This reminds me of Scary Movie 3, when that black chick said "I just have this bad feeling you know? Like the feeling you get when you see an asian person behind the wheel of a car."
Or something along the lines of that.
I do believe though that there's a little rascism in all of us. Something that tells us what right, and what's wrong. Something that keeps us up when we're down.
And
I don't even know what I'm talking about.
Meh, I don't think Asian=bad driver any more then I think Irish=drunken leprechaun or American=fat obnoxious tourist. Granted, there are some damn awful Asian drivers, but there are plenty from other cultures as well. I mean, the state of drivers in Rome was just mad, but not all Italians are taxi drivers with a lead foot - but some are. And invariably it's the few gasoline guzzling bad eggs that grow into the whole stereotype.
And I could be really stereotypical and say "don't most Asian people ride bikes in their home lands?" Not true of course, but it's one of those images.
Re: Are Asians bad drivers?
Originally posted by Punker69
It seems like everywhere I go I always hear someone talking about how an Asian couldn't parallel park for 10 minutes or how an Asian is always driving badly on the road. Im not being prejudice but why do I always hear these remarks? My uncle use to live in these expensive apartments in San Jose and one time we watched an Asian try and parallel park for five minutes. He says that kind of stuff happens all the time when he watches from his porch.
Yes,they are very bad drivers.
Re: Are Asians bad drivers?
Originally posted by Punker69Well when i wuz in California, I had a taxi driver drive me to my aunts house and the driver wuz asian. He wusnt that bad actually.
It seems like everywhere I go I always hear someone talking about how an Asian couldn't parallel park for 10 minutes or how an Asian is always driving badly on the road. Im not being prejudice but why do I always hear these remarks? My uncle use to live in these expensive apartments in San Jose and one time we watched an Asian try and parallel park for five minutes. He says that kind of stuff happens all the time when he watches from his porch.
Why post this thread, it's such a blatent stereotype, there's no means to justify this thread as all asian people drive differently, seeing that I am Asian I find this thread pretty offensive, it's like me saying 'Are all black people criminals' or 'Do all Jewish people have big noses', people are gonna find it offensive because it is just a stereotype and not entirely true. I think everyone deserves their own opinion on it due to experiences they might have had, but I don't agree with it on a whole.
California has most drivers than any other state in the U.S. And every year accident rates (along with insurances) increase in certain areas of the state.
Meaning that in certain cities there are more bad drivers than good drivers. About 4 years ago insurances companies would raise rates for drivers living in a certain city. Many felt this was discrimination. Strangely enough....cities where Asians reside had the lowests accident rates....So the question now changes from "Are Asians bad drivers?" to "Are people living in a certain area bad drivers?"
Well?
Originally posted by Sir Whirlysplat
I find this thread inherrantly racist, labelling any group as bad at something based upon their ethnicity!
There are factually differences between the races though. To deny that is jsut stupid. I wouldn't know if there is a ditween Caucasians and Asians in regard of driving though. It certainly is a possibility and therefore the question is acceptable.
[edit] I agree that the title of the topic is chosen very badly but the Topic itself is interesting.
Originally posted by shaber
The indigenous asians include both the caucasoid and mongoloid (east asian) strains so it's not possible to make assertions in the manner of this thread.I wish the UK driving license was as easy to get as the Indian one though!
Well you are right, I figured he used Asians as in mongoloid asians..as well as I did. But you see that this thread is not racist. Maybe ign orant on some facts but not racist.
Uhhh...What? Asians are good at everything. Especially math and anything to do with rice or robots. 😬
Plus in my experience I could argue that Women are in general the worst drivers on the road. My god, I've almost been killed numerous times by women not paying attention. I even yell at my mom sometimes for driving bad...lol
Which is why I don't get why mens Insurance is higher then womens. I guess the insurance people are either women or don't actually drive themselves. lol