And BTW, my Asian ex spouse never caused an accident and was a very capable driver, despite having been chauffered around as a child of an upper class family in Burma before learning to drive on her own.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>wrote: > I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely the > precision of his syntax. > > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> Yes, that is what he means, using the Eurocentric designation (orient > >> rising > sun > east, that sort of thing, coming from the Age of Exploration >> and Empires and all that, along with a command of the Latin language and >> the associated etymology). >> >> But he is correct. A good friend of mine married a Chinese girl, very >> intelligent (she is an economics professor now, Hahvahd, MIT degrees), who >> grew up in New York City, no car. She learned to drive at like 22 or so, >> having had no need of a car up til then or any particular experience with >> them other than the occasional taxi, and really hated driving but had to in >> Houston to get anywhere (she did not want to ride the Ghetro). >> >> One day we got talking about that subject for some reason, she was all >> like OMG the Chinese are the worst drivers, me included! We determined, >> based on her ability to do extremely sophisticated econometric analysis, >> etc. that the reason for it was they don't grow up in a car/driving/riding >> culture (realizing that most are first or second generation) and so do not >> develop the awareness of subtle clues that are all around us and contribute >> to our ability to drive to varying degrees of wellness. Also recognizing >> many people have their heads up their posteriors, providing a similar >> result, oriental, chinee, or whatever. Kinda like being dropped into any >> culture or situation without that sort of conditioning, you will look like >> a fool, or worse. Her parents were off the boat, never drove a car. She >> was a city girl, never drove a car, so cars were like some magical thing to >> them, more or less. >> >> So to some extent it is a cultural attribute that is on display for all >> to observe. How one gauges that observation is subject to one's own >> subjective observations. Clay is also likely somewhat raaaaaaaaacisssssss >> but that does not really affect the quality of his subjective anecdotal >> observations in regards to the driving aspect. >> >> Also note that in China the chance of dying in a car crash is something >> like 10% for all drivers. That is, uh, high. >> >> --R >> >> >> On 9/10/13 10:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: >> >>> Do you mean Asians? >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:39 AM, clay <redgh...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> I am not impressed with the driving ability of orientals. I am pretty >>>> sure the ones across the street are PLA spies. Been there two years and >>>> seem to get new high end cars every six months or so. First it was VW, >>>> then they moved to Benz, now it is BMW. I had a good snicker this past >>>> weekend when the fold down hard top was left down overnight while the >>>> massive thunder storm blew through. The red leather looked very unhappy >>>> with a few inches of water all over it. >>>> >>>> clay >>>> >>>> Who is glad you and the car are both doing well >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: >>>> >>>> I just about had the old 300D wiped out yesterday. >>>>> My younger son and I were on our way to a big car show that is >>>>> sponsored >>>>> >>>> by the Fabulous 50's Ford Club here annually in early September. >>>> >>>>> We were turning left in one of those double left turn setups, if you >>>>> >>>> understand what I mean. >>>> >>>>> We were southbound on McPhillips Street turning east onto Leila Avenue. >>>>> >>>> There are 2 dedicated left turn lanes and I was in the outside lane. >>>> >>>>> A fellow of Asian descent was in the other lane in a late model black >>>>> >>>> SUV. The light turned in our favour and we both moved forward but as he >>>> turned the corner he drifted from the inside lane to the outside lane >>>> where >>>> I was. >>>> >>>>> I don't know how I managed to dodge him and I don't think he even knew >>>>> I >>>>> >>>> was there. 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