Idle Banter For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour - but if any post isn't suitable it'll get deleted real quick). There's also a "U" rating so please respect this. Newbies can also say "hello" here too. |
|
Thread Tools |
26-09-11, 12:31 PM | #1 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Saaarrrfff
Posts: 2,908
|
Report shows women cannot park their cars
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml
What utter tosh! Some PEOPLE cannot park their cars, some are male, some are female. I drive a mahoosive car, and yes I have parking sensors but the beeping drives me insane so I switch them off. I get sick of people asking if I'm ok to park my car becasue I am a 5'2" woman. As though being 6'1" and male would make getting into a tight space easier. Just to prove the point, my car, reversed into this space in one flowing reverse sweep, easy. Rant over. Back to reading the Daily Mail for the articles on shoes and handbags.
__________________
Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind... |
26-09-11, 12:40 PM | #2 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
What rubbish.
Stu blatantly parked that for you, stop taking credit for his parking skills. |
26-09-11, 12:49 PM | #3 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Saaarrrfff
Posts: 2,908
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
No chance, that's neaxt to work on a weekend. You've never seen Stu try to parallel park have you? Even he admits he's astoundingly bad at it and now just drives forward, up the kerb and bangs the car back down into the space, but this requires a pretty big space to start with. One you could park a bus in.
__________________
Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind... |
26-09-11, 01:00 PM | #4 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Sunny Croydonia
Posts: 6,124
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
LPH - you are unique, just like everyone else
Mind you, women would probably be better at parking if men hadn't been telling them that a inch and a centimeter are not the same size...
__________________
Sent from my PC NOT using any Tapatalk type rubbish!! █╬╬╬╬(•)i¯i▀▀▀▀▀█Ξ███████████████████████████████) |
26-09-11, 01:01 PM | #5 |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Sunny Croydonia
Posts: 6,124
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
LPH - you are unique, just like everyone else
Mind you, women would probably be better at parking if men hadn't been telling them that a inch and a centimeter are not the same size for all those years...
__________________
Sent from my PC NOT using any Tapatalk type rubbish!! █╬╬╬╬(•)i¯i▀▀▀▀▀█Ξ███████████████████████████████) |
26-09-11, 01:06 PM | #6 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
Hats off!
I couldnt do that. Not even when I drove a car daily. |
26-09-11, 01:17 PM | #7 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
Someone owns 3 cars
|
26-09-11, 01:27 PM | #8 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Manchester
Posts: 1,492
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
Quote:
We wouldn't think twice about it and definitely wouldn't get a phone out to take a photo.
__________________
2006-2007 -- Gilera Runner 50 - Sold 2007-2008 -- Hyosung XRX125 - Stolen 2009-2010 -- 05 SV650n - CAT - B 2010-Now -- 00 SV650s & 00 SV650n & GSXR 600 K2 |
|
26-09-11, 01:34 PM | #9 |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
Women are generally rubbish at driving full stop.
Over the next week or so when out on the bike, keep a count of the number of drivers who you think didn't see you, when they should have been aware of your presence. Once you are in a position to see the driver, then take a note male or female. I've done it a few times and it's about 70-75% female. To be fair most of those women are driving along quite nicely, obeying the rules & speed limits, etc, they are not likely to have an accident so long as the traffic flows like it does 99.99% of the time, and nothing happens that they are not expecting, BUT they have no frickin' idea of what's around them or what constitutes a dangerous situation. Awareness is the key issue. Of the remaining males, the majority are talking on the phone, eating, chatting to a passenger, in a rush and didn't take time to look, or just completely arrogant and driving a fancy car thinking they have right of way at all times. I'm sure I'll get flamed by all the women for these comments, but almost all of the women on here ride bikes, which does wonders for your awareness, so probably don't fall under this generalisation. Everyone men and women should be forced to ride a motorbike for a year before they are allowed to sit a car test. The problem with women and parking/map reading is spatial awareness, and that's well studied with mental agility tests such as 3D shapes and shape rotation/recognition, and men always outperform women in these tests. Interest is also another issue, men generally are interested in driving technique, women just want to get from A to B. If you are not interested and don't apply yourself to a task, don't expect to be good at it. Women however multi-task better, and switch tasks better, so if a women has the training to recognise dangerous situations, and applies all of her mental ability to driving, she will actually make a better driver than a man as she has better mental agility and can adapt better to changing situations. Women make great pursuit and emergency response drivers in the emergency services. What they don't have/or suffer from depending on your perspective, is testosterone. Actually a disadvantage on the road, but a major advantage on the race track, hence the lack of women in motor racing. Last edited by -Ralph-; 26-09-11 at 02:06 PM. |
26-09-11, 01:42 PM | #10 | |
Member
Mega Poster
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Saaarrrfff
Posts: 2,908
|
Re: Report shows women cannot park their cars
Quote:
He has no sense of direction either. It's genetic. If his family all got into a phone box they'd get lost finding their way out, it's a family joke whenever we go out that they give me the map.
__________________
Tender is the day, The demons go away, Lord I need to find, Someone who can heal my mind... |
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
2nd race report - Thruxton Park | harry_hyde | Mini-Twins | 15 | 14-10-10 10:07 PM |
goodwood cars. sainsburys car park breakfast club. | Quiff Wichard | Idle Banter | 3 | 11-03-10 05:34 PM |
women only car park | hovis | Idle Banter | 9 | 23-04-08 10:29 PM |
Childrens puppet shows | slark01 | Idle Banter | 8 | 22-05-07 09:21 PM |