Friday, June 15, 2007

It's always someone else's fault!

A few days ago I came to know why people curse women drivers. I had a near death experience myself. If not ‘near death’ I could’ve easily broken my cervical spine. But I guess it wasn’t the female driver’s fault really… (I’m a feminist, you see?!)
It’s not her fault if she didn’t look to the right before crossing a main road…she thought it was a one way! It’s not her fault while turning without an indicator. She thought she had turned the indicator on. It’s not her fault if the care went ahead when she wanted it to go back. She thought she had put it in reverse gear. It’s not her fault if she doesn’t dodge potholes at all. She thought that all potholes are made so that cars can go right thru them to give the riders a jolt.
It’s not her fault. It’s the fault of the guy in the driving school who taught her to drive. It’s not her fault if that guy didn’t tell her that you r supposed to leave the clutch slowly after you change the gears. It’s not her fault if he didn’t teach her to look in the rear view mirror while turning, while abruptly changing lanes.
It’s the fault of the car too. Because it makes a growling sound on pressing the full accelerator in the first gear, because it refuses to go back if you don’t put it in reverse gear.
Rather it’s the fault of the system. The system that makes so many potholes on the roads. The system which does not catch drivers when they change lanes, when the break signals…
So it’s not her fault really. Some people (like me who drive safely) are born lucky. They are lucky to get good driving instructors! But they are also unlucky to get paranoid moms sitting beside and screaming (yeah, actually screaming) when a cycle or a scooter passes 1 foot close to my car. Actually it’s not my mom’s fault too. She can’t help it if the side seat gives a very wrong judgment off things happening ahead… And she can drive the car too. So she doesn’t bother which seat she is when she is in the car. Be it the driver’s seat, the back seat or the side seat. She drives from all these 3 locations in the car.
So you know it’s never the driver’s (front seat or back seat) fault. It’s always someone else’s fault. ;)