Comments on: Most Drivers Feel They Are Superior Behind The Wheel http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Alan C http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51190 Alan C Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:12:06 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51190 I drive a truck for a living, but I wouldn't say I was superior to a lot of people I know who drive. Yes I would class myself as a good driver, am considerate of other road users/pedestrains. Always willing to let cars through or out at junctions, but must admit some days I am an asshole behind the wheel and sometimes let my concentration wander until I scare the crap out of myself. I find a lot also depends on if the driver is familiar with where they are driving. When I know the roads I am driving on then it winds me up when people don't get in the right lanes etc, but must admit I have done it plenty of times when I don't know where I am and get in the wrong lanes. I think the biggest problem on the roads today are people driving cars that they can't handle and lack of respect for other road users. I drive a truck for a living, but I wouldn’t say I was superior to a lot of people I know who drive. Yes I would class myself as a good driver, am considerate of other road users/pedestrains. Always willing to let cars through or out at junctions, but must admit some days I am an asshole behind the wheel and sometimes let my concentration wander until I scare the crap out of myself.
I find a lot also depends on if the driver is familiar with where they are driving. When I know the roads I am driving on then it winds me up when people don’t get in the right lanes etc, but must admit I have done it plenty of times when I don’t know where I am and get in the wrong lanes.

I think the biggest problem on the roads today are people driving cars that they can’t handle and lack of respect for other road users.

]]> By: Lady Claire http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51177 Lady Claire Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:43:49 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51177 I'm not sure whether drivers are better or worse than average, but I find a lot of them are downright rude round here..... LC x I’m not sure whether drivers are better or worse than average, but I find a lot of them are downright rude round here…..

LC x

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51174 roz Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:28:44 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51174 true, kelly! and maine is close enuf to canadian drivers fer me! :) true, kelly! and maine is close enuf to canadian drivers fer me! :)

]]> By: Kelly http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51169 Kelly Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:20:06 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51169 haha roz...been there! but add in about 4ft of snow and a blizzard...if you can make it out alive driving through winter in canada you'd feel pretty damn superior too! ....oh i miss my car haha roz…been there! but add in about 4ft of snow and a blizzard…if you can make it out alive driving through winter in canada you’d feel pretty damn superior too! ….oh i miss my car

]]> By: Eugene http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51168 Eugene Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:19:24 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51168 It could be the case that most drivers are in fact better than average. It could be the case that most drivers are in fact better than average.

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51164 roz Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:35:46 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51164 rofl! nice picture of the stig! wonder if that's the original stig or the "new" stig? this phenom has been known fer many years, yet it never seems to go away. i'm a good driver; but i know that because i've had it confirmed by outside opinion. unlike with sex, there are empirical ways to do this. one of em was my avoidance of a head-on collision at highway speed with a driver who was in the wrong lane. she prolly thought she was good too. :D rofl! nice picture of the stig! wonder if that’s the original stig or the “new” stig?

this phenom has been known fer many years, yet it never seems to go away. i’m a good driver; but i know that because i’ve had it confirmed by outside opinion. unlike with sex, there are empirical ways to do this. one of em was my avoidance of a head-on collision at highway speed with a driver who was in the wrong lane. she prolly thought she was good too. :D

]]> By: Mark http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51161 Mark Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:21:21 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51161 So true but were all those comma\'s necessary? Who wants to gang up against the comma queen/king and tell them they need to stop or we\'ll not be able to cope the next time one of their stories (the BBC) makes its way over here. Anyone? Oh and the captcha on here, get Recaptcha it helps support the campaign for the digitisation of books. Cheers. So true but were all those comma\’s necessary? Who wants to gang up against the comma queen/king and tell them they need to stop or we\’ll not be able to cope the next time one of their stories (the BBC) makes its way over here. Anyone?

Oh and the captcha on here, get Recaptcha it helps support the campaign for the digitisation of books.

Cheers.

]]> By: ricoculous http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51158 ricoculous Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:09:13 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51158 It's a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect It’s a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger_effect

]]> By: Ellie http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51157 Ellie Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:52:04 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51157 Lol, someone should tell my other half this. To be honest, he's not a bad driver, he doesn't speed or show off, he's just an a***hole. for example, some pedestrians were struggling to cross the road the other day, ok, they hadn't walked to the crossing just down the road, but we all do that too, and when they crossed to the middle of the road and were trying to cross our side my other half drove as close to them as he could to scare them, and when I pointed out the fact that he was endangering them he said, "well they should have used the crossing". He's not done it since then cause I went mental at him for his lack of responsibility. The point to this story is that, when not in a car, my other half is the most responsible, safety aware, thoughtful bloke I know, It's like the car has a mind of it's own! Lol, someone should tell my other half this. To be honest, he’s not a bad driver, he doesn’t speed or show off, he’s just an a***hole. for example, some pedestrians were struggling to cross the road the other day, ok, they hadn’t walked to the crossing just down the road, but we all do that too, and when they crossed to the middle of the road and were trying to cross our side my other half drove as close to them as he could to scare them, and when I pointed out the fact that he was endangering them he said, “well they should have used the crossing”.
He’s not done it since then cause I went mental at him for his lack of responsibility.

The point to this story is that, when not in a car, my other half is the most responsible, safety aware, thoughtful bloke I know, It’s like the car has a mind of it’s own!

]]> By: originalmaja http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/01/drivers-feel-superior-wheel/#comment-51152 originalmaja Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:37:03 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=9744#comment-51152 How frustrating! For me it's the opposite happening. How frustrating! For me it’s the opposite happening.

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