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AIBU?

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To wish his young woman would get her driving licence taken away?

16 replies

Janos · 04/03/2009 19:35

It's a possibility, but I'm sure you'll all let me know if I am!

Now nothing personal against her, she's a nice enough person but her attitude to driving frankly scares me to bits.

How do I know about this? We all work together and she likes to talk.

She boasts about speeding and not getting caught...this has been witnessed by other colleagues! The speeding I mean, not the boasting (we all hear it).

Over the past 6 months she has had 3 accidents, the most serious of which involved her flipping the car over onto it's roof. Thankfully she wasn't seriously injured, just bruises and shock. She told us that she wasn't wearing a seat belt when it happened. This didn't calm her down one bit.

So, AIBU to heartily wish she gets her license taken away?

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Tamarto · 04/03/2009 19:37

No YANBU. Hopefully she will before she seriously injures herself or someone else

Janos · 04/03/2009 19:40

She just doesn't seem to take it at all seriously, that's the scariest thing of all.

I actually find it very frightening to think someone with so little regard for their own and other road users safety is out there driving!

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screamingabdab · 04/03/2009 19:40

I think you know that YANBU.

Is she really a nice person ? I would be having my doubts, frankly. I think nice means "moral", which means not doing something that will result in the endangerment of other people.

Rant over

Janos · 04/03/2009 19:41

God, my posts sound a bit po-faced, don't they?

She is a nice enough person just utterly thoughtless.

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ShowOfHands · 04/03/2009 19:45

People like your friend make me extremely angry. What they are effectively saying is I'm above the law and I'm that damn arrogant that I think I'm capable of driving recklessly without consequence. Boasting about it too? It's a despicable attitude. I just pray she doesn't hurt herself or anybody else on the road.

screamingabdab · 04/03/2009 19:46

I don't think you sound po-faced at all.
But then I also have a face made of po

Janos · 04/03/2009 19:49

She's not my friend, ShowofHand, just a work colleague.

It makes me angry too.

She's only been driving for 6 months. I think her attitude is just horrific, but how can you actually stop someone like that from driving?

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Janos · 04/03/2009 19:50

screamingabdab.

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screamingabdab · 04/03/2009 19:55

I think all us people with visages de po should unite and have a bloody good rant-a-thon

Tamarto · 04/03/2009 19:56

3 accidents in six months and her a new driver, i wouldn't worry about it too much, i doubt she'll be able to afford her insurance next year.

Janos · 04/03/2009 20:13

I think you may well be right Tamarto. Thank god for small mercies!

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choochoochaboogie · 05/03/2009 11:57

Hopefully she'll slip up, get a few points on her licence and then get it revoked as a new driver. She sounds like a lethal weapon on the roads. Much as she sounds like a PITA I hope she doesn't kill herself or anyone else.............

Tamarto - you are assuming she has insurance...

moonweazel · 05/03/2009 13:45

If you were feeling very annoyed about it, you could report her to the police (not 999!) they might write to her or add her to the daily watch list - especially if there is a suspicion of no insurance. I did this when I was persistantly cut up by a v bad driver on my way to work and the bloke drove with a lot more care and attention!

Tortington · 05/03/2009 13:46

all women are shite drivers - that i know, have met and have witnessed.

Tamarto · 05/03/2009 13:48

There is a difference between shit and fucking lethal though

PerArduaAdNauseum · 05/03/2009 13:49

custardo - I'm not!

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