Asians and Driving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't Asians drive properly?? Am not trying to be racist but could an Asian person answer this so that we could dispense with some of the speculation out there - i.e. - they have no peripheral vision, they are used to driving on narrower roads in their home countries, etc. (Also by Asian, I am talking about Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.)

Turns out you are racist without even trying.

[Anonymous]

Often stereotypes are not fulfilled until someone says it. In other words - you make it true in your own mind. It's like someone saying "don't think about pink elephants" and that's all you can think about. Or "don't look at that road sign" and you look anyway.

It's an inside joke between my sister and I that after the Modern Family episode that joked about Asian drivers we now notice how many poor drivers are Asian. Of course, there are thousands of poor drivers who are Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic as well. Race/ethnicity really doesn't make a difference.

[Anonymous]

Timidity. It's the lack of forcefulness and confidence with which they drive that makes me bonkers.

[Anonymous]

Ok, at first this thread hurt my feelings because I am Asian, although born and raised here. I know I can drive well. But over the past week, I have noticed that all the poor drivers I've seen on the road, minus the white guy driving the Bimmer, were to my dismay, Asian. An old Asian lady cut me off today. And yesterday I saw my Asian neighborhood friend run a stop sign. And there were a few other incidents I saw over the whole week...all of them Asian! Sigh. I guess there is truth to OP's statement.

Oh well, at least we're supposed to be good at math (which I am not).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Timidity. It's the lack of forcefulness and confidence with which they drive that makes me bonkers.

yet you gutsy drivers kill.

[Anonymous]

That said, anyone who drives slower than me is a moron and anyone who drives faster than me is a maniac. At least that's something I heard once and has always stuck ith me.

RIP George Carlin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is right, and all of you know it. her comment was not racist, it was spot on!

Asians cannot drive!! They have lower fatality rates is the US because there are fewer Asian drivers than white drivers.

get over yourselves......

In the absence of data, you might have a point.

However, in the presence of data you are an idiot.

I LOVE YOU, unless you are Asian, white, Jewish, black, hindu, latina, native american, Afrian American, or other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Timidity. It's the lack of forcefulness and confidence with which they drive that makes me bonkers.

yet you gutsy drivers kill.

I haven't killed anyone. But yes, I do right turn on red once I've checked that it's clear, rather than just do the safest possible thing and decline to turn right then and just wait for the green light <arrrgggghhhhh>