I don't know if it is just me, or just that taxi drivers are basically talkative. Almost all the taxi drivers tend to tell me stories whenever I take one. Here are some regarding woman drivers :
1) This taxi driver told me there was this incident where he was stopped at the traffic light waiting for green light. From his rear mirror, he saw a woman driver driving very fast towards him. He told his passenger that the woman has lost control of her car and he was hoping that she will not crash into him. She did. As the taxi driver got out of his taxi, the woman stormed out of the car, screamed at him, shouting at how he drives his taxi. The taxi driver was surprised since he was not clearly at fault. The woman driver challenged the taxi driver to make a police report, which he did. A few weeks later, the taxi driver received a lawyer's letter, it seems like the woman driver decided to sue him in court. The case is still pending, but as the taxi driver manage to get his passenger to be witness, I don't think the woman driver stands much of a chance.
2) Another taxi driver was driving on the first lane along Tuas. This woman driver which was on the second lane turn right into the first lane, and promptly slowed down. The taxi driver, on one hand trying to slow down, on the other promptly blink his head lights, signalling to the woman driver that he was behind. Next thing the taxi driver knows, the woman driver call the taxi company to complain. Luckily, the taxi driver had his passenger as witness.
3) This was personally encountered by me. In the underground tunnel along CTE, this woman driver suddenly cut 3 lanes to stop in front of my taxi. Luckily, the taxi driver manage to slow down in time. The taxi driver was cursing and swearing at her, telling me if he crashed into her, he is at fault. But it was very clear that the woman should not have cut 3 lanes and then suddenly stopped along the expressway.
I don't know if it has to do with gender, but a lot of taxi drivers have told me that everytime they drive near a woman driver, they are always on alert for any sudden action from the woman driver.
So are woman drivers poor drivers?
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