WANTED: Lady Driver

Goodness me you need to visit Europe or North America Neil. Every other bus is driven by a woman and they do it very well. Generally speaking women are statistically safer drivers than men and I wouldn't think twice about getting on any form of public transport driven by a female. I have been flown by female pilots too. I am still here so they must have done something right!

hello neil, Then why you did not asks me to drive the last we were together and have dinner with rbron and bhabycatch? afraid of dying young?

Well if that will make our roads safe, then why not. I already am aware of this but I thought this was just a proposal I guess they decided to give it a try. Now, male drivers have some competition again with their careers. I guess this will also make them tame down now that they are threatened to be replaced by lady drivers now.

Hmm...come to think of it...it's been umpteen years since I've got on any public transport. Can't really recall any lady drivers, only lady conductors on public buses.

I have ridden on buses where there was a female driver. I would hope any woman thinking about answering that sign would think twice. You know there was just a pathetic guy out trying to move a couch that ended up being Jame Jumb and got that college student in all kinds of trouble in Silencing of the Lamb.

I haven't experience riding on a jeep or a cab with a girl driver before. I wouldn't know how it goes but I'm guessing, quite the same. Well, this just proves as an example of less job opportunities here in our country. When I was applying for a call center, I even talked to someone who used to sell fish in the wet market. She said she studied the american accent just to have a decent job for her family because selling in the wet market just isn't enough for her family.

Hi Neildc, Women are good drivers. Here in the States it used to be that young women got lower insurance rates than men because they tended to be more responsible drivers. I think they changed that now due to discrimination. Still, we have many women bus drivers here and even a number of truck drivers and taxi drivers but those still tend to be dominated by men.

hi neildc you haven't ? comed to ther US and you will find half ofall the bus drivers for orang County Transportation are women, We have had women bus drivers here for many years and actually their safety record is better than the guys too. Women here are in all sorts of supposedly mens jobs. paramedics, ambulance drivers I have seen three different women ambulance drivers here and in paramedics too . seems like we women are worining all over the place now.I would safely say women bus drivers have been here in my area for at least thirty years. another thing a lot of the school bus drivers are women too. Tell me as a naive American just what is a jeepney, and pedicab and tricycle in public transportationl I mean my kids had a tricycle but it only held one child.

Where on earth do you live that there aren't women who drive buses? Women drive school buses, & Capitol Metro handicap buses, at least, in Austin, Texas. I don't like buses in general, so I seldom ride, & when I do, I only use the handicap ones. The big Cap Met city buses seem like they'd be about as difficult to drive as a handicap bus, which are somewhat smaller than the city buses. Anyway, I have no idea if women are driving the bigger city buses, but knowing Austin, I'd be astounded if they weren't! Why would women bus drivers be so strange to you? Maggiepie "Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal." ~ Henry James

Hi Neil, I don't have any problem either, we have many lady bus drivers here, also trucks and lorry drivers, they do a good job as well and sometimes I think they drive more careful then men do. We havy many lady cabs/taxi drivers as well. Hugs. Tamara

I use the MRT when I commute along EDSA, there are instances that I prefer to use buses in some occasions but so far I have yet to see the lady drivers. I also use jeepneys in my daily commute and so far I have not seen lady drivers, even in taxis. Personally I see nothing wrong in women behind our public transport vehicles. In my own opinion, they should be given equal opportunity in everything.

I haven't seen a lady driver on a public transportation yet but why not? Like what you said, women nowadays can do what are used to be for men before. I think this already accepted by a lot of people now.

Hi sweetie. Here we have women who drive the buses all day. Nothing to it though. We can drive anything men can, you know.

I feel safer with a lady driver, they are more calm and not hot headed. Some also of the male drivers are impolite and impatient, while lady drivers are more polite. It's easier to approach them as well.

I never had experience riding a public utility vehicle with a lady driver but, if our society will be open in accepting women as lady drivers, why not? Women are very careful especially when it comes to driving. I'm not saying that men are not careful. It's just so happen that I noticed my girl friends who drive their own cars are very careful with their driving when I take a ride with them. Men drivers for me are still fine. If you're in a hurry, you would want to ride in a fast vehicle and men are more confident to drive faster than with women.

Hi Neildc, Here in the UK we have female drivers of all sorts of vehicles, trains, buses, taxis, coaches, lorries and they can do this job as well if not better in some case than a man. A lone female going home at night would sometimes prefer a female taxi driver, so it works really well here. Huggles. Ellie :D

In Australia we have many women who drive taxis, buses etc. in fact I believe there are women flying planes these days. It is not unusual in my country for women to do jobs that used to be dominated by men. We have women mechanics, plumbers and electricians…The sky is the limit for females here nowadays!

Hi neildc I read recently here in the newspapers that this summer we are going to have state (government owned cabs) which will have female drivers. They would be air conditioned cabs though. I think it is really a great step ahead. I am not sure about other parts of the country but we had seen a few lady cab drivers in some movie a few years back... And why not, if women can fly planes, drive railway engines, be in the air force, army, why not the local transport... It is surely a welcome news for me at least... The only issue... sometimes things might go bad and I think laws would be made to ensure their safety too

Hi Neildc!. I think its still uncommon but we already had a lady driver here. Some had courage to become inter province truck driver which from my eye is really brave act. There is a story a widow become truck driver to support his family. I think this day gender bias happen in field of work. Every one can work as they wish as long they understand the consequence. I have not used public transportation thats driven by a woman because in my city we have not got this lady driver at least I have not seen one.

Wow! I've never heard this before. Well it only shows that we are living in a gender fair society already. I hope this will empower women to try things that they thought are impossible and boost their self confidence.