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  • #2
    *Kol*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    She must have floored it!! If you tried to do that on purpose you would be hard pressed to do it. :eek:


  • #3
    Slig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭Slig


    And the scores at the end are.............
    chelsea tractor 1
    sportscar 0

    proves the point though, 4x4 remained largely unscathed:D


  • #4
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Canyonero!

    _44776227_a2ae64fc-ba52-42ab-bdba-6802365e91d1.jpg


  • #5
    skibum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭skibum


    Love this bit:
    The BBC spoke to the driver of the Toyota, but he said he was "not in the mood to give interviews".

    :D


  • #6
    I.S.T.
    Registered Users Posts: 893 ✭✭✭I.S.T.


    skibum wrote: »
    Love this bit:
    The BBC spoke to the driver of the Toyota, but he said he was "not in the mood to give interviews".

    :D

    It's a man driver, so why is the thread called woman driver?


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  • #7
    ShayK1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    IrishSpeedTraps wrote: »
    It's a man driver, so why is the thread called woman driver?

    That "he" is referrring to the driver of the Celica


  • #8
    HAPPYGIRL
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭HAPPYGIRL


    Where in the link does it say the driver of the SUV was a woman?


  • #9
    Malice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    HAPPYGIRL wrote: »
    Where in the link does it say the driver of the SUV was a woman?
    I was just wondering that myself! From the link:
    Police are investigating a crash in which a £30,000 SUV ended up parked on top of two other cars, one of them a Porsche sports car worth up to £45,000.
    It happened at about 1700 BST in the car park of the Co-Op supermarket on Belfast's Lisburn Road.
    The vehicle, an automatic Lexus, drove over the Porsche and a Toyota Celica, which were parked directly in front.
    The Porsche Boxster was damaged on its wing and bonnet, while the Toyota Celica was crushed.
    Both cars were damaged, although the SUV escaped largely unscathed
    One person, believed to be the Porsche driver, was taken to hospital.
    His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
    The BBC spoke to the driver of the Toyota, but he said he was "not in the mood to give interviews".
    They only mention the driver of one of the parked cars under the SUV.


  • #10
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    Perhaps the title of the thread should be changed to something more appropriate.


  • #11
    Joe Malone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Joe Malone


    The story was covered on BBC newsline last night. They stated that the driver was female.


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  • #12
    Joe Malone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Joe Malone


    Par72 wrote: »
    Perhaps the title of the thread should be changed to something more appropriate.

    What do you suggest? Heres mine
    Stupid woman wrecks two cars with her Lexus jeep


  • #13
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    Joe Malone wrote: »
    What do you suggest? Heres mine
    Stupid woman wrecks two cars with her Lexus jeep

    I was thinking something more like "I'm sexist and here's a thread to prove it"


  • #14
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    thread has a new heading ...all happy now?


  • #15
    Mena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    peasant wrote: »
    thread has a new heading ...all happy now?

    Considering the driver of the SUV was a woman I'm going to say no!

    Where do I register my protest vote?! :pac:


  • #16
    Malice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,065 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    Joe Malone wrote: »
    The story was covered on BBC newsline last night. They stated that the driver was female.
    Ah, fair enough. I wonder why the online article omitted that fact?


  • #17
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    malice_ wrote: »
    Ah, fair enough. I wonder why the online article omitted that fact?

    Probably because the gender of the driver is of little or no relevance.


  • #18
    Joe Malone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Joe Malone


    Par72 wrote: »
    I was thinking something more like "I'm sexist and here's a thread to prove it"

    What load of crap - usual PC brigade rubbish
    Women drivers is a well known comedy genre - I for one think this is hilarious in that context!
    The fact is it was a woman who drove her expensive, high powered vehicle on top of two cars in a carpark. This feat of stupidity is of biblical proportions regardless of the sex of the driver. However as it was a woman and women drivers is a comedy genre - can you not see the comedy of this?

    It will probably make the news all over the world purely on comedy


  • #19
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    Joe Malone wrote: »
    What load of crap - usual PC brigade rubbish
    Women drivers is a well known comedy genre - I for one think this is hilarious in that context!
    The fact is it was a woman who drove her expensive, high powered vehicle on top of two cars in a carpark. This feat of stupidity is of biblical proportions regardless of the sex of the driver. However as it was a woman and women drivers is a comedy genre - can you not see the comedy of this?

    It will probably make the news all over the world purely on comedy

    No I don't see the comedy in it at all. Would you not find it funny if it was a male driver then because that's not a "well known comedy genre"?

    Racist jokes used to be a "well known comedy genre" but I don't think you'd be posting racist jokes here would you? What if it was a black driver? Would it be acceptable to post a thread called "black driver"?


  • #20
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,794 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    skibum wrote: »
    Love this bit:
    The BBC spoke to the driver of the Toyota, but he said he was "not in the mood to give interviews".

    :D


    Ah, that well known misconstruct - "Toyota Lexus"

    Well, that's what I thought, anyhoo......;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #21
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    Par72 wrote: »
    No I don't see the comedy in it at all. Would you not find it funny if it was a male driver then because that's not a "well known comedy genre?
    I'd say you're a barrel of laughs down the pub! :pac:


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  • #22
    Joe Malone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Joe Malone


    Par72 wrote: »
    No I don't see the comedy in it at all. Would you not find it funny if it was a male driver then because that's not a "well known comedy genre"?

    Racist jokes used to be a "well known comedy genre" but I don't think you'd be posting racist jokes here would you? What if it was a black driver? Would it be acceptable to post a thread called "black driver"?

    Nobody made this up.
    FACT: Woman driver drove her high powered car onto two parked cars in a carpark

    This is hilarious regardless of gender but the fact that it was a woman driver makes it even more so.
    Its the very same as jokes about guys that won't ask for directions. Get over it. Its funny!:D


  • #23
    Par72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 640 ✭✭✭Par72


    Joe Malone wrote: »
    Nobody made this up.
    FACT: Woman driver drove her high powered car onto two parked cars in a carpark

    This is hilarious regardless of gender but the fact that it was a woman driver makes it even more so.
    Its the very same as jokes about guys that won't ask for directions. Get over it. Its funny!:D

    Fair enough. I'll keep my eyes peeled for accidents involving male drivers and post them all up here in the name of comedy under the title "male driver". That'll be great craic won't it? Bear in mind someone was actually injured here, seriously enough to have to go to hospital - gas!!


  • #24
    Juan Pablo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭Juan Pablo


    lol stereotype of Northern Driver + Wimmin Driver = SUV atop two cars


  • #25
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    malice_ wrote: »
    I was just wondering that myself! From the link:

    They only mention the driver of one of the parked cars under the SUV.

    They mention both. They mention that one driver believed to be the driver of the Porsche was taken to hospital while "his" injuries aren't serious, and the driver of the Toyota said "he" isn't interested in giving an interview. So the two car drivers can be assumed to be male.
    The driver of the Lexus 4x4 can assumed to be female by the fact that someone mentioned that BBC news last night said so. Also by the way she parked! :D


  • #26
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    Par72 wrote: »
    Fair enough. I'll keep my eyes peeled for accidents involving male drivers and post them all up here in the name of comedy under the title "male driver".
    Go for it. But this and your suggested threads sould really go into Rec->AfterHours or Comedy.
    That'll be great craic won't it?
    I dunno. It would all depend on your delivery and audience. There is a risk, that as a novice to comedy, you could get these wrong, and just come across as bitter.


  • #27
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    Par72 wrote: »
    No I don't see the comedy in it at all. Would you not find it funny if it was a male driver then because that's not a "well known comedy genre"?

    Racist jokes used to be a "well known comedy genre" but I don't think you'd be posting racist jokes here would you? What if it was a black driver? Would it be acceptable to post a thread called "black driver"?

    You might be right... saying it was a black driver mightn't be as funny, unless it was a black woman! :p


  • #28
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    You're rolling rocks today Biro :D


  • #29
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    Zulu wrote: »
    You're rolling rocks today Biro :D

    Ah one has to push the boat out every now and again!


  • #30
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Between the time I posted and when other people came online the article had been modified, the original article had a lot more detail in it including an interview with a nearby coffee shop owner who reported that the woman driver was 'Befuddled'.
    Obviously the female editor arrived and found the article to be defamatory and ordered it to be purged of any gender references in case someone took offence, oh wait..


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  • #31
    Spud83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,608 ✭✭✭Spud83


    Anyone see the story in The Herald yesterday.

    Learner driver just about to start their test Tallaght. While pulling out of the test centre the driver didn't look properly. Obviously pulled out onto the road a little and bang a truck took the front of the car off.

    Must go down as the worst test ever. Luckily nobody was injured so it’s ok to laugh.

    LINK


  • #32
    Zulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,965 ✭✭✭✭Zulu


    Ahahaha, crazy wimmin drivers.


  • #33
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    Zulu wrote: »
    Ahahaha, crazy wimmin drivers.

    Wow... two funny stories about daft driving techniques and both women drivers! What are the odds, eh? :D


  • #34
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    alanmurphy83 wrote: »
    Anyone see the story in The Herald yesterday.

    Learner driver just about to start their test Tallaght. While pulling out of the test centre the driver didn't look properly. Obviously pulled out onto the road a little and bang a truck took the front of the car off.

    Must go down as the worst test ever. Luckily nobody was injured so it’s ok to laugh.

    LINK


    It looks like the "L" plate on the front is "photo-shopped" on, can't beat a bit of sensationalism :rolleyes:


  • #35
    Spud83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,608 ✭✭✭Spud83


    DublinDilbert wrote: »
    It looks like the "L" plate on the front is "photo-shopped" on, can't beat a bit of sensationalism :rolleyes:

    Considering she was just doing her driving test it would have been a requirement to have an L plate at the front of the car. Otherwise she wouldn't have been allowed proceed with the test.


  • #36
    T-Maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,158 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    Good. Well done and a great thanks to the truck driver for putting himself on the line in order to save the rest of us.:D


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  • #37
    *Kol*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,549 ✭✭✭*Kol*


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Between the time I posted and when other people came online the article had been modified, the original article had a lot more detail in it including an interview with a nearby coffee shop owner who reported that the woman driver was 'Befuddled'.
    Obviously the female editor arrived and found the article to be defamatory and ordered it to be purged of any gender references in case someone took offence, oh wait..

    Thank you. I was going to edit my earlier post but i was sure I had read in the article that it was a female driver in the Lexus.

    Even if it hadn't said that I still could see from the photos that it was not a man who did that. A man would not have stopped halfway, a man would drive all the way across the two cars and get out and give out to the people in the parked cars for driving under him. :D


  • #38
    HJL
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    I feel sorry for the guy in the Celica, the Boxster has a grazed wing, but the Celica was properly drove over!

    Imagine him walking back to his car, 'yep, parked next to a Porsche so no chances of door marking on the side of my car . . . . AGHH what the . . .'!!

    Awful situation!!


  • #39
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    my theory is the Lexus was in neutral, the driver pressed the gas and expected to move off, nothing happened, she then floored it, and subsequently realised the car was in neutral, pulled it into Drive, car shot forward and mounted the other 2.

    ?


  • #40
    Joe Malone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭Joe Malone


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    my theory is the Lexus was in neutral, the driver pressed the gas and expected to move off, nothing happened, she then floored it, and subsequently realised the car was in neutral, pulled it into Drive, car shot forward and mounted the other 2.

    ?

    actually that sounds like the most likely chain of events. I couldn't figure out how she did it - it just seems like the most unusual accident to happen. Whats the bets on the drivers hair colour?


  • #41
    junkyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭junkyard


    Zulu wrote: »
    Ahahaha, crazy wimmin drivers.
    Ffs, why would anyone learn to drive in a 08 car, a 2 or 3k euro should be good enough to start with and work up to a better one once you get the hang of it, i won't say anything about women drivers only that they're my best customers, and I'm a panelbeater!!:pac:


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  • #42
    mumhaabu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭mumhaabu


    Joe Malone wrote: »
    Whats the bets on the drivers hair colour?

    My money is blonde and aged roundabout 28 - 33 and possibly good looking but lacking any basic brain cells. Funnily I can see this being added to every one of those chain emails which both mock women drivers and bad parking at the same time. "not in the mood to give an interview" priceless :pac:


  • #43
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,478 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    also the report describes the Lexus as being worth £30,000, but it's a pre 2003 model, so therefore not worth anywhere near that.


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