Re: Women and the road

[Timothy C Salazar II <tsal2@juno.com>]

Fellow Auto Unionists,

Can't we all just agree that the title "Bad Driver" transcends all age,
color, creed, orientation, race, and sex?  And what if I turn the
argument around:  What constitutes a "Good Driver?"  Don't quote me that
"white male between the ages of 25 and 50"statistic, because we know that
can't be true.  There is no set "mold" in this case, as with most things
in life.  I've seen timid male Porsche drivers, reckless soccer mom's
barreling down the freeway at 90mph in child-laden minivans, older ladies
and gentlemen with perfect driving skills, young men in pick `em up
trucks doing their hair, white guys in lowrider ghetto cruisers, straight
guys owning and driving white VW Cabriolets with cow seat covers, and
female racers that beat the stuffing out of the guys in illegal drags
night after night.  Hey, how many black guys do you know that are Audi
enthusiasts?  Well, at least one.  [8^)  In general, I've found that
making all-emcompassing statements are a narrow-viewed mistake.  We all
get mad at stereotypes every once in a while, but let's try to work
beyond that, OK?  It makes for a healthier discussion forum when you
don't single out a certain group to blame all the worlds' problems on.

Love, Like, or Just Plain Tolerate,

Timothy

`85 4kq
`82 & `86 CGT (R.I.P.)


On Sun, 30 May 1999 19:48:03 -0400 Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>
writes:
>Yeah, Dee.  He got us both.  You as a woman and me as a bald-headed 
>old
>fart of a geriatric patient.  :-)  Guess maybe we oughta be stripped 
>of our
>Audis and moved into a rest home, huh?  Oh.  I forget.  (See?  I _am_
>getting older).  *I'm* the one for the rest home.  You're s'posed to 
>be
>pregnant in summer and barefoot in winter and standing by your man.  
>Or
>sumpin' like that.  :-)
>
>At 03:47 PM 5/29/99 EDT, you wrote:
>>First of all, I took the liberty of cleaning up your quote Bill, 
>because I 
>>don't think anyone wants to see all that HTML again... 
>>
>><<one of the reasons that we (the audi enthusiasts) dont feel that 
>women (or 
>>elderly) are good drivers is because they dont take as much pleasure 
>in 
>>driving as we do. For them, and other distracted drivers, the drive 
>is an 
>>inconvience, not a joy."
>>
>>just my .02 
>>
>>Bill Serencsits-Wls11@scasd.k12.pa.us
>>1981 4k 5+5 192k -my baby>>
>>
>>I guess I wasn't here when you were elected spokesperson for all Audi 
>
>>enthusiasts. This is almost too absurd to respond to but since I 
>have
>nothing 
>>better to do and since I don't see any other female listers piping 
>up, I'll 
>>take this on, why not? 
>>
>>Here's my problem with what you and some other listers wrote on this
>subject. 
>>As soon as you lump groups of people together, you immediately and 
>>automatically do a disservice to at least some members of that 
>group.
>Whether 
>>it be women, Seniors, young drivers or members of different races. 
>>
>>Sure, it's your opinion and you're entitled to it. But, whether you 
>preface 
>>the sentence with "only my opinion" or follow it with "not a flame," 
>know 
>>that you've made an inflammatory remark and be prepared for the 
>consequences.
>>
>>Dee
>>95A6q pearl
>>
>>
>___
>   Bob
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