"Women only" car lanes proposed by UK insurer

Kermit.de.frog · 21-08-2014 10:34am #1

What they would look like.

http://newstalk.ie/content/000/images/000060/63085_54_news_hub_56021_588x448.jpg

http://newstalk.ie/content/000/images/000060/63084_60_news_hub_multi_630x0.jpg

http://newstalk.ie/Car-Insurer-proposes-creating-pink-women-only-driving-lanes

A UK Car Insurance company has proposed that the government create pink 'women only' driving lanes to ensure the safety of female drivers.

What do you reckon? Any merit in this? If it is for safety than why give them the fast lane? (Pic 1)

SpaceTime · 21-08-2014 10:35am

Crazy proposal that is all about generating PR for the insurer.
It won't happen.
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bumper234 · 21-08-2014 10:35am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What they would look like.

http://newstalk.ie/content/000/images/000060/63085_54_news_hub_56021_588x448.jpg

http://newstalk.ie/content/000/images/000060/63084_60_news_hub_multi_630x0.jpg

http://newstalk.ie/Car-Insurer-proposes-creating-pink-women-only-driving-lanes

What do you reckon? Any merit in this? If it is for safety than why give them the fast lane? (Pic 1)

I actually checked the date to make sure it's not April 1st

Zubeneschamali · 21-08-2014 10:35am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What do you reckon? Any merit in this?

No. [/THREAD]

Greenmachine · 21-08-2014 10:35am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What they would look like.

http://newstalk.ie/content/000/images/000060/63085_54_news_hub_56021_588x448.jpg

http://newstalk.ie/content/000/images/000060/63084_60_news_hub_multi_630x0.jpg

http://newstalk.ie/Car-Insurer-proposes-creating-pink-women-only-driving-lanes

What do you reckon? Any merit in this? If it is for

safety than why give them the fast lane? (Pic 1)

Parody becomes news. Nice work Newstalk.

Barely There · 21-08-2014 10:36am

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

What do you reckon?

I reckon a UK car insurance company is looking for a bit of free publicity.

stoneill · 21-08-2014 10:36am

As long as it's beside the drunk driver lane proposed by Kerry O'Madfella

bardcom · 21-08-2014 10:38am

Can you imagine the furore if the same insurer had suggested a men-only car lane?

smash · 21-08-2014 10:39am

Was this rumour circulated by the onion?

Riskymove · 21-08-2014 10:41am

I think that anyone who has seen the recent TV ads will know that they are deliberately trolling for publicity purposes

SpaceTime · 21-08-2014 10:41am

I would suggest that more women are injured because a higher % of female drivers are opting for small cars that don't provide nearly as much protection in a crash situation.

I've never understood the logic that still persists in many households where Daddy has the good car and mammy & kids are in small car when limited crash protection.

Too many women still accept 'girly' cars too.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 21-08-2014 10:42am

So what happens when women gets off the main roads and onto the smaller roads and its not pink?

Stupid idea.

shruikan2553 · 21-08-2014 10:43am

Maybe we should have a shed out the back of ever house for women. For their safety. Can't have the big mean men around them. Plus piece and quiet in the house.

shruikan2553 · 21-08-2014 10:44am

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

So what happens when women gets off the main roads and onto the smaller roads and its not pink?

Stupid idea.

They need to call a man to help them.

Banjo String · 21-08-2014 10:44am

How's anyone gonna driven in them, sure they'd constantly be getting hoovered and tidyed up.

Big Nasty · 21-08-2014 10:46am

Michael O' Leary doing PR for this insurance company?

wazky · 21-08-2014 10:46am

Would it be like the bowling alley with those inflatable barriers on the hard shoulder?

SpaceTime · 21-08-2014 10:47am

Male Taxi drivers would have to dress in full drag to avoid congestion.

knucklehead6 · 21-08-2014 10:51am

And Sheila's Wheels take a page from the Michael O Leary school of announcements

SpaceTime · 21-08-2014 10:54am

This would actually quite likely be completely illegal too.

It comes across as very patronising too. Sort of women need special roads so they're protected?

I think there's more to the stats than just driver's gender. I'd like to see if this is down to a higher % of female drivers in small cars.

A % of women (decreasing) need to stop accepting small cute cars marketed at them. Although to be honest, I don't see as many Irish women doing that as I did in France or the UK.
Irish women don't seem to comply with that stereotype to the same degree tho. I know a lot more women here who like bigger cars with more presence on the road then I did in the UK or France.

21-08-2014 11:08am

Bloody hell. I've seen it all now.

If I was insured with them, I'd be moving. Gobshytes.

jester77 · 21-08-2014 11:12am

bardcom wrote: »

Can you imagine the furore if the same insurer had suggested a men-only car lane?

Well, indirectly they have. By proposing to keep the women to the pink lane, the rest of the lanes would become male only.

Dravokivich · 21-08-2014 11:15am

SpaceTime wrote: »

I would suggest that more women are injured because a higher % of female drivers are opting for small cars that don't provide nearly as much protection in a crash situation.

I've never understood the logic that still persists in many households where Daddy has the good car and mammy & kids are in small car when limited crash protection.

Too many women still accept 'girly' cars too.

Fúck it, lets just give'em tanks.

BrensBenz · 21-08-2014 11:46am

Will somebody pleeeeeeeesssse consider the transvestites? Can they straddle two lanes?

Zubeneschamali · 21-08-2014 11:47am

BrensBenz wrote: »

Will somebody pleeeeeeeesssse consider the transvestites? Can they straddle two

Oooh, Matron!

ALiasEX · 21-08-2014 11:53am

The lanes wouldn't need to be policed. Imagine the shame when your mates find out you were driving on pink!

Calibos · 21-08-2014 11:54am

jester77 wrote: »

Well, indirectly they have. By proposing to keep the women to the pink lane, the rest of the lanes would become male only.

Hold on....Maybe there is merit to the idea after all?

21-08-2014 11:54am

Dravokivich wrote: »

Fúck it, lets just give'em tanks.

Oh oh oh yes please

I'd be frickin deadly with a tank.

Czarcasm · 21-08-2014 12:12pm

My mother used drive at 10-20mph on the hard shoulder for years.

Until one day she was stopped by a Garda who pointed out to her that her licence was ten years out of date!

She was actually very lucky she didn't get fined for it and had to go through her whole driving test and the whole lot all over again. She still drives over kerbs and lands in a parking space, rather than reverses back into it like normal people.

humanji · 21-08-2014 12:21pm

Were women only insurers deemed illegal a while back due to discrimination?

Dayum · 21-08-2014 12:27pm

I agree with this proposal but not the female part...

In fact, why shouldn't road users that pay for an extra service not be granted less used lanes?!

shruikan2553 · 21-08-2014 12:29pm

humanji wrote: »

Were women only insurers deemed illegal a while back due to discrimination?

Yes but they can still advertise as being for women. They have to give a quote and take a man but the idea is they get more women and few men will bother signing up with them.

Mr Freeze · 21-08-2014 12:31pm

Dayum wrote: »

In fact, why shouldn't road users that pay for an extra service not be granted less used lanes?!

Because those lanes would still be full of people who didn't play for the lanes!

The same crowd with no tax and insurance on their motors probably.

SpaceTime · 21-08-2014 1:19pm

Czarcasm wrote: »

My mother used drive at 10-20mph on the hard shoulder for years.

Until one day she was stopped by a Garda who pointed out to her that her licence was ten years out of date!

She was actually very lucky she didn't get fined for it and had to go through her whole driving test and the whole lot all over again. She still drives over kerbs and lands in a parking space, rather than reverses back into it like normal people.

Nothing to do with her gender. She's just a crap driver and a bit dozy by the sounds of it (not noticing her licence is 10 years out of date!? In some places that would land you in front of a judge and possibly even get you a driving ban.)

SpaceTime · 21-08-2014 1:20pm

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Yes but they can still advertise as being for women. They have to give a quote and take a man but the idea is they get more women and few men will bother signing up with them.

The law in Ireland on this isn't the same as the UK. I'd be interested to see what would happen if a complaint were made to the equality authority.

tenifan · 21-08-2014 1:26pm

I'd be in favour of them, as long as it was mandatory for women to use them where provided.
They should also put up a barrier alongside the lane to prevent the woman accidentally straying out of the lane.

ALiasEX · 21-08-2014 2:07pm

SpaceTime wrote: »

Nothing to do with her gender. She's just a crap driver and a bit dozy by the sounds of it (not noticing her licence is 10 years out of date!? In some places that would land you in front of a judge and possibly even get you a driving ban.)

She was just playing dumb. She knew it was out of date and didn't care.

Czarcasm · 21-08-2014 9:14pm

SpaceTime wrote: »

Nothing to do with her gender. She's just a crap driver and a bit dozy by the sounds of it (not noticing her licence is 10 years out of date!? In some places that would land you in front of a judge and possibly even get you a driving ban.)

Ah of course nothing to do with her gender ST, it was just one of those anecdotes that came to mind when I saw the whole "pink lanes" thing, as the hard shoulder at the time was indeed pink tarmac

But yeah, she rarely ever drove anyway and I'm not sure she was even aware of the fact that her license had expired. How she hasn't been banned from driving for being a danger to other road users if not herself is quite frankly beyond me, and we've had words about this. While in one way one might see the humorous aspect of it, there is of course another aspect that if she doesn't care for her own safety, she at least has a duty and a responsibility towards other road users.

NotASheeple · 21-08-2014 9:15pm

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

"Women only" car lanes proposed by UK insurer

Fair enough, providing someone provides some 'men only' parking spaces.....:pac:

Antar Bolaeisk · 21-08-2014 9:26pm

Just ban women from driving, much better plan to make the roads safer, look how well it's worked over here

Fr_Dougal · 21-08-2014 9:30pm

I hope women don't fall for this 'itsforwomen' type car insurance advertising, it's a lot more expensive than going for a non-"female branded" insurance. I've just typed my details, along with choosing the 'female' option, and the insurance is €300 more expensive than my current provider.

Shakespeare's Sister · 21-08-2014 9:53pm

That It'sForWomen thing is just embarrassing. Not a hope I'd go there.

A Dub in Glasgo · 21-08-2014 9:57pm

I am with this insurance company and I am a man! They are esure but target audience is women. I got a renewal from esure that was the cheapest and went through TopCashBack for some nice cashback at the same renewal price from Shelias Wheels