Escapades of a female driver

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That was (still is) my first impression as well. I have seem many women drivers hesitating to move to the left for a turn or if they want to stop. Reason being and I guess you all probably must have noticed as well, the bike riders on our roads will cross you from the left if they feel they can make the pass stick. Same goes for cars as well especially with teen drivers. One more reason why you should think she is actually talking about turning left on a Karachi road is the fact that she says that it is difficult to keep an eye on all the mirrors in the car and especially "left one". Now if it had been a left hand driven car then surely she would have been able to see the mirror ...I mean the driver side mirror is the easiest to look at. While it is a global phenomenon that many drivers out there practically drive without looking at the passenger side mirror.
I guess it's the word incoming that has confused us all. For traffic coming from the opposite side one would use the word "oncoming" and can't use "incoming" because that would be inappropriate since "incoming" means traveling on the same path.
In any case I like the blog and it's a good read even if the content is plaigarised. This forum is not really Driving101 you know.

But that's just my view and people can disagree.

[Xulfiqar]

I have driven in more countries than I wish to remember and in all sorts of terrain too.

turning left and checking the passenger mirror is the same as glancing to the driver side one. infact there is one between both for you to use, its not just for hanging the cheap perfumed trees you buy.

you move your glance from one side to the other by pausing on the mid one. simple as that - anyone lacking this skill or even the basic intelligence to do it needs to stop driving.

and no the article is not a grammatical typo - its literally garbage if the article tells you never to take an exit to anywhere (left turn in a RHD country)

driving while female is not a challenge as presented by ms/mr author here.

and yes plagiarism is not cool or rad or awesome (depending on the decade you grew up in)

[mumbojumbo]

I wish the post had asked us to list the countries where we have had the pleasure of driving a car but unfortunately it has not. I would have loved to read those intriguing shares by honorable senior members who have a long list up their sleeves (and rightly so! ).

People tend to overlook the fact that the world has millions and millions of drivers, but, and importantly, not everyone is a petrol-head. Many do it out of need rather than want and so we tend to find a variety of approaches towards learning and developing the skill of driving.

I was once traveling on an army truck and the driver hit another car on the road. The other driver was furious because it was totally the truck driver’s fault. After the road side escaped died down I inquired from the truck driver as to why he had screwed up and he simply replied, “ sir mai kiya karta, steering pakarta ya gear ko pakarata ya sheesha dekhta ya brake lagata…itnay saray kaam hain sir” … totally cracked up the whole platoon.

Point is people learn driving in their own way and it is totally understandable if some people find something difficult to execute compared to others who know it like the back of their hands. So if someone says they even find turning left difficult (while they were learning how to drive) in a RHD country then I would treat that on face value and not take a suo motu and banish them to passenger seat forever.

And I wish I had known the word “rad” … but.. and importantly ..I would never ask someone to stop writing a blogpost just because they can’t spell the word “bad”. Because I know they probably made a typing error and know it by heart.. or even if they didn't know it, still, I wouldn't ask them to not learn it.

And plagiarism is not cool..but we are allowed 20 % .. (I wish I could boast about the list of citations I have on google scholar….but…sadly the post is not about that… )

I would like to end it by apologizing unconditionally to anyone who got offended by my replies but let me assure you all that this is a general reply and not directed to someone personally. But I am sure I am able to illustrate that its ok to agree to disagree.

Good night everyone!

[mumbojumbo]

p.s Just got to know that "rad" is a unit of radiation !!

Definition of rad
: a unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation equal to an energy of 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rad

[Xulfiqar]

and so it was used as "street admirable language" in the 1950s.

now you get my drift.

and yes - operating a vehicle requires
checking mirrors
operating the wheel
operating the gear stick
operating the pedals

that is why a "license" is issued to an operator after they have proven that they are capable of doing these tasks to use a motor vehicle on a roadway used by other "licensed" people. Driving is a privilege and is a responsibility; you make it sound like its a right. LOL..

[mumbojumbo]

Driving WAS a privilege back in the 50s but the world has moved on which I guess maybe is a bit of a sad story for some people. The point is, in times of today no "street admirable language user" can take away your right to learn driving. And that was the point I have been trying to make. You can fail a driving test many times before getting your license but lack of a license in no way means you can't or shouldn't learn to drive ( my focus is on the word learning here). The blog-post is a good illustration by someone who found it difficult to learn but eventually did manage to do what she had set out to do.

Good morning by the way!

[khurem]

I do believe that she was talking about Pakistan roads where turning left was difficult for her. That I have seen many times with my wife too (even though she has been driving around since past 5 years) and female friends. Call it bad driving or improper learning or what else, they do not have the habit to check the left mirror as their eyes are glued always to the front ... Very few times they check their back mirrors and right hand mirrors (which are easier).

And if you have noticed, there are many female drivers here who always drive on the first lane - infact precisely between first and 2nd lane, and never on the 3rd lane even when their speed is v low for the 1st lane. For them it is hard task to move left especially when they are not in habit of checking the left mirror. Had they been driving on 3rd lane, it would be easier to move left, but no maybe their instructors have told them that 'thou shall drive on the 1st lane, maintain 100% concentration only on the road ahead, forget that your car is equipped with mirrors and never ever let thyself distract from the horn of buggers driving behind your car'.

[capsat]

today onwards watch carefully, every road user have tendency of swinging to right lane, trying to cut off the vehicle behind in the lane, bikers are notorious 3 wheels comes next and the 4 wheeler make sure to cut off slow down for no reason.

[capsat]

it is some male keyboard jockey who pretend to be a girl whining of misery on roads.

not many female drivers know how to change a flat on road or open a hood to check on why steam is puffing from front of the car.

shifting gears and going around is easy,

parking between 2 vehicles, or parallel parking, to reverse out of spot, or make way through tight corners when in stuck up is actual driving skill which hardly Pakistani ladies can achieve without causing any damages to their & others' vehicle

this is not escapade it is just about whinning, and this be moved to WHINNING Thread under casual forum category.

[mian.z.arain]

Lol that left turns part is awsome let’s race sometime

[Xulfiqar]

Driving WAS a privilege back in the 50s but the world has moved on which I guess maybe is a bit of a sad story for some people. The point is, in times of today no "street admirable language user" can take away your right to learn driving. And that was the point I have been trying to make. You can fail a driving test many times before getting your license but lack of a license in no way means you can't or shouldn't learn to drive ( my focus is on the word learning here). The blog-post is a good illustration by someone who found it difficult to learn but eventually did manage to do what she had set out to do.

Good morning by the way!

your posts seem to be scripted before a morning cup of tea/coffee or whatever fix you have. The blog post is downright bovine excrement of the worst order.

and yes driving is a privilege - otherwise it wont have been a licensed act, no matter if you are in bulawayo, timbuctu, nairobi, moscow, karachi, kinsasha, ho chi minh or guangzhou

[mumbojumbo]

your posts seem to be scripted before a morning cup of tea/coffee or whatever fix you have. The blog post is downright bovine excrement of the worst order.

and yes driving is a privilege - otherwise it wont have been a licensed act, no matter if you are in bulawayo, timbuctu, nairobi, moscow, karachi, kinsasha, ho chi minh or guangzhou

ahaan..... rightttt

off the top of my head...I would say

To each his own
Whatever rocks your socks
Whatever bakes your cake
Whatever milks your goat
Whatever blows your skirt
Whatever pops your corn
Whatever makes you sleep at night
Different strokes for different folks

I can go on but the debate already has become redundant for me...so...take the conn captain..the boat is all yours!

[Hashim11]

@Xulfiqar plz check ur inbox.

[Xulfiqar]

thanks.

now get to cleaning the bilges chap and then dont forget to polish the gunwales afterwards

[m_jawed]

Interesting discussion going on...

For those who have been driving for decades, this post may seem like a whining but for newbie drivers these things matter.

I might not have cleared my position well describing the left turn nemesis, what i meant was maneuvering to the left lane from the center. In Pakistan, we have RHD cars and drive on the left side of the road, only a complete idiot will be in the way of oncoming traffic while making a left turn. I agreed with Xulfiqar that using the rear view mirrors are the basics of driving but I'm yet to see someone who has mastered this from day one. To me it sounds like you are telling a toddler that balancing is the basics of walking so unless you mastered the act of balancing do not walk !!!

Opinions have a general feel to them, many people go through the same series of events, it does not mean they are copy pasting each other. Those claiming plagiarism, please forward me a few links, i would love to read about similar experiences.

[dwb1986]

But that race thing and the driver banging on steering was typical filmy. Isn't it?

[m_jawed]

I know about dashcams but is there anything that can make a 360 degree video of your surroundings in absence of a fellow passenger? May be i can invest in something like that to grab a video for you guys next time

[capsat]

To me it sounds like you are telling a toddler that balancing is the basics of walking so unless you mastered the act of balancing do not walk !!!

so you are implying that your instructors are complete idiots and you received driving license (if any) without any actual test over driving seat with a cop sitting next to you ... ! ...

am sure writing an authentic article about female driving adventure is not done; without a driving license.

[m_jawed]

They don't ask you to drive on Shara-e-Faisal during peak hours before issuing a license

[khurem]

so you are implying that your instructors are complete idiots and you received driving license (if any) without any actual test over driving seat with a cop sitting next to you ... ! ...

Isn't it quite common in Pak? Back in 2000, I along with my friend and a cousin received driving license from Karachi without ever giving the driving test to any cop or anyone else. We just went to the Clifton office, paid some amount, got learner license and after 6 months or so, got the license. Don't know maybe they have become stricter now in requiring a driving test.