Hat-wearing drivers
Why the hell does anyone find it necessary to wear any sort of hat when driving a vehicle on a public road*? The two worst classes of offender are the young neds with Burberry baseball caps and the old duffers with their flat caps, or bunnets, as we call them around here. But I was following someone the other day (who turned out to be, as I suspected, a lady of a certain age) who was driving erratically, and slowly in front of me, and who presented a silhouette resembling a pineapple because of the daft bloody hat she was wearing.

It should be part of the driving test, just after the eyesight bit. If the candidate gets into the car and fails to remove his/her headgear it should count as an automatic failure.

*I do of course specifically exclude crash helmets here, as to ride a bike or participate in a motor sports event without one is asking for trouble.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 2 May 2008, 18:40, 7 replies)

You get a *click*
for using the word "bunnets" - made me think of Paw Broon (and my grandpa)
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 2 May 2008, 18:43, closed)

As PJ O'Rourke said...
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 2 May 2008, 20:14, closed)

ooooh i like this
for two reasons:

1. the bunnet wearers - ALWAYS in a rover (because clearly its respectable and proper to buy a shit car that claims to be british but has actually been japanese for many years until even THEIR levels of efficiency could not cover its craptitude up any more until the invevitable point of collapse)

2. i am scottish myself and i use the term bunnet to describe an idiot

ie "pit the knife doon before the polis arrive you fuckin bunnet"

ps fear the cushions on the parcel shelf people


CLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIK
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 3 May 2008, 0:50, closed)

People driving in hats
Fully agreed - but for one minor point. That being, that these people sometimes put the hat on when they drive and remove it afterwards.

I've seen it.

I've also taught Mrs. God and Demi God that anyone who drives in a hat should be dragged off the road and punched. Neither believed me - until I simply invited them to watch the road and see what happens out there. Done.
(purplegod counting down for Christmas!, Sat 3 May 2008, 18:17, closed)

hats
are a useful warning to other road users. Especially the bunnets.
(miffytherabbit, Sun 4 May 2008, 10:46, closed)

One point...
What about the use of a hat as an easy way to keep the sun out of your eyes?

Yes, there is also a sun visor, but what's the difference if you are wearing a hat instead?

When you sit down at a table with people, or are at a funeral, or meet the Queen, yes, the hats come off, but in a car?
(442, Sun 4 May 2008, 16:45, closed)

bunnet
My dad wears his bunnet in the car.
But then, he drives a ford fusion ( a fiesta with added tall-ness)and is one of those twats who drives a 50mph. 50 on the motorway. 50 on the a-roads, 50 through the town...i swear he gets close to touching 50 in tescos carpark.
(dave likes cheese, Sun 4 May 2008, 20:03, closed)