Bangalore Autowali....A friend of mine clicked this pic.

hrag · 28th May 2007, 13:54

Lots of lady auto drivers in Chennai. They're sober while the men are mostly drunk.

HellwratH · 28th May 2007, 15:06

Guess, the inspiration for the basanti (with her dhanno ofcourse! for the Ramu's version of sholay) came from this lady here...

finneyp · 28th May 2007, 15:22

The Southie ladies are iron ladies I should say!

In B'lore, we have lady Bus (BMTC) conductors, lady Auto wallis, lady Bunk attendants etc.
And maybe soon lady BMTC drivers, Cabbies too!

spadival · 28th May 2007, 15:37

Women fly Boeing 737 these days.. once on a rainy day, the flight I was in, aborted landing just few seconds from touch down at Mumbai airport. Not a nice feeling when u r anticipating a touch down and the plane takes off like a rocket at the last moment!!

A few minutes later, we hear the lady Pilot's voice sheepishly annoucing "Sorry, we had to abort landing because of bad weather"

sajo · 28th May 2007, 18:28

In Pune, they were undergoing training a while ago to drive schoolbuses. Though I see them driving just the school vans.
There was a female truck driver featured in the papers a while back.

theMAG · 28th May 2007, 23:02

The area of concern for female rickers will be personal safety

hari_rama · 28th May 2007, 23:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenhorn

they have "vanitha"(lady) autos here in kerala... I've seen a few. They're blue in colour

hehe btw in trichur sometime before there used to be private buses called "Vanitha Transport" in which the driver,the ticket collector and the door stander (kili) were women.but now somehow the bus under same name is operated by men

though the bus were driven by women,those buses used to ply as a normal bus,ie running at overspeed.

btw i have seen a couple of women behind the autorickshaws too around here

diwa · 29th May 2007, 22:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by finneyp

The Southie ladies are iron ladies I should say!

In B'lore, we have lady Bus (BMTC) conductors, lady Auto wallis, lady Bunk attendants etc.
And maybe soon lady BMTC drivers, Cabbies too!

In Chennai we already have a woman Bus driver. The Hindu had half page review about her with a pic. This was about a year back.

Mpower · 30th May 2007, 01:50

Great to see Bharatiyanaris taking up this profession.

Hopefully this will mean better service, less cheating and sane driving. 3-cheers from me.

speed0mania · 30th May 2007, 02:21

thats probably what we need in our country and specially in a city like delhi where safety for women is a major issue!
the reason why i feel most women are bad drivers is because its something they do out of compulssion n not because its a passion like it is with men!
its like a man getting his eyebrows threaded! some of them do it but the result doesn't seem good to me

tsk1979 · 30th May 2007, 10:52

I saw female Auto drivers down south way back in 1998. Havent seen any in Delhi though.

jkdas · 30th May 2007, 11:10

we have autos driven by women in Kerala but strangely these autos are painted blue!

jkdas · 30th May 2007, 11:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by spadival

A few minutes later, we hear the lady Pilot's voice sheepishly annoucing "Sorry, we had to abort landing because of bad weather"

what made you think she was the pilot?

dnt forgot abt Ms Kinetic

Atleast she gave us Comet, Blaze etc.

vivekiny2k · 30th May 2007, 14:54

Women at work, women at work, how to biz, Hobbies, challenging careers, career horoscope, success story, job classified, job listings, unusual careers, professions for women, careers for women, astrology and careers, career compatibility.

MalluDude · 30th May 2007, 21:50

[quote=gd1418;450616]Try asking the fairer sex to jack-up a vehicle. Minimum 2 hrs to locate the jack and another two to find out where to put..]

I think you are generalizing a bit too much.
80% of my friends (guys) won't be able to jack up a vehicle even in four hours.

28th May 2007, 13:54	#16
hrag BANNED Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bangalore / Madras Posts: 1,982 Thanked: 32 Times	Lots of lady auto drivers in Chennai. They're sober while the men are mostly drunk.
	() Thanks

28th May 2007, 15:06	#17
HellwratH BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 115 Thanked: 57 Times	Guess, the inspiration for the basanti (with her dhanno ofcourse! for the Ramu's version of sholay) came from this lady here...
	() Thanks

28th May 2007, 15:22	#18
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,736 Thanked: 359 Times View My Garage	The Southie ladies are iron ladies I should say! In B'lore, we have lady Bus (BMTC) conductors, lady Auto wallis, lady Bunk attendants etc. And maybe soon lady BMTC drivers, Cabbies too!
	() Thanks

28th May 2007, 15:37	#19
spadival Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,773 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Women fly Boeing 737 these days.. once on a rainy day, the flight I was in, aborted landing just few seconds from touch down at Mumbai airport. Not a nice feeling when u r anticipating a touch down and the plane takes off like a rocket at the last moment!! A few minutes later, we hear the lady Pilot's voice sheepishly annoucing "Sorry, we had to abort landing because of bad weather"
	() Thanks

28th May 2007, 18:28	#20
sajo Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 2,625 Thanked: 1,155 Times	In Pune, they were undergoing training a while ago to drive schoolbuses. Though I see them driving just the school vans. There was a female truck driver featured in the papers a while back.
	() Thanks

28th May 2007, 23:02	#21
theMAG Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Avon, CT Posts: 7,217 Thanked: 1,811 Times View My Garage	The area of concern for female rickers will be personal safety
	() Thanks

30th May 2007, 01:50	#24
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,732 Times View My Garage	Great to see Bharatiyanaris taking up this profession. Hopefully this will mean better service, less cheating and sane driving. 3-cheers from me.
	() Thanks

30th May 2007, 02:21	#25
speed0mania BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: new delhi Posts: 463 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	thats probably what we need in our country and specially in a city like delhi where safety for women is a major issue! the reason why i feel most women are bad drivers is because its something they do out of compulssion n not because its a passion like it is with men! its like a man getting his eyebrows threaded! some of them do it but the result doesn't seem good to me
	() Thanks

30th May 2007, 10:52	#26
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,726 Thanked: 23,056 Times View My Garage	I saw female Auto drivers down south way back in 1998. Havent seen any in Delhi though.
	() Thanks

30th May 2007, 11:10	#27
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,493 Times View My Garage	we have autos driven by women in Kerala but strangely these autos are painted blue!
	() Thanks

30th May 2007, 14:54	#29
vivekiny2k Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: cincinnati, jabalpur,chennai Posts: 1,264 Thanked: 211 Times View My Garage	Women at work, women at work, how to biz, Hobbies, challenging careers, career horoscope, success story, job classified, job listings, unusual careers, professions for women, careers for women, astrology and careers, career compatibility.
	() Thanks

30th May 2007, 21:50	#30
MalluDude BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kochi Posts: 397 Thanked: 56 Times View My Garage	[quote=gd1418;450616]Try asking the fairer sex to jack-up a vehicle. Minimum 2 hrs to locate the jack and another two to find out where to put..] I think you are generalizing a bit too much. 80% of my friends (guys) won't be able to jack up a vehicle even in four hours.
	() Thanks