Re: Death on the UK roads : Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:47 pm  

This is not a sexist comment but woman are the worst drivers, i say this from personal experience of being on the road for long periods in the past, Yes woman take less risks as a whole and seem to have less accidents but woman's awareness of their whole surroundings is frankly shocking, my wife is also a professional driver and completely agrees with this, she says woman don't cause accidents but you they do create traffic which causes problems that lead to accidents

I was speaking to some of the traffic management guys(Put out cones, signs etc) on the M25 amongst other roads in London. I said what are the dangers to you-Answer-the Africans on the road- That was there honest answer.

Re: Death on the UK roads : Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:52 pm  

wire quin wrote:

I was speaking to some of the traffic management guys(Put out cones, signs etc) on the M25 amongst other roads in London. I said what are the dangers to you-Answer-the Africans on the road- That was there honest answer.

They sound like right pricks.

Re: Death on the UK roads : Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:00 pm  

wire quin wrote:

I was speaking to some of the traffic management guys(Put out cones, signs etc) on the M25 amongst other roads in London. I said what are the dangers to you-Answer-the Africans on the road- That was there honest answer.

Had the M25 morphed into the African Veldt?

What were the police doing, allowing these renegade bands of Africans roam free among the country's busiest motorway?

Were they white, coloured or black African?

How did they know they were African?

Did you not question any of this or do you only converse with people who have similar views to your own?

Re: Death on the UK roads : Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:45 pm  

Superb, sexism and now racism it's bigot bingo in here!

Re: Death on the UK roads : Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:04 am  

I've posted this before now: one of my bosses is Indian, and he openly states that in his opinion, Indians and Pakistanis, and other overseas drivers, are the worst drivers in the UK.

His reasoning is that the driving culture over there is completely different - rules and laws are more of a weak guideline and driver are less disciplined, more foolhardy, less generous, and often take risks. I've driven in many countries and have found that to be true in several.

Any reason why drivers from African countries (and others) don't apply to this? I know my driving is educated and tailored to British laws and British road culture, which is actually very disciplined and regimented, but someone from overseas wouldn't know any of that and a driving culture from say, Mogadishu or Mumbai or Cairo, could be disruptive and possibly dangerous on British roads amongst British drivers.

Frankly, if you think a driver from, say, Eritrea, would adapt to British roads immediately and wouldn't possibly be more of a risk that a home-grown road-educated driver, you're a bit daft.

Re: Death on the UK roads : Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:04 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

.. If no white guy or woman has ever run under 10 seconds is that racist and sexist? ..

No, it's just bollox. JFG Lemaitre and Woronin, and the women's world record is 10.49 by FloJo. She is out on her own, and the next fastest ever was 10.64 but there are 2 white women in the Top 10 with 10.76 and 10.77.

HTH

Re: Death on the UK roads : Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:18 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

... but woman's awareness of their whole surroundings is frankly shocking..

That's an amazing punt. I've done some decades on the road and see no evidence for such a breathtaking gratuitous generalisation. I have not experienced any way of detecting what any other human's awareness of their whole surroundings is. Have you? How is that done, then?

Re: Death on the UK roads : Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:20 am  

woman's world record, is that under 10 secs, it looks over to me?

Re: Death on the UK roads : Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:33 am  

Horatio Yed wrote:

woman's world record, is that under 10 secs, it looks over to me?

What are you talking about? Have you lost the plot?

You said:

If no white guy or woman has ever run under 10 seconds is that racist and sexist?

It's bollox in the case of white guys as you imply only black men have run sub10, but in fact white men have also run under 10 seconds.

And it's bollox in the case of white women as you imply a black woman has run sub-10 but in fact no black woman has done it either.

HTH

Re: Death on the UK roads : Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:49 am  

Would you be happy to drive a largely automated, "crash proof" car that will override your control inputs if it disagrees with your choices? Many pilots, for example, already have this in their aircraft.

Would you be happy to drive a largely automated, "crash proof" car that will override your control inputs if it disagrees with your choices? Many pilots, for example, already have this in their aircraft.