Ogling of Women a Leading Cause of Car Accidents in Colombia

National Post [Canada] ^ | Thursday,June 15, 2006 | Canadian Press

[canuck_conservative]

In Colombia, beauty can kill. Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents.

Distraction was the No. 1 cause of the 115,000 road accidents in Colombia last year, costing the equivalent of about $250 million Cdn, according to research by the Road Safety Fund, a private organization.

The cell phone was the biggest distraction for drivers, accounting for about 10 per cent of all accidents. Second was men staring at women, which accounted for nearly one in 20 crashes.

"It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving," the group's director, Francisco Fernandez, told a news conference.

His presentation included close-up images of attractive women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the extent of this danger.

More than 1,300 drivers were interviewed for the study conducted by the fund, a private group made up of insurance companies.

Colombia has been improving its road safety, bringing down accidents from an average of 200,000 per year to just over 115,000 last year.

But with potholed roads traversing treacherous mountain ranges and drivers who don't think twice about overtaking on blind corners, driving in Colombia can still be a dangerous endeavour.

While authorities have begun fining those caught driving and speaking on a cell phone - sanctioning more than 17,000 drivers in Bogota alone last year - the fund is recommending less draconian methods to discourage men from looking at women while driving.

"We are hoping for an educational campaign, to inform drivers of how dangerous this can be," said Fernandez.

Other listed distractions were drivers fussing with their appearances and looking at advertising - which in Colombia often features scantily clad women.

The study found that as male drivers grow older, they get grumpier: less focused on women but more inclined to be distracted by arguing with their passengers.

"Around the world, distraction is one of the leading causes of accidents. The reasons for distractions are different for each culture," Fernandez said. "In the United States, research has found a large cause of distraction is eating while driving, something not seen here."

© The Canadian Press 2006

[canuck_conservative]

Which distraction is worse - ogling women, using a cellphone, playing with the radio, or eating?

[Vaquero]

how about ogling a cellphone, playing with your food, or eating....er...


....yeah.

[A Troop 1-14 Cav]

(Ogling of Women a Leading Cause of Car Accidents in Colombia)



Well, have you seen these Columbian women? THey are beautiful (most of them).

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

That's a tough one. Hmmmm, NO OGLING ALLOWED...

[CertainInalienableRights]

Ogling of Women a Leading Cause of Car Accidents in Colombia

I'd wager this isn't a problem in Iran (burkas).

[Leg Olam]

Driving with ones genitals is not a good thing.

[TonyRo76]

No pictures on this thread yet?!?!?!?!?!

;)

[dljordan]

"Driving with ones genitals is not a good thing."

I always drive with mine, I'm very attached to them.

[JoeSixPack1]

We had this problem when mini-skirts gave rise to designer panties........ or not. :-)
(circa 1966)

[MarineBrat]

Ping for when pictures of pretty girls are posted! (I'm posting from my laptop while driving BTW)

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

"I'm on tonight/ You know my hips don't lie/ And I'm starting to feel it's right/ All the attraction/the tension Don't you see baby/this is perfection"

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

My Information is about 20 years old. Columbia only allowed cars to be imported about every 10 years. So you would see a bunch of older cars. There was one Chrysler air flo from the thirties a man drove to work every day.

[Izzy Dunne]

Driving with ones genitals is not a good thing.

Never leave home without them.

[Perdogg]

And broken toes.

[rightinthemiddle]

Which distraction is worse - ogling women, using a cellphone, playing with the radio, or eating?

________

ogling women talking on cell phones.

[martin_fierro]

Your experiences, please.

[1Old Pro]

His presentation included close-up images of attractive women in miniskirts to remind the audience of the extent of this danger.

I'm not convinced, weill need to see the full presentation.

[Rastus]

I saw this in high school. This guy was getting his mail, and the girl in the car next to me was obviously smitten. She was smiling and eyeing him and looked forward just in time to slam on her brakes and avoid hitting the car stopped in front of her. I wonder if she still liked him after his overreaction: holding his sides, bent over with laughter, pointing at her, etc.

[martin_fierro]

CRASH!

[bigbob]

I'd need some photographic proof...

[RedWhiteBlue]

Sue Ellen Mishky strikes again!

[BallyBill]

The Braless Wonder

[IamConservative]

Driving with ones genitals is not a good thing.

Sounds suspiciously like bragging to me. I can only adjust the inside rear view mirror with mine!

[LibWhacker]

NEWS FLASH!... In a dramatic reversal of its position, the National Organization of Women announced that it now positively LOVES beautiful bikini-clad vixens traipsing around in public -- as long as they are restricted to treacherous mountain roads which run along the tops of high cliffs ("We'll get rid of all those male chauvinist pigs once and for all," said one cackling NOW veteran).

[BobS]

You can avoid an accident by stopping on the side of the road. Just yell:

"Como este mi car-o chika!"

A slap from a woman beats a pileup in most cases.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Ugh! Put it in reverse!

[A Troop 1-14 Cav]

(A slap from a woman beats a pileup in most cases.)



It might be a slap but she still touched ya!

[Puppage]

[BnBlFlag]

Having known a few Columbian women, I can understand why.

[Paradox]

Sheesh, what are those people smoking?

Oh, never mind :)

[A Troop 1-14 Cav]

NEWS FLASH!... In a dramatic reversal of its position, the National Organization of Women announced that it now positively LOVES beautiful bikini-clad vixens

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That makes more sense, seeing as how most of the NOW gang are "softball players."

[BallyBill]

I was in an accident while ogling. I wasn't driving, but I didn't see the car stopped in front of us either. We did get to meet the 2 chicks though while swapping information with the other driver. Not to brag, but I made out on the deal. My friend got a smashed in hood and I got a date with one of the girls.

[StJacques]

I lived in Colombia for one year and believe me when I say this . . .

Colombian women are worth ogling.

[sheik yerbouty]

Reckless eyeballing..

[battlegearboat]

Anyone remember the Mr. Microphone TV commercial?

"Hey good looking, we'll be back to pick you up later!"

[WesternPacific]

Ogling women while talking to your wife on the cell phone could also be very dangerous.

[BobS]

"It might be a slap but she still touched ya!""

Since you got her attention, why not start a conversation?

[battlegearboat]

A pretty girl, is like a melody

First you see her and then

You see her again

A pretty girCRASH!!

[ikka]

Sounds suspiciously like bragging to me. I can only adjust the inside rear view mirror with mine!

I used to open the gas cap when stopping for full-service gas ... oh nevermind.

[Humbug]

She can't help it if she's made that way,
she's not to blame if they look her way,
she ain't really tryin' to cause a scene,
it just comes naturally, lord the girl can't help it.

Well up on Main Street, by the taxi stand,
there's a crowd of people, and a traffic jam,
she don't look back, she ain't doin' nothing' wrong,
Lord have mercy, baby's got her blue jeans on!

[dfwgator]

They do respect her but(t)

They love to watch her strut.

[PissAndVinegar]

Well it's not to difficult during the summer up here in the Northeast but during the winter, there can be some....shrinkage...which can impair your abilites :)

[StJacques]

"I'd need some photographic proof..."

From my year in Colombia bigbob let me say that the outstanding qualities of Colombian beauty derive from the fact that Colombian women are more "purely Spanish" in ancestry than those of most other Latin American countries and their daily lives are marked by extensive walking up and down very mountainous terrain -- even their cities are quite hilly, which keeps them in fine physical shape. The ideal of Colombian beauty is a slender woman of radiant good health who would look indistinguishable from a Spanish beauty from say, Andalusia, that region of southern Spain that provided the majority of settlers to the country.

[Serb5150]

"It's a culture here of drivers honking the horn at an attractive woman, throwing her some compliment as he drives past, and he's not concentrating on driving..."

Charming. This probably ranks up there with catcalls and whistles from construction workers.

[A Troop 1-14 Cav]

Bingo!

[zipper]

Drivers ogling attractive women rather than paying attention to the road are one of the South American country's leading causes of car accidents.

The obvious solution is to have a massive exchange program-- our fat American women for their slender Columbian beauties. Pound for pound of course, so we'll probably get two women for every one they get.

We'll worry about the so-called distraction "problems" later.

[CubaninMiami]

Beautiful but deadly...plenty of these Colombian women down here in Miami, usually not the kind you take home to mama.

[BobS]

That's what I did around Madrid, Spain para tres anos. Those women slap you twice to make sure you are paying attention to them and stop acting like an ape.

Get enough women worked up in various countries and you will find out they all speak the same language:)

[Draco]

Thank you for that pictoral post, St. Jacques. A friend native to Colombia advised to go to Medellin to find a wife but to Cali to find a lover. He claimed this is "common wisdom" in Colombia. Do you miss colombia?

[wallcrawlr]

ummmm...you should see this