On the road
Women are good drivers. The reason being is that they don't have a load of testosterone making them hot-headed, over confident and prone to showing off.

However, they can be so inconsiderate. At the end of my street is a T-junction. One that is busy enough from each direction to warrant a mini-roundabout. Consequently, turning right is a pain in hole (either down the side-road or out onto the main road). Other drivers will stop and let you out. I've been keeping track, and I've found that it's very rare that a women driver will stop - even if they're waiting to turn right down the side street. I need a break in both lanes in traffic, she's stopped one of them and so it isn't to much to ask to just let me out.

And they can be such ingrates. In the above situation, if I stop and let a women driver turn right, I very rarely get any acknowledgment.

Men: Take note, and you'll see what I mean

Women: Prove me wrong.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:02, 6 replies)

I have a theory
Maybe they're good drivers because they stick to the highway code, and are less hotheaded because they concentrate on what they're doing better...and as they're concentrating on sticking to the highway code, there's no room for manoeuvre in situations like the one you described?

It's just a theory. We went out for dinner today and on the way back, the man of the house crashed into the new fence. That he'd built himself. About six months ago.
(floella, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:13, closed)

Statistically...

...women are more likely to have accidents, but less likely to have serious accidents.
( Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:18, closed)

Women may be safer..
but I completely agree that they are much less likely to let you out of a busy junction.
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 21:22, closed)

the average woman drives around staring at the tip of her bonnet, sat FAR too close to the steering wheel, completely unaware of what's going on around her.

saying that, the average man isnt much better
(court escaper, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 22:05, closed)

Certainly agree about them being inconsiderate
My street is 2 way, but very narrow. If 2 cars are passing in opposite directions, somebody has to move over and let the other pass. There's not always a discernable rule about who goes first, you just need to be reasonable and polite about it.

There are two groups of people who never, ever move over, and who never say thank you when you do - women, and anybody in a 4 wheel drive.

I've been observing this in this street for the last 4 years and it happens without fail. And being a lady myself, I simply do not understand this total lack of common courtesy that seems to strike my gender.
( HairyCanary as Ann B. Davis as Alice, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 12:59, closed)

If it's a mini roundabout, you give way to your right. always.

(from a woman, btw, and a biker no less, so I have to know what I'm doing on the roads else I'll end up dead).
( Noo_Noo Is now 'BeerElf Jnr', I guess :), Tue 29 Dec 2009, 19:32, closed)