Her argument was thus, a good foundation sets
the tone for an individual to make it in life and is always a plus. Being a
beneficiary of a good foundation, the evidence is forensic. A 1st
class graduate at the age of 22, an employee of a top 1st generation
bank taking on tasks at her age that took me years to master.
Her line of argument gave me a eureka moment
that has bothered me for a dastardly long time. Why are women such bad and
terrible drivers? The answer is simple and direct: Foundation. Driving a car
overtime has grown to be seen as a fairly mundane task. A driver is among the
most poorly paid jobs in Nigeria. In actual fact, however short the duration of
a journey, the lives of the occupants of such vehicles rests in the competence
of the person driving the vehicle irrespective of the social or financial
status of the occupants.
Driving a car is far more demanding than it
is made to appear. For women which this piece is centred on, 70% do not have
any formal drivers training. 95% have never seen a highway code let alone open
one. A more abysmal 99% only learn how to move a car using an automatic transmission;
they never get learn to drive a manual transmission. If you ever dare ask why
they choose to ‘move’ only an automatic transmission car? You’ll definitely get
this response, ‘a manual car is way too complicated’.
‘Moving’ a car isn’t complicated, driving one
is……’ the faulty foundation of taking an easy out approach to driving comes to
play through the life of 99% of women drivers. Terrible drivers are a menace on
the roads. ‘Moving’ a car goes beyond taking the car from point A to B. it involves
steering, changing directions, braking as well as accelerating and obeying
certain rules and regulations that govern road use as is documented in the High
way code for which every driver in the committee of nations observe.
Get the ladies back on the test track, no
fancy cars just the basics. A rickety beetle!!!!!!