on the road, but only just as often as men. Although I have seen 2-3 (60-70yo) women majorly fuck up intersection rules, and I think one man, which really isn't enough to show a pattern.
By the way, the people who live at the Baptist nursing home in Carlingford are reckless as all hell. They jay-hobble across Pennant Hills Rd, and often cross Adderton Rd without even looking, dangerous as fuck if there are people turning right into Adderton.
Similarly when someone is in a car and comments "wow you're such a good driver". What the does that mean? Does it mean "you do not fuck up"? Because that's not a "good" driver that's just goddamn average. A good driver would be a racer who sees the road in terms of racing lines when they drive at 200+km/h. I can understand the comment if it's a L-plater within his/her first 20 or so hours. And they seem to possess some sort of natural talent for handling heavy machinery. Then okay "you are a good driver", because a pat on the back here is meaningful. But if the driver is past that (especially P-platers, where you're more likely to cart friends around), then really it's more appropriate to not say anything than say something so meaningless, unless the driver pulls some sick act of regaining control after skidding on gravel.
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