A stereotype in question: Are asians really bad drivers or is it just another collective anecdotal myth?
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Before suggesting an answer to this question, I have to mention that I don’t have any personal experience with asian drivers. Thus, this answer contains only theorical knowledge interpreted by a person who lacks an inital idea about this myth or phenomenon, whatever you want to call it.\n\nWhen I started the research, I saw that “bad asian drivers myth” is a popular and wide-spread one. Thus, I expected to find at least a couple of valid data to proove or at least support it. However, although there are numerous personal anectodes, there is no scientific material which covers this subject, supporting or rejecting it. There are of course several articles, but the authors prefer to mention the side they take, avoiding persuasively or at least clearly expressing their reasons. So, my first, but not the strongest, argument comes: I believe that this is an anecdotal myth, looking at the amount (actually the non-existing amount which we call the absence) of material about the subject. Of course there can be exceptions but if this was a fact, at least a couple of scientists or anti-asian fanatics would try to persuade us by providing some persuasive data. The amount of sacientific data is funny, compared to the fame of the myth. So this was an argument which cares about the quantity of the resources, rather than the quality.\n\nMy second argument is based upon an article published in New Zealand. (Thus it only covers the asian drivers in New Zealand.) It is about a campaign which aims to dispel bad Asian drivers myth. In the article, it is clearly expressed that this is only a myth which results from the difficulties that asian drivers have, trying to adjust to the country's "unique" road rules. They behave overly cautious since they had come from densely populated areas where they had less driving experience, thus tending to be less confident behind the wheel. According to a numerical data given in the article, in 2004, drivers identified as being Asian were involved in 8 per cent of injury traffic crashes where ethnicity was recorded, and 5 per cent of fatal crashes. \n(For the article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10359471)\n\nHowever, I also found a site in which the exact opposite idea is appears. The author of this article suffers from the traffic problems in LA, and says that, “tha asian people don’t give a fuck” and that they don't care about convention or health warnings. Personally, I prefer to believe in the New Zealand newspaper since it seems more serious and objective. However, I also accept the fact that this contrast between the articles may be the result of cultural differences which I refrain to interpret since I have never lived there. I don't want to seem like a girl living comfortably in İstanbul, kilometers away from the Asian driver terror and not understanding how much you suffer. I swear, I believe in the importance of empathy!\nThe site is: http://www.propergander.net/features/20050131.html\n\nThe only statistics I found about about this topic is on the web site of NHTSA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Despite their scientific value, unfortunately they are not very helpful since the topic of this research is “Prevention and Intervention to Reduce Drinking and Driving”. In this document, there are a couple of statistics and graphs which offer data about the alcohol consumption habits of Asians and other ethnic groups, in relation with their attitude towards driving after drinking alcohol. So, if you check these statistics, you may find some useful percentages about Asian drivers, especially for comparison. The web site is http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/ethnicity/racialethnic/chapter3.html\n\nTo repeat my answer: I believe that this is a collective anectodal myth.
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I doubt it. Culture might account for differences but as Asian cultures continue adopting western influences any disparity in maturity behaviour will even out. In a few generations the entire world will be a mass of babbling idiots.
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Well generalizations/ stereotypes come from some basis of truth but that leads to a mistaken belief that covers 100% of the race that stereotype is attached to.  Even a tribe of people deep in the Amazon could have given type of feature but I'll bet at least a few of them don't fit it completely. Humans are a mixed up bag of personalities aren't they ;-)
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no sukka... ha ha... you shouldn't have been a bad driver!!!! lol
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they just are like white folks are honkeys, gringos, ect. ect. asians call us round eyes, people in general have it in there nature to be hatefull, some just manage it better than others
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Any man with experience will tell you that very few women are weak and fewer still are subservient.  \n\nThere are a vast number of Asians out there and thus there are a vast number of different personalities but if any generalization at all could me made, on could say that Asian women are not weak nor subservient.  Its an act.  They are very good actors. \n\nAmerican women, like most humans, are jealous when they don't get enough attention and will make up just about anything to satisfy their jealousy.  \n\nIts interesting, in most things I can see good and bad but in jealousy I can't see any redeeming feature.
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I think that being awful or anything else depends individually in each person , not in their ethic group. And thinking that other people think this also depends in yourseft. You can't say that all American are awful, because that is not true. Just like you can't say all immigrants think this because that is also not true.
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i'm asian but i won't brag. it doesnt really matter what you are in the outside it matters what you  are in the inside. i mean a white blck or brown ( or any other) can be really smart , stupid. cute / handsom, ugly. nice, mean. it all matters on the person we all are different no matter if we're the same religon. \nex. asian= smart, good-looking, hot, nice, kind\n(another) asian= idiot, ugly, mean, etc.\n(even though asians are pretty hot!! lol they are)
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"stereotype"-and your opinion
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probably not much help, but I lived on the streets in Pittsburgh for like a year and got to really know what most people society would consider outcast or dangerous are like, and they really arent.  Im doin real good now, and I travel for my job, and I pick hitchhikers up all the time, at leasst once a month.  They tell me there stories.  Most are mentally unstable, and cant really function in society, and society has done nothing to help them so they just roam around, the rest just mostly had rotten luck and are trying there turn out at drifting.  Good people, never had any threatening situations, and you can usually tell if they are all dressed in dirty or ragg clothes and are unshaven with unkempt hair, with a couple of back packs, one guy i picked up even had a dog.  However I dont think I would pick up a guy that had no bags and was wearing something like a trenchcoat, you know like they have no business there.  OH YA - IF YOUR A GIRL I WOULDNT RECOMMEND PICKING UP HITCHHIKERS, PERIOD.
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I worked in Motor Insurance & Statistically women are more likely to have small dents, but men are the ones with the egos that cause the worst accidents.\nGiven that nearly all motorsport drivers are men, I think they may be the better drivers
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I believe that they fall into these ethnically biased stereotypes. Most white men view Asian women as small, delicate creatures that are subservient. This appeals to them be cause men, especially white men have a desire to dominate. This should be apparent with all of the conquering and enslavement done by the white man. They also feel think that Asian women give great oral sex. This is a widely believed stereotype by many white males. If ever you have a question about males and are searching for the answer look towards the sex. That is all we are about, almost every decision we make and action we take is a step towards sex or driven by sex, at least with in our own minds. If these statements offend anyone, I am sorry. This is what I truly believe and have come to this conclusion through the many interactions I have had with guys throughout my life.
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No, I disagree.  Most Asian women I know are high maintenance, clingy and possessive, as well as ill tempered.  Latin women I've come in contact with have been pretty cool, strong willed (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).\n\nIt's all about what you're attracted to.
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People tend to drive very badly every day. They seem to think that a car is meant for eating, putting on make-up, talking on a cellphone, or even reading a book, and not for paying attention to the road and driving. They also think it is ok to go super slow (65 or slower) on the highway, when it actually is really dangerous to everyone around them.
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Just as you state that some stereotypes are accurate there are just as many, if not more, that are inaccurate. In other words, there is no validity to a stereotyping and it breeds on ignorance.
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The more ignorant an individual is about a certain career, the more they will stereotype it.\nTruck driving is a perfect example.  While it's true almost anyone can be trained to drive a truck, few people realize the skills and knowledge required to be a success at it.  That's why the turnover rate is so high. \nPeople think it's no different than driving their car to the store and back, so they try it and find out they aren't capable of managing their time in a productive manner.\nPeople see the truck itself as "big, smelly, and dangerous", and relate these qualities to the driver as well.  They are ignorant of the fact that the only thing a truck does not supply the American consumer is the air they breathe.\nThink about it.\nThe water you drink comes through pipes and out of a faucet.  How do you think those pipes got to your home, or the faucet got to the hardware store?\nAnother example is the computer you are using at this very moment.  Whether it is a pre-packaged or custom built unit, every piece was delivered from the manufacturer to the assembler to the retailer... and it didn't get there under it's own power.\nTo answer the second part of your question from a driver’s perspective, it's the freedom to make your own decisions that keep most drivers doing what they're doing.\nIt use to be that as long as you were at point A when you were suppose to be, and made it to point B when you were suppose to be, what you did in between was your choice.\nSadly, the industry has changed, and not for the better, and companies are losing experienced drivers because of it.
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Well I'm an Asian woman and I have dated every type of men. White, Pakistani (still Asian though), Chinese, Mexican, and Black. I don't have a problem with any background the man comes from! \n\nFrom personal experiences and from the absolute truth I get out of other Asian women most of these women go out with White men not because they fell in love with them at first sight but because they "looked attractive" and attractive means sharp features that White men have that are highly influence by the media they see every day.\n\nWhat's funny is that if you live in San Francisco, I'll guarantee to you that every part of the city you go, you'll always see an Asian girl with a White guy! Some of them act really stuck up too just because they'll with a White guy?\n\nSome girls I know even point out that White guys treat Asian women better than Asian men, that they have money, and above all you can have beautiful babies with them! But this is American, and the Asian men here are Asian Americans how stupid to assume such things!\n\nIt's really like reverse racism if you think about it. They say Asian men are no good!\n\nWhere I lived before moving to San Francisco, I always saw the Asian guys have girlfriend with no difficulty, but here I see a lot of single Asian guys and not so many other races of women want to give them a chance. How sad! Asian men are statistically more lonely and single than Black women too.\n\nI just wish some of my Asian female counterparts just stop the reverse racism on our men because they don't deserve any more discrimination!\n\nStatistically: There is one Asian woman for every TWO Asian man in America! And Japanese American women marry outside race like 75%! Those are really disturbing numbers, because like I said, many of these Asian men will be bachelors for a long time and some may never marry because of it!   :(\n\nI love all men but I wish more of my sisters gave other men a chance besides White guys!\n\nOh and of all the men I've dated, my favorite was my ex-Chinese boyfriend. He was so funny and really, really, really.....good in the bed! Probably he was so lonely for a long time before he met me! There was nothing small about him either!