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Sazerac · 06-14-2002, 12:40 PM

Personally, I can't draw a line between them.

A bad driver is a bad driver, regardless of gender, race, age, or other demographic characteristic. Driving is a skill, and certain people are better at that skill than others. Others have acquired very nasty driving habits and perpetrate them without even really being conscious of doing so.

There are jokes about "little old blue-haired ladies" being terrible drivers, but I've seen 80-year-old women driving far better than some 20 year old men. Generally, the "little old ladies" that are terrible drivers were probably terrible drivers when they were in their 20's and 30's as well, and the same goes for the men. Sad to say, driving techniques generally do not change over time. Sight and hearing impairment may damage driving skill to some extent, but bad driving is a lifetime habit.

-Sazerac

06-14-2002, 12:40 PM	#4
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 61 Posts: 7,387	Personally, I can't draw a line between them. A bad driver is a bad driver, regardless of gender, race, age, or other demographic characteristic. Driving is a skill, and certain people are better at that skill than others. Others have acquired very nasty driving habits and perpetrate them without even really being conscious of doing so. There are jokes about "little old blue-haired ladies" being terrible drivers, but I've seen 80-year-old women driving far better than some 20 year old men. Generally, the "little old ladies" that are terrible drivers were probably terrible drivers when they were in their 20's and 30's as well, and the same goes for the men. Sad to say, driving techniques generally do not change over time. Sight and hearing impairment may damage driving skill to some extent, but bad driving is a lifetime habit. -Sazerac __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."