Notice any patterns in this video compilation?

Kuonji · 2010-09-28T21:35:19+00:00

For all of you who don't quite understand why this was posted. I went ahead and did the work:

Approx number of accidents: 31 (plus a big crazy montage at the end that I didn't include because it's too fast/manic to figure out what is going on)

Number of times male is at fault for driving recklessly: 9 (plus one time where fault is not certain)

Number of times female is at fault for driving recklessly: 0

Number of accidents where driver identity is unknown: 21

Female and children victims were highlighted more than male victims but it's not nearly as exclusive as the difference between 'reckless males' and females, and not worth discussing, honestly. I couldn't find a single clip of a reckless female driver.

TL;DR: Every reckless/speeding driver is male. Every one. Nearly all the rest are unidentified.

The saddest part is that so many people see this and just take it for granted that every single 'jackass driver' is male. I encourage people to stop taking things for granted and really start to examine what they hear, see, and read, and look at it objectively. You might be surprised at what you see.

jackwripper · 2010-09-28T21:10:24+00:00

It wasn't just that 80% of the drivers were male, it was that 90% of the victims were female.

doogles · 2010-09-29T01:23:27+00:00

...that men were the better actors, so they got all the meaty roles?

samarye · 2010-09-29T04:06:08+00:00

We need PSAs to show that white men can be horrible drivers, too. Everyone already knows about Asians, women, and the elderly - no PSA required.

/s

Edit: Oh and steer clear of kids. They're basically meat-filled car magnets. And trains. Trains will fuck you up.

MariaAntonia · 2010-09-29T14:52:39+00:00

I have mixed feelings. First I found the video great, well done, important message. I think a lot of scenes are true, others probably from professional movies or advertising.

Then I noticed that only men are at fault. But, they are the responsible family drivers. Feminists might hate that.

Then, right, why are men only to blame. Ok, men drive more reckless. But even if it is 80%, we should have 2 women driving stupidly, to fit the real stats.

And yes, maybe they should put a woman texting, ratting on the phone or fixing her makeup and killing someone. Or, standing with a kid in the middle of the street.

Maybe there should be a different movie for women, to tell them to avoid their typical mistakes?

neofool · 2010-09-29T01:18:43+00:00

The videos a sub par compilation of Brit & Aussie PSAs, high speed chases, and a short film made by the Australian government. If you are going to complain to anyone complain to Australia for having biased PSAs.

Shootie_McGee · 2010-09-29T01:55:29+00:00

About half way through watching that video I noticed a link in the "related videos" list entitled "Funny car crash - hilarious"...........it was actually quite funny despite being insensitively placed.

dethpire · 2010-09-29T03:38:53+00:00

There are so many thing wrong with what I just witnessed. http://imgur.com/9VrDF.png

hmasing · 2010-09-29T05:17:05+00:00

I noticed that they were all sitting on the wrong side of the car when they wrecked and there was no driver. No wonder they crashed.

Also, that dude at like 1:45 was TOTALLY airborne!

un_internaute · 2010-09-29T03:16:26+00:00

Men are more likely to die car crashes than women even though they make up half of the population. Source - US Department of Transportation

Also, if you look at the more serious driving offenses the larger portion of them involve male drivers. Source - Road Accident Research Unit, Adelaide University

In my opinion the problem here for mens rights is not that more males are portrayed as the cause of deadly accidents it's that more men are the cause of deadly accidents. As a culture we socialize men to be more risk seeking and aggressive and that is the real problem and what we need to fix.

Zolty · 2010-09-28T20:40:05+00:00

Yes most of them are obviously staged, for the few that aren't they are pretty sad but an acceptable risk for the rewards of driving, just don't drive aggressively.

I think you were trying to say that most of the drivers are male in the video but there are quite a few women drivers in this video. I am fairly sure there are more men driving but honestly pick your battles.

2010-09-29T06:42:04+00:00

Among the many findings of a city traffic study released on Monday was that 80 percent of all crashes in a five-year period in which pedestrians were seriously injured or killed involved men who were driving.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/nyregion/18drivers.html

CorranHorn · 2010-09-28T21:27:07+00:00

Yeah a lot of the drivers are male. Men tend to drive aggressively and then mess up. Women tend to drive overly cautiously and then get themselves into situations where they panic and mess up. However, a few of them are stupid. Who the fuck stands in the middle of the road with their kid????????

DANMEGA · 2010-09-28T20:19:37+00:00

You have gotta be one pretty fucked up person to jump to mens rights after watching that.

ialsolovebees · 2010-09-29T07:03:23+00:00

Actually, if you want to get technical this all has to do with who they're marketing towards. If they are advertising on channels with mostly male viewers, then they will obviously want to show males at fault to plant the idea that "You should drive more carefully, sir" into their minds.

This has nothing to do with men being dumb, or women being perfect, and I suggest you all chill the fuck out and stop derping all over reddit.

nanomagnetic · 2010-09-29T15:14:54+00:00

Good lord. Chauvinist circlejerking after seven minutes of auto wreckage? r/MensRights delivers again!

Steganosaure · 2010-09-28T23:38:30+00:00

I repeat. You have gotta be one pretty fucked up person to jump to mens rights after watching that.

Steganosaure · 2010-09-28T23:05:03+00:00

You have gotta be one pretty fucked up person to jump to mens rights after watching that. Just downvote again menrights circlejerks. Am not the same person that posted then same thing. And I don't need do explain why do I? Ok. I do. Do you know many girls proud of the power of their car? No. Cause most girls don't like fast cars for themselves. It's mostly a guy thing. Just get away with it guy and girls are not the same. You're getting as fucked as feminists asking for equality. We're not equal. We're complementary. Men like fast cars and do the damages you're seen in the video. Girls like making kids and don't care if they're making a guy crazy in the process.

Title	Notice any patterns in this video compilation?
Author	Kuonji
Upvotes	27
Comments	53
Date	September 28, 2010 6:21 PM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/dk43o/notice_any_patterns_in_this_video_compilation/
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