F(%KIN WOMEN DRIVERS (with roundabouts)

[flash]

this is not to all women, just the ones that drive cars....

as i was riding through town i was traveling behind a Peugeot 207 (obviously a womans car) so i took it extra carefully. now when we came to a round about, everything was going as planed, she was turning the roundabout then.....she stops right in the middle to let someone pass, as i was looking mainly at the traffic next to me (so no one pulled in front) i looked looked to the front to see the parked 207. i heaved on the brakes, even locking my back wheel (i mainly ride on dirt so I'm back brake heavy). luckily i do dirt riding so the skid was easily controlled (and looked damn cool too, tons saw me and they were either clapping or looked like they saw a ghost).
now I'm not much for honking (mainly cause i forget) so i just opened my visor and gave her the "evils"

later on i went out onto the open road with a friend, after about an hour of riding we were coming back, on this road was another round about near baypark, everything was fine, i slowed down (not too much) and proceeded with the corner....then another woman driver pulls out in front of me wanting to turn right (i was going straight), luckily i had been watching her so i started to slow down beforehand. now the stupid thing was when she finally saw me she froze right in my way, once again i heaved on the brakes, locked the back (i know i shouldn't but i don't even notice when it does). got away safely again.

so what is it with women drivers?, and they think we're arrigant....:brick: :brick:

[dawnrazor]

seems a little unfair to tar every woman driver (1.5 million+ by my dodgy maths) with the same brush. However I have noticed that a lot of folk have trouble with roundabouts, and I reckon the new LTSA laws only served to confuse the masses even more. I have recently been offered right of way by a car ON the roundabout and me at an entrance :weird:, unbelieable.

What I find strange is your average driver will do a U-turn without hesitation (albeit with no indication or regard for his fellow man), but can't handle a roundabout. In fact I watched a MPV do a U-turn on Queen street recently and then decided they had been pointing in the right direction after all and turned it into a complete 360 degree turn. In the middle of Queen street, absolute moron.

[Motu]

Why pick on the women? Haven't you got any Asians down there?

[ManDownUnder]

No worries with women drivers... it's bad drivers that piss me off...

...and people that generalise...

[ManDownUnder]

Why pick on the women? Haven't you got any Asians down there?

shit - where's my popcorn?

[dawnrazor]

Why pick on the women? Haven't you got any Asians down there?

Ah the Asians, they just go over the top of the roundabouts!

[kels]

this is not to all women, just the ones that drive cars....

Sorry that happend to you Flash.
Those god damn bitch's are givin us good gals a bad name:angry2:

Thats it give me the rego's and we will get the morts sorted for you!:chase:

[Waylander]

Why pick on the women? Haven't you got any Asians down there?
In Tauranga? No, not really.

[kels]

In Tauranga? No, not really.
I can help you out there Waylander! We have heaps up here! Will send some down your way...Us Aucklanders do like to help :laugh:

[Waylander]

Haha no thanks, keep 'em. Just got used to not having to worry about one trying to pull a u-turn from the left lane as I am passing them in the right lane.

[flash]

well i wrote this right after my ride so was still a bit pissed.
i know not all women drivers suck but you have to say theres a few.....

and no there are next to no asians down here :shifty:


dont worry bout the whole rego thing, im not much into road rage (and i know what you do ;))

[kels]

(and i know what you do ;))
Flash That is just a rumor...you know that don't you! :msn-wink:

[flash]

Flash That is just a rumor...you know that don't you! :msn-wink:
what!?, you mean that whole thread a while back was a rumour?, im sure i saw it? :)

[Nicksta]

ah, what do ya do.... i know a foreign woman who had been driving a cage for 20 years in india, comes out here and fails the test 3 times... then goes to Westgate AA on her 4th attempt as she knows they give out licences... sure enought she passes... now she's driving on our roads too... note to self: avoid birkenhead area...

[kels]

Damn...busted. Yes I have been known to spit at the occasional cage.

Oh and Nicksta thanks for letting us know to avoid Birkenhead!

[flash]

Damn...busted. Yes I have been known to spit at the occasional cage.

Oh and Nicksta thanks for letting us know to avoid Birkenhead!
must come with age, ive always been told not to spit while riding. usally because it comes back! ;)

[Goblin]

There's plenty of Indians in Tauranga...just riding down Cameron rd you can smell enough curry to give ya the shits. They don't drive too well either, my dad got road raged at by some psycho Paki at the Mt.

[kels]

usally because it comes back! ;)
I have perfected the art of spitting on a cage.
1. Make sure visor is up.
2. Pull down helmet.
3. Make eye contact.
4. Fire your missile.

ewww god I can gross myself out at times!
Truth be told I have only done this once...It will never be repeated. ( I guess I should never say never!)

[Pathos]

i looked looked to the front to see the parked 207

If you're moving without looking you're taking a big risk. Yeah they should not be stopping on a round about but people drive 207's. I saw a car nose to bumper another the other day because the car infront stopped so it didn't cause an accident, the car behind is always at fault.

The second incident is a pain in the ass, you can see it happening a mile away and yet you can't really do anything more than what you did, prepare yourself. Moving to the far right is usually a good idea, makes them know you think they could hit you and if they do stop you can squeak past.

Never trust the guy/girl infront of you to give you time to brake, give yourself time.

[terbang]

Why pick on the women? Haven't you got any Asians down there?
I would think not cos they have Winstun...!

[vtec]

When I was more inexperienced and didn't think that everyone would pull out in front of me, I had a couple of offs both were caused by Asian women (one indian one chinese)... neither stopped. One was on a roundabout cutting me off (panmure danger zone), the other did the classic turn in front and then stop blocking the whole road once she saw me. I'm glad I learnt those lessons at slow speeds.

[SPman]

Asian women drivers............:whistle:

[ducatilover]

wow another pickled woman driver....

just like my mum, we went to the shops today [yes made a trip to eketahuna how exciting] and shes driving down sh1 or 2 or whatever one it is at 60k an hour all over the road....:zzzz: :weird: :sick: :blink: ..... argh. so i made the bitch pull over and took the wheel myself. gota love having utes with nill weight on the arse! just dump the clutch in second whilst flooring it away from the shops!

bugger to hear about your little meeting with the asian lady wearing a mask [you know it was an asian with a mask just admit it]

[myvice]

Asian women drivers............:whistle:
In a bus, a 4WD bus, with Alert Taxis stickers on it....

[MidnightMike]

I think that there was a study done that revealed tauranga drivers as having some of the worst driving habits in NZ. :slap:

[Waylander]

And yet, more peaple here will pull over and let me pass than anywhere else I've been in the country so far.

[Lou Girardin]

Women drivers, Asians too for that matter, are no problem. You just treat 'em like a mobile chicane.

[Monsterbishi]

Well, if you are to believe the media, Women drivers are indeed a risk, just look at the advert they run, you know, the one with the cars sitting, waiting to turn with indicators ticking(The intersection timebomb ad) and it's always a women that turns into oncoming traffic and get's T-boned!

[Lou Girardin]

and it's always a women that turns into oncoming traffic and get's T-boned!

And it's always the same woman, slow learner?

[Coyote]

Why specify women drivers? Most drivers can't tell their arse from their steering wheel

[Swoop]

And yet, more peaple here will pull over and let me pass than anywhere else I've been in the country so far.

With an 1100cc bike menacing all the old biddies on the Tauranga roads, you find this surprising???:whistle: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[GN1NiteStnd]

Its not just a pile of woman drivers who suck at roundabouts but truck drivers as well!

You see I was behind this 4WD going round a doublelaned roundabout when this truck pulled out in front of us. And being soo long of cause we had to sit in the middle of the roundabout while it took its merry time.

Now I know that trucks do have some right to do that shit, but it wasnt even busy, he couldve waited.

[Waylander]

With an 1100cc bike menacing all the old biddies on the Tauranga roads, you find this surprising???:whistle: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Oddly enough, I don't see that many old peaple here.

[flash]

Oddly enough, I don't see that many old peaple here.
nah theres tons on pap beach road!!! (mabye because of the 3-5 "rest homes" on it ;))

[Skyryder]

No worries with women drivers... it's bad drivers that piss me off...

...and people that generalise...

Words of wisdom, my friend words of wisdom. I now know why it's called a General Election. All the politicos generalise.:clap: :clap:

Skyryder

[SPman]

Oddly enough, I don't see that many old peaple here. Thats coz you've scared them all away!

[Lord Pac]

There's plenty of Indians in Tauranga...just riding down Cameron rd you can smell enough curry to give ya the shits. They don't drive too well either, my dad got road raged at by some psycho Paki at the Mt.

Cameron Rd ae? Sweet!:moon:

[NhuanH]

Cameron Rd ae? Sweet!:moon:
I love a good butter chicken.

When we foreigners riding down Pac?

[JWALKER]

unforuntaly its not just woman drivers, i seem to find stoned 20year old's the scariest for me

[Drum]

I almost got taken out by a cage travelling at an inappropriate speed through the stokes valley roundabout this morning. And guess what? The driver was male, and white! Probably too early to be stoned, but you never know. It is the valley after all!