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amitk26 · 22nd August 2008, 18:31

Dear BHPians,

I went through some of threads on What Car section and while advicing cars , I saw a few posts stating xyz is too huge for ladies to drive.

Why such perception exists at all ? After all an automobile is supposed to be driven and not carried around on shoulders ( even a small car is misfit for this purpose) so how does it matter if it is big or small ?

If the concern is about muscle strength required to turn steering , In any Modern passenger vehicles with Power Steering the effort is slightly less then turning an Maruti 800 without power steering. So body frame size does not matter.

A few women in india and lot more abroad drive big vehicles.In South East Asia and even in southern Europe women in general do not have any bigger body frame then Indian women.

I request people to refrain from misguiding others by putting these kind of psychological barriers. Many people do need a big family vehical but got swayed by such advice thinking taht ladies in family can not drive them.
Vehical should be selected purely based on the needs and drivability and not based on sex of the driver.

Regards
Amit

22nd August 2008, 18:31	#1 (permalink)
amitk26 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 765	Perception on Ladies driving Big Cars / SUV Dear BHPians, I went through some of threads on What Car section and while advicing cars , I saw a few posts stating xyz is too huge for ladies to drive. Why such perception exists at all ? After all an automobile is supposed to be driven and not carried around on shoulders ( even a small car is misfit for this purpose) so how does it matter if it is big or small ? If the concern is about muscle strength required to turn steering , In any Modern passenger vehicles with Power Steering the effort is slightly less then turning an Maruti 800 without power steering. So body frame size does not matter. A few women in india and lot more abroad drive big vehicles.In South East Asia and even in southern Europe women in general do not have any bigger body frame then Indian women. I request people to refrain from misguiding others by putting these kind of psychological barriers. Many people do need a big family vehical but got swayed by such advice thinking taht ladies in family can not drive them. Vehical should be selected purely based on the needs and drivability and not based on sex of the driver. Regards Amit