China shopping centre builds car park for women drivers

jumpguy

A shopping centre in China's Hebei province has built a car park with wider spaces that it says is designed especially to suit women drivers.

The women-only car park in Shijiazhuang city is also painted in pink and light purple to appeal to female tastes.

Official Wang Zheng told AFP news agency the car park was meant to cater to women's "strong sense of colour and different sense of distance".

The parking bays are one metre (3ft) wider than normal spaces, he said.

The Wanxiang-Tiancheng shopping centre had also "installed signs and security monitoring equipment that corresponded more to women's needs", he said.

The Global Times website says female parking attendants have been trained to help guide women drivers into their parking spaces. The bays also have extra lighting.

Driving in China is a dangerous activity, with more than 200 deaths in road accidents each day last year, AFP reports, citing police statistics.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8432887.stm


So, is it sexist or a great, innovative idea?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

jumpguy wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8432887.stm


So, is it sexist or a great, innovative idea?

Been done

Pushtrak

I'll presume it to be a good thing. If the women in question aren't happy with the segregation, they can go somewhere else. If everywhere was doing it, and the women had no choice it'd be different.

bluto63

jumpguy wrote: »

So, is it sexist or a great, innovative idea?

Great idea, no matter how much they claim otherwise, women do not have as good spatial relations as men. It will no doubt be seen in a sexist light though

The_Minister

Sometimes I wonder what it's like to live in a country without any fear of being politically incorrect.
It must be crazy.

Good on them though. Instead of just complaining about the awful driving of women they went out there and introduced measures to alleviate the problem. Thats the kind of get-up-and-go we need in Ireland.

Biggins

If I thought it would keep my wife or daughters safer, I have no problem with it.
I'd welcome it.

partyatmygaff

The Wanxiang-Tiancheng shopping centre had also "installed signs and security monitoring equipment that corresponded more to women's needs", he said.

:pac:

jumpguy

Perhaps it's sexist in another way though? Why don't us guys get such great service?

phasers

If men are bad parkers can they use it too? That would make it fair.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Or, we could go with this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14Wg15a4Vo

kincsem

If you are in Stillorgan shopping centre car park and meet a car driving the wrong way in the one-way system ...... you are wrong and she is right.

bluto63

The_Minister wrote: »

Good on them though. Instead of just complaining about the awful driving of women they went out there and introduced measures to alleviate the problem. Thats the kind of get-up-and-go we need in Ireland.

But the bigger problem is lack of parking and reducing the number of parking spaces isn't helping that at all

Just realised that this is completely against my first post

carchaeologist

Wong idea?

mikom

jumpguy wrote: »

So, is it sexist or a great, innovative idea?

Wong, so wong.

jumpguy

carchaeologist wrote: »

Wong idea?

mikom wrote: »

Wong, so wong.

Beaten to it mikom :P

Clearly sexist against men.. Why don't we all get that help?

Disgraceful.

mikom

You wing this time carchaeologist.

warrior00

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Been done

I lol'd when i seen that!!:D

ejmaztec

It must be like dodgems at a funfair.

WindSock

I hope they bring in a special carpark here for Chinese women too. Or would that be racist?

CrazyRabbit

I want an extra 3 foot width for all parking spaces. Hate having to squeeze out the door and worry about hitting the car beside me.

Novella

I think it's pretty crazy tbh. All women can't be generalised as "bad at parking". I'm sure there are men who can't park. Opening a car park for people who find parking difficult, great. For women only, kind of silly.

Some people are just rubbish at driving!

HiTecRedneck

Wouldn't it be easier if we just didn't allow women to drive! Prevention is better than cure

Liam Byrne

jumpguy wrote: »

The parking bays are one metre (3ft) wider than normal spaces, he said.

Well, considering the wallop my side-door got yesterday as some bimbo opened her door next to me (she was damn lucky it wasn't dented, coz I'd have sued the crap out of her) I think every car park should have spaces at least two foot wider.

jape

Novella wrote: »

I think it's pretty crazy tbh. All women can't be generalised as "bad at parking".

I agree. They should be generalized as "bad at driving altogether", rather than focusing on a specific aspect.

jumpguy

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Well, considering the wallop my side-door got yesterday as some bimbo opened her door next to me (she was damn lucky it wasn't dented, she was hot coz I'd have sued the crap out of her)

FYP.


Seriously though wouldn't you just make an insurance claim.

Capt'n Midnight

jumpguy wrote: »

FYP.


Seriously though wouldn't you just make an insurance claim.

Then his insurance premium would go up

and she would not have learned a lesson

Naos

Look forward to seeing the feminists jump on this one.

"The men are offering us bigger car spaces, more lighting and extra security. Damn men, they are so sexist. We want to have our smaller car spaces, darker car parks and less security."

Feminists, and I mean this in the nicest way possible: f*ck off.

Liam Byrne

jumpguy wrote: »

FYP.


Seriously though wouldn't you just make an insurance claim.

Why claim on my own insurance for something that's her fault ?

And re your "FYP", ignorant, careless and inconsiderate is far from "hot" :P

Novella

Novella wrote: »

I think it's pretty crazy tbh. All women can't be generalised as "bad at parking". I'm sure there are men who can't park. Opening a car park for people who find parking difficult, great. For women only, kind of silly.

Some people are just rubbish at driving!

Where did anyone mention in the article that women are bad at parking? You said it.. Sexist. :rolleyes:
Sounds to me like they're just getting better treatment..

Dudess

Oh yay. More than likely another "all women are sh1t drivers" thread.

Ah well, people with brains tend to judge the individual rather than going by whether they've a vagina or penis.

Dudess

Dudess wrote: »

Oh yay. More than likely another "all women are sh1t drivers" thread.

Ah well, people with brains Bi-sexuals tend to judge the individual rather than going by whether they've a vagina or penis.

FYP.

gizmo

Maybe consider this karma for those controversial road safety radio ads from earlier in the year?