Women are safer drivers eh?
 

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...512536,00.html

Not that woman.

Re: Women are safer drivers eh?
 

LOL - I like how Sky have branded this 'Breaking News' there must be nothing else happening today.

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Women are generally are safer drivers and the crashes they have tend to be a much lower speeds, and that's why we can get lower insurance premiums.

The fact that this woman is a bad driver doesn't change that. I haven't seen a man putting his make up on, but they certainly do other equally stupid things, and often at dangerous speeds. Too much testosterone perhaps? ;)

Re: Women are safer drivers eh?
 

Presumably going slower so as not to smudge the application of lipstick etc?

;) :p:

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Mad woman. But read on...
Now who would have a speed camera in a 40mph zone snap someone doing 32mph????
Ah, yes. They would.

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Not at all. Start reducing our testoterone and not only would we drive too fast, we'd be doing it stupidly too - probably while putting on makeup!

Re: Women are safer drivers eh?
 

Perhaps the speed camera was in a manned vehicle, and one of the officers noticed her doing it, so pointed the camera at her and pressed the record button? AFAIK, they do have some vans with conventional video cameras that are attached to devices to work out the speed of the approaching vehicle.
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Anyway, I wonder if the North Wales Police spokesman referred to below is the Policeman from 'Allo 'Allo.

Re: Women are safer drivers eh?
 

Thats nothing, i know a truck driver who was stopped by police on the M62 motorway,
The officer said "eating a pie whilst driving i can live, with but reading the newspaper at the same time i cant" :Yikes:
He got 3 points for due care and attention.

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LMAO :D

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What about this little scrote then? :mad:
Should be banned for life.....

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Is drugged driving not an offence in itself? Well, I know it's offensive, but legally I mean.

Re: Women are safer drivers eh?
 

Its a DR10 or DR20, It states under the infuence of drink or drugs

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Back on topic
:Yikes:

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:(

You would have thought (or hoped) that after the 1st accident he would have realised that with the wrong person behind the wheel a car is a deadly weapon.

Re: Women are safer drivers eh?
 

Almost...

Its actually due to the fact that:

1) Women average fewer miles per year than men, so the less you drive, the less chance you'll make a mistake and crash.

2) Women drive smaller, cheaper cars that are cheaper to repair.

That's why they have lower insurance permiums. Skill doesn't really enter into it much.

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The type of car you drive would have to be considered for insurance purposes and as defined above my insurance would cost the same as a bloke insuring that car with similar no claims to me. But I still get cheaper insurance because the type of accidents women have are cheaper on the insurance payouts, men's accidents are more likely to cause write offs.

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I have clocked up a lot of miles in almost 19 years of driving, I have had one insurance claim which was made in the first five years of that. My car was stationary at a junction at the time, the post office lorry (also stationary) in the right lane decided he wanted to go left. Cant get much slower than that.

One other accident I have had while driving it was wet and I could not quite stop in time, the cars tow ball in front of me slight fractured my front bumper. No claim was made from either party.

During all the miles I have done I have seen as many women as men do very stupid things that are a danger to themselves and others.

Insurance should be based on personal performance more than what you have between your legs and what chromosones you have, firms like diamond should be screwed into the EU courts for discrimination.

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You get cheaper insurance?
Diamond are a rip off, their quotes were £300 more for my Mrs than even the AA £300 they wanted £650 to insure her fully comp on a 1.0 fiat Uno yet I paid £300 to be insured fully comp on a 1.8 Vectra.
She has more no claims than me, has been driving longer and had no accidents.

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Agree, lorry drivers pay more (regardless of gender). I get most angry about the fact that a large percentage of my premium is to cover the scrotes who have no insurance. Haven't claimed on my insurance in over 20 years (and I do not/nor have ever driven whist talking on a mobile or doing anything for my appearance).

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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...512852,00.html

Oh that's ok then!! She was having a 'blonde moment', 'all her friends do it' and she "can't see what the fuss is about"!!

Perhaps a drink driver (which she also is) could try that reaction next time?

It's a shame she couldn't be banned for life for having such a flippant attitude to driving.

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Fine. So she wouldn't have had any trouble pulling over and stopping to apply her make up?

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Pity she won't have to resit her test when she finishes that ban.

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Not post office lorry drivers, they pay nothing as the firm is self insured, getting to that insurance is another story and practically impossible for a regular Joe who has a family to look after and work to do. Its about the only time I have been legally shafted because time was more money than the damages despite them being in the thousands.

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I was browsing ebay looking at diesels and found this--> link

:D

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Hmm. Zero bids.

Enough said.

:D