Women on the move!

On a bright Monday morning, if you are driving down to work on a busy road and happen to notice that the traffic in the adjacent lane is moving way too slow even for peak hours, there is a 10% chance that in the car creating that bottleneck is some thick skinned dick head who is on his mobile while at the wheel. But, there is an overwhelming 90% chance that the pack is being led by a lady driving with her body upright and stiff like an army man in all too alarming ATTENTION posture with both eyes drawn together in utmost concentration on the road ahead that one gets a feeling that the road in front of her will give way anytime revealing a river of simmering magma underneath.

The scene is all the more hilarious when "madamji" is driving a two wheeler. First, we have her covered from head to toe and full hand gloves in the same stiff posture looking like a rather amusing cross between "Bandit Queen" and a surgeon out to perform a rigorous 12 hour surgery. Her defense: "Oh my gawd! The UV rays of the sun are so dangerous you know and all the dust on the road can ruin my skin !" But the icing on the cake comes now. From the moment the vehicle is started, the brake light is always flashing. Even in the rare case when a woman is traveling at 40 Kmph, one is bound to see the brake light glowing behind. Only the almighty knows how they manage to drive and yet always have the brakes applied. And when it is time to stop, even before the brakes do the job, the two legs are down on the road like the landing gear of an aircraft trying to end the misery of driving ASAP.

So, why is that women are so averse to driving? Why is driving a vehicle to a woman as intriguing as riding an enraged bull? The answer is actually very simple but most women simply won't buy it for reasons they best understand. Honestly, what is wrong in accepting one is bad at something? Anyways, the female fraternity choose to differ and so, let it be.

The difference between the driving of a man and woman is very fundamental in nature. Once a guy gets used to a vehicle, he gets a feel of the beat of its engine and its sensitivities to movement. So, when a guy is driving his bike or car, it is as good as a part of his body like his legs or eyes which work in tandem with the driver. For the guy, it is basically him and him alone who is moving. For him, the vehicle is no different than him. However, a woman always treats her ride as.....well....a vehicle. For her, it is merely something which can move when you hit the gas and slows when you leave it. That is all. Anything beyond that is irrelevant to her. So when she is driving, two things are moving: the vehicle and her. Now as long as that is the case, there is never going to be a dearth of funny videos of women drivers on youtube and we guys will always have something to watch and laugh our heads off.