Why has this got to be so difficult. Its exactly what it says it is.

 

"Assist". Key thing here is I guess it can help you.

It either may, or may not assist you in parking, its just an aid.

 

So it matters not whether you can park without it, or if you are the sort of person that relies on it - its just there to assist - whether you need it or not ?

Well you could start by showing some respect.  I thought this post was about park assist?

 

I'll answer in reverse order.

 

Yes it is about park assist.

 

When it stops gloating about doing a IAM course/test and thinks it is superior to everyone else, then it might get some respect. Just because you do that doesn't make you superior. In fact I think it shows that you may have an inferiority complex, if you need to do one of those to show that you're a good driver.

 

And if you wonder why I don't trust women behind the wheel...

 

I've been hit twice in previous cars by women drivers who had NO INSURANCE.

 

I've had my cars damaged three times by women drivers in car parks (caught the last one on camera).

 

And was nearly run over twice by the same local woman driver who drove along a pavement at me at speed.

 

And the other day I nearly got hit again by a woman driver who put on a left hand indicator to come into the road I was coming out of only for her to carry straight on across in front of me.

 

So don't you think I might just have a few ****ing good reasons why I think they shouldn't be behind the wheel!

 

Anyway... That's my rant out of the way and back on topic if you don't mind.

Edited 24 March, 201610 yr by TheWanderer

TheWanderer - Sounds like you should rub the target off the car and take the red shirt off!    FWIW I've also no points on my licence and have never had any, I've been in a cars that have been rammed from behind three times by male drivers - their fault, my parents have been crashed into by a male driver with no insurance, I've ended up in a ditch courtesy of a male tractor driver that dumped a line of hydraulic brake fluid down a wet road, and taken charge of three major RTA's that have all involved only male drivers.  I've never been involved in a road incident with a female driver  You might therefore imagine that I should have a prejudice about male drivers - I don't, so long as they don't have a prejudice against female drivers.  In my opinion driving is like horse riding, i.e. one of few occupations where women should be as equally capable as men and I get slightly annoyed with folks that hit the men vs. women button without considering that their own experience could be as equally mirrored by the other sex.  Your own experience doesn't make you right. 

 

My IAM course was sponsored by my firm.  They put all regular drivers through it to save money - in 12 mths following training the firm's insurance bill was cut by about 90%  - I should say that proves beyond reasonable doubt that further driving training works, not that "it shows you have an inferiority complex if you think you need it to be a good driver" (give me strength!).  I only pointed out that I had it to try and show that not all women drivers are poor drivers - if you took the blinkers off you might see that.

 

I still haven't found anywhere to try the PA yet, but I am intending to give it a try.  I like the idea that it is capable of measuring a gap, sometimes that it is the hardest bit of parallel parking - finding the gap that you think you can get into when you can't see the whole car from inside - esp. when it is new.

Nice reply.

 

Its quite possible there are a lot of bad women drivers ( I think my wifes attention/consideration to driving is bloody awful compared to myself but wouldn't compare all women to her driving lol although there may well be quite a few like her ) -

but as you said that can apply to men also, no place for sexism on this thread.

 

I think there does tend to be a "generalization" or stereoptype (true or not) that *some women may not pay as much attention as other drivers all the time ( checking hair in the mirror etc or just bad driving).

But you also can have the stereotype ( again which may have some element of truth) that male drivers are aggressive out to compete on the roads which gets themselves into difficulties also (slightly different kinds of situations but the net result is the same - driver error = fail).

 

But to stereotype on just sex alone you might just as well be saying drivers are bad because of the length of their hair or they were wearing jeans or something else.

 

Those people quoted in both examples above were bad drivers, you were affected both, but thats attibuted to the bad drivers of the bunch unfortunately

Would you feel any better if the other sex had hit you instead ? I bloody wouldn't and would be livid either which way.