iprint said:
Why can't asians drive well?
The traditional answers would be:
"Because they're too short to see over the steering wheel"
"Because they can't see well through their slanty eyes"
"Because they've never driven anything but a rickshaw before"
I don't know the real reason that the group of bad drivers who appear to be Asian stands out against the bad drivers from other racial backgrounds. White people aren't allowed to ask these kinds of questions.
I do know that if I see someone in the middle lane on the highway going under the speed limit, they'll generally fall into one of two groups: some shrunken old person wearing a fedora, or a young Asiatic individual. The latter can be sometimes be seen driving with the four-way flashers on - a violation of the Highway Traffic Act, by the way.
My first instinct is to suspect a cultural issue - maybe they really have zero experience with driving culture. Then, of course, it occurs to me that rural Asians aren't very likely to immigrate to Canada. However, bad Asian drivers seem to be reducing in number to the point where they don't stand out anymore. I'm guessing that's because there are a lot of 2nd-generation drivers now, which would point right back to cultural differences.
It could also be selection bias... we're simply selecting bad drivers from our memories who stand out, and people who look different are more likely to stand out than those who don't. That white guy who cuts you off is a jerk, but the yellow guy is an Asian jerk.
