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Time for a new campaign " She drives (into pothole) , He fixes puncture"

  • 06-08-2009 12:12AM
    #1
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭


    Lads this sh1te is taking it too far

    http://www.rsa.ie/NEWS/News/He_Drives_She_Dies_2009.html

    Like what kinda headline is that. Stats me arse, I've never killed any female yet in a car , have no points for that matter...nothing ...zilch.

    Now if the line read " She drives , He laughs at lack of ability " or She drives , He's late " or even She drives ......into wall , He brings car to the bodyshop , all of thoses tag lines would actually be funny but could you imagine the uproar. But suggesting men are women killers in a car is to be taken seriously. I normally really dont give a sh1te about things like this but the RSA can stick that one up their a:eek::eek:hole. Im sorry but if it read the other way round it just wouldnt stick. Its like saying He's black ,she gets AIDS just because the stats add up. Now imagine that on a bus stop poster. It wouldnt happen and rightly so. Please leave a post if you are a man who hasnt killed a woman in a car or if you are a woman who hasnt been killed by a man in a car please let us know you're still alive.


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  • #2
    Dartz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,427 ✭✭✭Dartz


    I was run over by a woman doing her makeup in the mirror once.

    I did more damage to her car, than her car did to me. :D

    So currently, it's 0-1.

    I haven't hit anyone yet myself.


  • #3
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    I'll get the ball rolling:D

    Ahem, I have'nt killed any women in a car.


  • #4
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    67% of female passengers killed over a 10 year period were being driven by a male driver. That's 2/3's, the other 1/3 we can presume were being driven by a female.

    I wonder what is the number of actual male drivers and female drivers. Would it be 60/40? 70/30?


  • #5
    Dankoozy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Dankoozy


    Zonda999 wrote: »
    I'll get the ball rolling:D

    Ahem, I have'nt killed any women in a car.

    the prostitutes you kill between gear changes don't count as actual women :)


  • #6
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    Onkle wrote: »
    67% of female passengers killed over a 10 year period were being driven by a male driver. That's 2/3's, the other 1/3 we can presume were being driven by a female.

    I wonder what is the number of actual male drivers and female drivers. Would it be 60/40? 70/30?

    That is the very reason why these figures are flawed. They dont reflect the fact that more men drive and that men drive more miles.

    To put it simply, how many couples do you know in which the woman does the driving?


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  • #7
    itsnotmyname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭itsnotmyname


    Zonda999 wrote: »
    That is the very reason why these figures are flawed. They dont reflect the fact that more men drive and that men drive more miles.

    To put it simply, how many couples do you know in which the woman does the driving?
    some women do drive Zondas ........n r pretty good 2 ......u cant argue with the stats !!!


  • #8
    IRISH DAYWALKER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭IRISH DAYWALKER


    i totally agree with the OP its soooo stupid like i havent killed a woman yet or anyone for that matter its a joke... maybe the stats add up because there are more full licence male drivers on the road... i find this advert very offensive haha


  • #9
    stratos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭stratos


    Does Grand Theft Auto count ? er the ps3 game not the crime.


  • #10
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    stratos wrote: »
    Does Grand Theft Auto count ? er the ps3 game not the crime.

    Get your bag and baggage and out that door with ya :D


  • #11
    Dirk_digbee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭Dirk_digbee


    67% of the time, these stats are almost always right


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  • #12
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    If I had to put up with a girl who's accent is as annoying and condascending as the girls in that ad, I'd probably want to kill them too.


  • #13
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    IRISH DAYWALKER wrote: »
    i totally agree with the OP its soooo stupid like i havent killed a woman yet

    Yet? O.o


  • #14
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    Onkle wrote: »
    67% of female passengers killed over a 10 year period were being driven by a male driver. That's 2/3's, the other 1/3 we can presume were being driven by a female.

    I wonder what is the number of actual male drivers and female drivers. Would it be 60/40? 70/30?

    Shush you with your logic and reasoning and desire for full facts.

    These campaigns are a total joke.


  • #15
    itsnotmyname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭itsnotmyname


    n us women r quakeing in r boots .........least we have cheaper insurance 2 pay 4 our louboutins.....2 squeeze the accelator,, slightly less than our male counterparts :D


  • #16
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    itsnotmyname wrote: »
    n us women r quakeing in r boots .........least we have cheaper insurance 2 pay 4 our louboutins.....2 squeeze the accelator,, slightly less than our male counterparts :D

    At least we can constuct grammatically correct scentences.


    What age are you? Four?


  • #17
    amacachi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,315 ✭✭✭✭amacachi


    itsnotmyname wrote: »
    n us women r quakeing in r boots .........least we have cheaper insurance 2 pay 4 our louboutins.....2 squeeze the accelator,, slightly less than our male counterparts :D

    Ladies like you never go fast enough to cause an accident, because judging from that post you're too weak to type properly so pressing the accelerator must be an impossibility for you.


  • #18
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Lads don't insult anybody. One and only warning


  • #19
    stratos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭stratos


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    Get your bag and baggage and out that door with ya :D
    I believe I had a hat:D


  • #20
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    itsnotmyname wrote: »
    n us women r quakeing in r boots .........least we have cheaper insurance 2 pay 4 our louboutins.....2 squeeze the accelator,, slightly less than our male counterparts :D

    Bravo, excellent post.





    Wat?




    Anyway back to the arguement, this has been done to death before in other threads and every time it comes up it makes my blood boil, as do the ads on the radio. I drive 1000 miles a week and from what I see its the women who are absolutely appaling drivers, not indicating on roundabouts, not understanding roundabouts, not understanding lanes, climbing lanes, red lights, politeness on the roads, letting someone pull out from a side road... the list goes on.

    Seriously, I want the statistic that proves men drive far more than women, far more, for longer, more of them. Men 9/10 will drive their wife/girlfriend somewhere.

    These statistics were pulled from someone in the RSA's arse.

    How about, "Dont get into the car with a Jew, theyre known to be useless drivers and youll get killed"... Nobody would get away with that.

    Im so sick of this **** my blood is boiling. RSA has lost ANY credibility with this bollocks.


  • #21
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    FearDark wrote: »


    Anyway back to the arguement, this has been done to death before in other threads and every time it comes up it makes my blood boil, as do the ads on the radio. I drive 1000 miles a week and from what I see its the women who are absolutely appaling drivers, not indicating on roundabouts, not understanding roundabouts, not understanding lanes, climbing lanes, red lights, politeness on the roads, letting someone pull out from a side road... the list goes on.

    Lets not generalise here. We would be being hypocritical if we do seeing as we are in a thread here complaining about generalisations made by the RSA


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  • #22
    IRISH DAYWALKER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 114 ✭✭IRISH DAYWALKER


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    Yet? O.o


    i dont know what will happen in the future haha


  • #23
    robbie99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭robbie99


    She parks, he refurbishes wheel

    - Apologies for the generalisation


  • #24
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    I hate those stupid ads for this on the radio, with a bunch of women twats with Nordie accents on it.

    Piss off.


  • #25
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    robbie99 wrote: »
    She parks, he refurbishes wheel

    - Apologies for the generalisation
    Max_Damage wrote: »
    I hate those stupid ads for this on the radio, with a bunch of women twats with Nordie accents on it.

    Piss off.


    Seriously lads. Did I not ask for no generalisations and no insults?


  • #26
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Dirk_digbee wrote: »
    67% of the time, these stats are almost always right

    87% of statistics are made up.


  • #27
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    Onkle wrote: »
    Seriously lads. Did I not ask for no generalisations and no insults?

    Bollocks to that. I'm sick of those stupid bloody ads on the radio. And from what I've experienced on the roads, women are shíte drivers anyway. I had some stupid woman tailgate me earlier today.


  • #28
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Please dont do anything to get this thread locked.I feel very strongly about this too but lets keep it civil. Nice to know most people think the same way. Any ladies out there????? :pac:


  • #29
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    itsnotmyname wrote: »
    n us women r quakeing in r boots .........least we have cheaper insurance 2 pay 4 our louboutins.....2 squeeze the accelator,, slightly less than our male counterparts :D

    No text speak please - read the charter.
    itsallaboutheL wrote: »
    At least we can constuct grammatically correct scentences.


    What age are you? Four?
    amacachi wrote: »
    Ladies like you never go fast enough to cause an accident, because judging from that post you're too weak to type properly so pressing the accelerator must be an impossibility for you.

    As Onkle says, lay off the insults.


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Onkle wrote: »
    Seriously lads. Did I not ask for no generalisations and no insults?
    Bollocks to that.

    I don't see how you expect to escape a ban for that one...

    FearDark wrote: »
    this has been done to death before in other threads

    Too true!

    FearDark wrote: »
    How about, "Dont get into the car with a Jew, theyre known to be useless drivers and youll get killed"... Nobody would get away with that.

    And on that note, thread closed until the morning.


  • #30
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Bollocks to that. I'm sick of those stupid bloody ads on the radio. And from what I've experienced on the roads, women are shíte drivers anyway. I had some stupid woman tailgate me earlier today.

    I asked more than once on thread for no generalisations. You forced my hand into banning you for a week


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  • #31
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    -Chris- wrote: »
    And on that note, thread closed until the morning.


    Reopening this thread. Please keep it civil.

    My opinion (and I stand to be corrected) is that this is a thread about the effectiveness of this new RSA ad campaign, the message it sends and whether it's statistically true in what it says.

    Don't let it degenerate into woman-driver/taxi-driver/immigrant-driver/boyracer bashing.
    We'll lock it immediately.


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