I know - dumb title, but I was in an alliterative mood today.
My parents live in a pretty quiet little neighborhood. A couple weeks ago, I stepped out onto their porch to look at the garden - a bit after 9 pm.
Suddenly, from the upper part of their street, two cars came CAREENING down the hill at freeway speeds, side-by-side and nearly crashing into each other. They barely made the turn onto the cross street and 3 seconds later I heard a loud crash. It was like a scene from Bourne Identity or something.
One of the drivers was female. Not surprising to me because over the last few months, nearly every time a driver near me has done something stupid on the freeway, it has been a woman. I never believed men when they said we are, umm...less than brilliant drivers, but wow. they might be right.
Here are my favorite fancy female driver moves:
1. Not signaling a lane change or turn
2. Turning into the far lane rather than the one they are supposed to turn into
3. Suddenly speeding up once I pass their sorry slow Subaru
4. Insisting on staying in the fast lane at below-freeway speeds (usually Idaho plates)
And my most favorite:
5. Speeding up to ensure I cannot possibly pull in front of them despite the fact that my lane is exit only and I am about to plow into the cement divider and they only need to slow 1 mph to allow my entrance.
Men: Any more you’d like to add?
What’s up girls? Why do you wish to cement in the male psyche the incredibly negative view most of them have of our driving skills? As one of my co-workers says, “Stop it! Do you want people to think you’re a freak?”
Disclaimer: Let it be known that this female, from time to time MAY have used stop lights and the time at the on-ramp yield lights to apply make-up. But, hey – a girl gets bored just sitting there, ok?! hahaha
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Yup. This is one area where some ladies need to realize that multi-tasking is much more efficient if the two tasks are hands on the wheel and paying attention.
My favorite move is texting while they do their makeup.
Oh, boy. WHO would EVER do that?
Parking in the fast lane is my least favorite, but I've also noticed that woman will ride your tail while having no intent to pass you. Indeed, I don't think they even know they're doing it. If I'm riding someone's tail, you can bet it's intentional and I'm trying to tell that person to get the heck out of my way so that I can continue to drive like I'm in a hurry even though I'm not. If you get out of a tailgating woman's way, 9 times out of 10 she'll: (1) keep the same speed; (2) slow down; or (3), and worst of all, change lanes with you. Drives me crazy! (No pun intended.)
Yes! I've seen that too. Why do "we" (I cannot say they, obviously, because I am one of the theys/thems)insist on consistent illogical behavior? I do not know.
One thing that I have noticed, and this may be with Utah drivers in general, is that when ever there is a yellow light drivers think speed up. A light turns yellow engines go to maximum rpms. This includes traffic signals, turn signals and warning lights.
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