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Blind Prejudices - Maz
I wonder if any other 'Roomers carry prejudices with them towards certain cars or drivers?

This morning the sudden appearance of roadworks got me into a tight spot. As a BMW came by I thought there was no way he'd let me out, and I was looking towards a nice Micra driver when the Beemer flashed his lights to let me go.

For me, I think the prejudice gets larger as the BM number increases. Anyone else willing to admit to something like this?
Blind Prejudices - Tom Shaw
If I am 30mph over the limit whilst chatting on the mobile and I see a white car behind with those stupid boy racer blue lights all over the roof I just KNOW the car is full of yobs looking for trouble....

Blind Prejudices - volvoman
My prejudices are based on enormous scientific research and statistical analysis but are not related to marques.

No - I'm prejudiced against women who can't drive, failing to drive large 4x4 vehicles with lethal bull bars on the front, parking on the zig zag lines and doing 58 point turns outside the infant schools their children attend that are 5 minutes walk from where they live !!!
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
ps BTW, I should have said women in jogging suits !!
Blind Prejudices - Jonathan {p}
58 point turn?

I thought that was what 4x4 was all about. It enabled you to mount the kerb to turn around outside a school.
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
Ah, but this special breed of women want to park as close to school as possible and there's the small question of the railings to consider !

Anywhere else of course and you're right J.
Blind Prejudices - LHM

"the sudden appearance of roadworks"

'Blind' prejudice??

Sorry, Maz, couldn't resist... :-)
Blind Prejudices - HF
I have a confession of a prejudice. A few miles up the road from me, there's a rather exclusive private housing estate, consisting purely of multimillionaires. (I have nothing whatsoever against multimillionaires, but this estate has a reputation for its snobbery.) As the entrance to this estate is near a junction, traffic lights etc, there is often the opportunity to hold back and allow a vehicle out onto the main road. Which I (nearly) always do. What I have noticed, is that the drivers of vehicles obviously resident of this estate never give a gesture of thanks, I guess their opinion being that I have a lesser car and am therefore a lesser person not deserving common courtesy. The vehicles that acknowledge thanks are always the ones who are obviously workmen who have been working on the estate. Which is why, just occasionally, I don't bother letting out one of the more exclusive types. Petty, maybe, but I don't like rudeness.

I also have a summary of those that seem to be prejudiced against me. (apart from those mentioned above!) Generally speaking, the people that will go out of their way *not* to let me out are either young women or elderly gentlemen. I don't know why this is. And, I have to say, in my own experience anyway, White Van Men often don't deserve their reputation.
HF
Blind Prejudices - Tom Shaw
HF,

Interesting point you make about people who won't hold back and let you out of a junction. I find that women are far less likely to offer this courtesy than men, and I have put it down to the fact that this often involves making eye contact which women may be wary of doing with strangers.

Perhaps you'd care to comment?
Blind Prejudices - HF
Yes Tom, I would very much to comment, this is an interesting point.

However I will have to comment tomorrow, as my eyes are starting to droop now and I have to seek much-needed sleep!

Is there anything I can to to keep this thread/post as unread so I can see I haven't answered in the morning? Mind you, I won't know, even if there is a way, because fatigue has taken me over and off I go.
Night all.
HF
Blind Prejudices - HF
HF,
Interesting point you make about people who won't hold back and
let you out of a junction. I find that women are
far less likely to offer this courtesy than men, and I
have put it down to the fact that this often involves
making eye contact which women may be wary of doing with
strangers.
Perhaps you'd care to comment?

>>

Morning Tom,

There may be something in what you say about women not making eye-contact with a stranger. I don't know. Surely if they don't want to make eye-contact they could always flash their lights?

Personally I find making eye-contact is usually the *only* way of being let out of a junction, and even then it's touch and go.

The two groups I mentioned earlier, young women and elderly men, are the ones in my case who make eye-contact and then carefully edge forward to prevent me from getting out.

There is another group which I forgot to mention, and this will sound *really* prejudiced. Very elderly women, who don't make eye-contact but give the impression that they are totally unaware of your existence anyway. Which, in a lot of cases, I think they probably are. And yes, I know we'll all be old one day, but this is just how it appears to me.
HF
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
It's only because they can't see over the steering wheel HF
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
HF - my cousing lives in said private park and he'll tell you that most of the 'old money' (reputable professional people) has been replaced with 'new money' from all sorts of dubious activities (dodgy builders, cleaning contractors, club owners and worse !!).

Most of the residents there wouldn't know manners and consideration if it smacked them in the face sadly !!
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
'cousing' ??
Blind Prejudices - HF
HF - my cousing lives in said private park and he'll
tell you that most of the 'old money' (reputable professional people)
has been replaced with 'new money' from all sorts of dubious
activities (dodgy builders, cleaning contractors, club owners and worse !!).
Most of the residents there wouldn't know manners and consideration if
it smacked them in the face sadly !!

>>

Volvoman - point taken about said estate. Into which of these categories does your cousin fall? ;)
HF
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
Ex Rhodesian Policeman, teacher (Head of English) and cattery owner. Now retired having lost his first wife who also owned a business in the City.

A really lovely man with manners in abundance and a great support to me after Suzy died.
Blind Prejudices - HF
Ex Rhodesian Policeman, teacher (Head of English) and cattery owner.
Now retired having lost his first wife who also owned a
business in the City.
A really lovely man with manners in abundance and a great
support to me after Suzy died.

>>

I did not mean to cause offence, sorry. Was speaking TIC.
HF
Blind Prejudices - volvoman
HF - no offence taken I promise - I knew you were talking TIC but thought I'd make the point that whilst decent people were once in the majority in such places, the reverse is now the case. My cousin has lived there for over 25 years and has seen the change for the worse.

There really are some seriously nasty folk up there now and the same is true of the other private estates nearby too !
Blind Prejudices - SteveH42
Sounds completely daft, but I can't see myself ever driving or owning a Ford. Not sure why, I just have this idea of them as being cheap and nasty, despite all evidence to the contrary!

As for types of drivers - most who run a bigger car I'm afraid. They either potter around town in no obvious hurry despite there being a massive queue behind them (as one plonker in a V70 I often get stuck behind on the way to work) or 'play' with you on the motorway, as the idiot in a Saab tonight who was pottering along at 55 then decided he didn't want me to overtake him and speeded up to 75, finally dropped back enough to let me pull back in and then pulled along side me and boxed me in when we caught up to a slower car.
Blind Prejudices - Dizzy {P}
When in heavy traffic I habitually hold back and indicate to cars in side roads to pull out (so long as I'm not being too much of a nuisance to those behind me of course).

When I do this in a run-of-the-mill car, I usually receive a grateful nod of the head or raise of the hand. When I'm in the BMW, the driver of the other car will often delay a second or two with mouth open in disbelief, and very rarely do I get an acknowledgement!

Blind Prejudice Rules!
Blind Prejudices - Maz
Nice to see a few Blind Prejudices around!

The bigger the perceived safety of the vehicle, the worse they seem to be driven. I used to have a fear of mad Volvo drivers, now it's Renault Laguna drivers who seem to want to test their 5 NCAP stars. When their cars work.

Worst of all are 4x4s IMO. This one is not blind prejudice though because it's backed up by the facts!

Blind Prejudices - joe
Here are a few of mine:

1. people who drive and wear hats at the same time.
2. people who display their splendid social/environmental conciences by plastering their rear windows with stickers such as nuclear power no thanks,
3. "Caution..Show dogs in Transit" (see above)
4. Lexus IS200 drivers (sorry, this is entirely Alan Partridge's fault)
5. young men who have spent £1000s on customising their Vauxhall Nova with huge bass boxes, blue lenses, smoked glass, flared wheel arches etc etc
6. Anyone in a lowered BMW or Merc
7. Citroen 2cv and Diane 6 , but not Renault 4 (my mum had one you see)