TheAA no longer prioritising lone women for recovery

It's not obvious to me.

In the end I can't see what it's not ok equality to prioritise in this way.

This site majority women so naturally that will be what many posters are thinking of.

However obv equality also includes things like age, disability etc.

I see this as sensible tbh, to see what situation in and prioritise.

However I do know from RL that frequently those who are not going to be seen as having personal vulnerabilities get pretty resentful about what's usually described as special treatment.

(Obv where person is, is a factor unrelated to their personal characteristics which is as it should be obv).

Sheila's wheels, looks like underwritten by RAC

RAC prioritise all customers who are in potentially vulnerable situations. This could be a woman on her own on a remote road, an elderly driver on a motorway, or drivers with young children, as they understand how worrying these situations can be. Not all these drivers are in vulnerable situations every time but when they are, they are put on a higher priority

Ageco (despite name any age).

I feel vulnerable, do I get priority if I break down?
Yes, anyone who feels vulnerable will be given priority. Age Co Motor Breakdown Services are provided by Call Assist Ltd who will take your individual circumstances and needs into account when you contact them.

AXA

Breakdown cover
Don’t be left stranded – AXA’s breakdown insurance will steer you back to safety.

Priority for vulnerable customers
24-hour rescue line

That's just standard risk assessment from Green Flag. The question they need to answer would be who would get priority if it was a man on a garage forecourt at the side of the A1 or a woman in the Tesco car park?

more men are killed or assaulted by strangers than women more report it maybe. Most females don’t report assault because it doesn’t help them.

Green flag

31Do you make special arrangements for vulnerable customers (lone women, elderly, with children)?
Answer: Yes we do. We prioritise those in vulnerable situations so a woman with children sitting on a motorways hard shoulder would receive priority of service over a customer sitting at their home address, for example.

if all the other circumstances are the same is it true 'equality' to not consider whether a woman may be more vulnerable than a male?

Absolutely not - and that’s why people on Twitter were so annoyed by the AA call handler’s flippant remark about equality. It’s misogyny.

Best would be a wider vulnerability metric.

Yes.
But the specific point in the op wasn't about all the variables which should be considered.
I am a lone woman whose car has broken down at night in the dark. Your call handler has told me you treat lone women and lone men as exactly the same priority in such circumstances because “that’s equality”

So... if all the other circumstances are the same is it true 'equality' to not consider whether a woman may be more vulnerable than a male?

Because the way I read the OP, the AA were saying that lone women no longer get automatic blanket priority, and there are other vulnerabilities which are also considered. That sounds like a risk matrix to me

And - though I agree with the core point you are making about women’s vulnerability, actually statistically more men are killed or assaulted by strangers than women. Of course, the circumstances are usually very different but my point is that risk statistics don’t necessarily help us make a case for prioritising women. (NB I am not saying that the risks to men and women are truly equivalent, only that the stats aren’t helpful)

IMO Motorists of either sex in danger of being hit by another vehicle should be prioritised, followed by anyone in vulnerable circumstances, 90% of whom are likely to be women.

Personally, when my car is broken down I have other things to worry about than justifying my transphobia via linguistic pedantry, but there you go.

Surely it's signifiers of gender that a predator would be using to decide whom to attack,

What utter rubbish. It’s extremely hard to discern a person’s “gender” in the dark (often it’s difficult in full daylight) and it’s much easier to tell someone’s sex. Anyway I don’t think most rapists are particularly woke. They attack women, and they don’t have a HR department making them fill a transwoman quota.

I think most people know your “safety advice”, but yes it’s worth sharing though with accurate stats and advice for those who can’t follow it.

The advice is to wear your safety belt at all times and get your car as far into the hard shoulder as possible. (Ie away from the low lane)

Best would be a wider vulnerability metric.

Vulnerabilities/ more urgency eg
Elderly frail / various illnesses etc
With baby/small kids whether lone or couple
Gone into labour!
V young like 17 -20 either sex lone
That sort of stuff.

And plus where of course.

Motorway. Roads with no pavement and pitch dark.

I mean there's s load of stuff.

In practice prob bit complicated BUT that would be ideal.

(A) that’s really stupid and (B) I don’t give a fuck because, if I can make one person think twice about stopping, it will be worth it.

Just reading and seem to remember from years ago that lone women often didn't get out of car hard shoulder wait on verge due to being seen and targeted.

Whether that's a reasonable statistical assessment I don't know. However it's pretty obvious why a woman would make that call.

Hundreds of cars going past to see, does massively increase chance of dodgy man passing. Plus v vulnerable position no one around etc. Easy target.

At one point there was a blow up man shape sold for women to put in other seat. So even if stay in car would not be thought of as easy target.

That’s not really helpful if you can’t leave the vehicle @MissLucyEyelesbarrow

Sorry my previous message was a reply to another wasn't sure how to copy in the users post

Regardless of hard shoulder stats, a lone woman is as always far more likely to be raped or assaulted than a man. When the number seven up the response can even up. Very poor policy by the AA. I will look around before I renew.

OMG do you remember hard shoulders? They took them all away round here. #not a safety worry at all