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. ;)
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9 comments:
amazing..you have managed to convert your exasperation into words very well. This is something that SHOULD come out of you considering the kind of anger you nurse. :P
I am proud of you for being so persitently mad at everyone else!!!
yeah pune roads are full of interesting people with intersting points of view... ;-)
वा अमेया! हे सगळ अस लिहीण्यात देखील तूझा फाँल्ट नाही कारण तूला ते बरोबरच वाटणार!
मुलींच,बायकांच सगळ वेगळच असत नाही का? त्यांच्या मनाचा थांग लागलेला असा कोणी अजून जन्माला आलेलाच नाही.प्रत्यक्ष परमेश्वर देखील जाणू शकणार नाही.
तूला दिपांजलीची लिंक पेस्ट करतो आहे त्य़ातील "अशा या बायका" जरुर वाच.त्यातील बाज तूझ्यासारखाच आहे.
http://deep-anjali.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_19.html
साँरी लिंक पाठवायला विसरलो
"interestin people with interestin points of view".. I like the attitude! :P
yeah... yat majha fault naiye!!
Will read the post u suggested.. am readin it now..
saee did say it right this was quite an exit door for ur exasperating experience..at the end i'm happy that ur alive.but saee u better nor encourage ur friend to remove her exasperation in a blog,in a few days time u'l find all her blogs describe experiences with me..haha:)
n i'm sure u wont have time to keep pace with her frequency of such exasperating blogs..hehe:)
It would be my fault not leave a comment after reading it ;-)..
u bring out good point in amazing way..
Typical indian attitude of pointing fingers at others.I hope rationalizing is not your full time profession.
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