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Seems like men used to drive women - maybe because back in the day the woman didn't have a vehicle or they guy just "handled it". Now I see more and more that women are driving with men in the passenger seat, not sure why unless women just want to take control of running the errands or whatever? I dunno....
Unless I am teaching someone else to drive, I do all the driving in almost all situations. Relationship, friends, acquaintances.
Partly it is because I am far more experienced (used to be a professional driver), but also because I have been proven to be more alert than most people I know and have more duration behind the wheel. But more than that, I find that many people drive because they have to. They have a fear or dread of it where I enjoy it.
A man and women in a relationship both have their own working vehicles, valid licenses, insurance, etc. They spontaneously decide to go somewhere together (store, movie, ... ). Does the man usually drive while the woman is usually in the passenger seat?
What's your thought on a 48 year old woman enjoying with her sons preppy car ? That's exactly whats happening in my case. I left my car back in NJ while moving down to Atlanta, because:
1) Parking is expensive in my downtown apartment
2) Most places I visit are walkable or reachable by public transit.
Seems like men used to drive women - maybe because back in the day the woman didn't have a vehicle or they guy just "handled it". Now I see more and more that women are driving with men in the passenger seat, not sure why unless women just want to take control of running the errands or whatever? I dunno....
There were a lot of things that women weren't allowed to do (or were at least strongly discouraged from doing by society) "back in the day." Automobiles meant freedom, and men weren't always comfortable with women having that. In some places, they still aren't. Also, cars were used by men to drive to work. The woman was expected to stay at home, so there wasn't a reason for her to drive.
Driving used to be much more of a physical mechanical activity than it is now, too-- there weren't automatic transmissions, fuel-injected engines, power steering, power breaks, automatic windshield wipers, lights on the dashboard to tell you exactly what was going on, etc. Driving a car was like operating any other heavy machinery, and women definitely weren't supposed to do that.
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