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Noticed a comment in the earlier thread about the fridge being more important then kids...
was a bit bored and as a cyclist so been watching cycle vs car vids on u-tube,
many highly cringe worthy clips, and of course fair share of whose at fault,
but...
and not being sexist...
but noticed nearly always (and regardless of fault):
- when a male car driver knocks down a cyclist, first thing he looks at is if the cyclist is OK,
- when a woman car driver knocks down a cyclist, first thing she looks at is her car.
really, 95% of the time the woman gets out and looks at her car, then freezes, whereas the guys check the cyclist, and often don't even give a damn about where/what their car is doing until they've got the cyclist sorted.
And following suggested links that seems to apply in all accidents, including car vs car/motorbike/bike and even pedestrians, the men nearly always check the other party first, the women almost always check their own car - even after running down pedestrians FFS.
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Lopatir wrote: - when a male car driver knocks down a cyclist, first thing he looks at is if the cyclist is OK,
- when a woman car driver knocks down a cyclist, first thing she looks at is her car.
Before or after they put away their cell phones ?
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you really believe the woman will put her phone down 
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Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I remember my sister dumping her b/f after they came off his (motor)bike and first thing he did after crawling out the hedge was inspect his bike before even remembering he'd had a passenger on the back.... Priorities, eh?
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Lopatir wrote: when a woman car driver knocks down a cyclist, first thing she looks at is her car
Probably cos she's terrified of what her husband will say when he finds out she's pranged his car.
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Happened to me. A woman tried to overtake me by turning left immediately in front of me as I was going straight on. Then she tried to make out it was my fault because, "well I was indicating". Silly cow.
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Sounds like the person in the parking lot who was reversing at about 15mph without looking in her rear-view mirror - a friend and I had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit.
I walked over to her car and explained that she had nearly hit us, her response "I have rear collision detectors and I would have stopped in time".
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Just another example of how driving is getting worse with the introduction of modern technology. "I don't need to worry, as the car will take care of everything".
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A car salesman was trying to flog me a new car and the selling points - "It has lane departure warning that means if you drift towards the outside of your lane an alarm will sound and if you are at risk of a collision the brakes will automatically apply."
My thoughts - anyone who needs this technology is not safe in a car, if you need to depend on lane departure warnings you should definitely not be awarded a driving license.
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Impossible. Women are nurturers.
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And the cyclist is more worried about whether their bike is ok.
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A while back an old lady knocked over my parked motorbike doing £700 of damage to it.
She got out of the car, looked at her car and drove off.
Fortunately an eyewitness was present who, outraged at the old lady's behaviour, noted everything down and volunteered as a police witness.
The police quite simply did nothing - Cambridge police, I hasten to add, who struggle at the best of times, probably largely due to under-funding in the UK police force.
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modified 16-Feb-18 3:30am.
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Don't get me started on cyclists. I'm still pissed at some joker on a bike, a few years ago, approach a 4-way stop in the opposite direction from me, signaling his intent to make a left (thus crossing over the opposite lane), but never even slowing down at the stop sign, while I had already come to a full stop for a few seconds and got going again as he was still a few feet away from his stop line.
Then he had the nerve of giving me "that look" when he realized I was taking off as he was getting right in front of me...
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There are two types of people in the world: Those who believe that there are three types of people in the world and those who don't.
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and I am one of them
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I am probably at least 2.75 of them.
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I keep all options open and want to be 3/4 of each of them.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Does prepare mean blossom on a fruit tree?
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Only in the world where a premise is a little girl.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Welcome to the internet; where men are men, women are men, and premises are FBI agents.
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OriginalGriff wrote: premises are FBI agents.
I don't recommend using an FBI agent as the basis of an argument (in logic or law), and certainly not as the foundation of a building. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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OriginalGriff wrote: where men are men
In some cases by loose definition.
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I thought Alaska was the place where men are men and the women are too!?!?
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Yup. Just like prefab is when you are too early!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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