The daily grind of entitled wankers

You can adjust the height on seats now, often the steering wheel too. Ultimately you need to be comfortable. And I found that as I was driving more and gained more confidence I didn’t feel the need to be so close to the wheel.

Grace it has, most cars you can adjust driver seat height and steering wheel too.

Of course if you adjust it so you feel comfortable some wanker is always ready to say you're doing it wrong and you're going to die... Fuck them tbh. We're way more at risk in collisions anyway, and we'll always look like the car doesnt fit because guess what! They weren't designed with us in mind at all.

They can come and laugh at our funerals I suppose, they might find some self righteous pleasure in that.

' I frequently had the same discussion with clients who were small, for some reason they felt safer rammed against the wheel.'

Because we can't reach the fucking pedals otherwise, John.

Jesus christ.

Yes op is a thick argumentative twat. I asked if saying that makes you feel better, if you can't be that direct yourself, maybe it helps if someone else does it. Do you feel better telling the stupid short women they don't know their arse from their elbow, hmm?

Yes we know we're more likely to die, thanks to car manufacturers ignoring 50% of the population for years. And let's not even think about pregnant women and crashes, the cat manufacturers certainly don't want to have a nice chat about that.

Blah blah boring tbh. You sound like my dad.

Im 5'4 so bit taller but in a lot of cars closer to the wheel than is ideal re air bags. Cars are designed to fit the average man and my legs arent that long.

I would suggest test driving plenty of cars and adjusting wheel, seat to see which fits you best. You may find something a bit higher feels better, you get a better view of the road IMO.

Overall though i like driving and any encounter with wankers is outside of my space generally.

Who is John? I frequently had the same discussion with clients who were small, for some reason they felt safer rammed against the wheel. In a modern car the airbag inflates and if you are too close can injure you particularly if you have glasses on. In an older car the steering wheel can seriously damage you both internally and externally which is why there is an appropriate seating position irrespective of your height. If you are jammed against the wheel because you can't depress the clutch without, find a different car/instructor. And seating position is one of the first things you should check before purchasing a new vehicle.

Oh and my husband sometimes thinks I’m too close to the steering wheel in my car. I think because my position alters slightly depending on my foot ware that day, or how much pain I am in.

I have only been driving three years.

I am only 5ft 1 and would say avoid Ford Focus. I managed to write mine off eight weeks after passing. I then got a Nissan Juke which had around view cameras and gave me a slightly elevated position. Plus the seat goes up a little higher anyway. Everyone says Ford seats don’t generally go up that high. Anyway, in the three years I had that, I didn’t crash once.

I now have a Vauxhall Crossland X which is bigger again. No cameras in this which is hard to get used to. I do have sensors though.

Regarding wankers. I find it easier in the car, at least I’m in my own safe space. I actually find it easier to ignore them in my car than on public transport.

Quarter to 3 lol

You know the ones I mean :D

Alright John, got a new motor :D

Yes op is a thick, argumentative twat.

Feel better now?

'you would be more badly injured if something happened and you were too close”.'

Tell him that you'll be more badly injured no matter what happens as cars are still tested for the average man when it comes to safety. Even the ones that use 'female' dummies is small male ones.

Tell him that if it was too dangerous the car manufacturer wouldn't allow that setting.

Tell him to fuck off.

This stuff infuriates me.

Learning to drive, hands at quarter to 12 or 11.50. Mine kept dropping. Kept getting told off.

Got a car with an adjustable seat and steering wheel. Oh look! The reason was it was uncomfortable and hard work for me to keep them like that in non adjustable car, not bloody surprising they kept dropping. Easy when adjusted right.

Men build the world for them and laugh at us/ tell us we're rubbish when we can't do it because it's more difficult for us! Because it doesn't fit.

Recent poster pointed out this applies with field of vision and parking as well.

Pah.

So you are paying a driving instructor to take you through a refresher lesson or two but are arguing about the seating position with them. And are arrogant enough to think that they cannot possibly know what a correct seating position is. Bizarre

Make sure you stop for a man if you find both of you approach a road section from opposite directions that reduces traffic to a single lane in both directions, (eg with lots of parked cars) otherwise you may be given the finger. This happened to me recently.

Make sure you don't drive at the correct speed limit in the right hand lane, otherwise you will get some guy (usually in a BMW) attaching himself to your rear bumper until you concede by moving yourself behind that massive HGV in the left hand lane.

Make sure you don't slow down and drive carefully when hearing sirens from an ambulance/police car coming from the near vicinity, or some guy will beep furiously behind you.

Make sure you don't find yourself driving behind a bus that proves virtually impossible to overtake whenever it stops at the bus stop, or the idiot behind you will start beeping at you.

Can you tell I live in London?!

Don't drive in London. You'll be fine.

'I was thinking of seat position and foot pedals really. I remember my instructor told me the point where I was comfortable was too close'

This sort of thing is so annoying.

Years ago before you could adjust height of drivers seat, you used to get tiny women on cushions with their noses barely above the steering wheel. My dad would laugh at them. Essentially they looked like that because cars were built for the average man, and the women didn't fit, and average men then laughed at them because of it. This is classic privilege in action.

First time i got a car I could adjust height of seat it was a revelation!

Men still tell us what to think though. You feel comfy. He says no you're doing it wrong. So it was forever. They are clueless. And don't want to get a clue.

I suppose I feel a lot more in control when I'm driving versus public transport. Perception of risk can be subjective, of course. The statistical probability of having an accident is (I think) quite a bit higher on the road, but the chances of unwelcome contact seem lower.

I would hate not to have my car, most days I don't come across wankers, but it's so convenient for certain journeys that I would pay that price anyway. I also travel by train sometimes, which is mostly fine and faster for some journeys but won't get me everywhere I want to go. I hate cabs but then I was sexually assaulted in one so that would explain that!