Drives Like Crazy: Difference between revisions

* Jordan Baker in ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' states that she trusts other drivers to get out of her way. Daisy Buchanan also has an episode {{spoiler|when she drives while emotionally distraught and kills Myrtle Wilson.}} [[Women Drivers]], huh?

* ''[[Stephanie Plum]]'', of Janet Evanovich's eponymous series, might be a decent driver, but she is ''death'' on cars. Hers get destroyed almost [[Once an Episode|once a book]], albeit usually for reasons beyond her control such as bombs and fires. On the other hand, Grandma Mazur, once she finally learned to drive, managed to rack up enough moving violations to lose her license. In ''five'' days. The few who've ridden with her frequently complain about problems like whiplash from abrupt stops, etc.

* [[Amelia Peabody]] Emerson and her husband Professor Radcliffe Emerson, in Elizabeth Peters' mystery novels. To be fair, cars were a novelty at the time, and neither ever had any formal driver's training, but Amelia's daughter-in-law ''tried'' to give her a lesson—and later made excuses never to ride with her again. As for the Professor, his style of driving is basically "floor it and hit the horn a lot" (not a quote from the books, but accurate).

* [[David Drake]]'s ''[[RCN Series]]'' series has a standing joke that nobody can drive an aircar. By some count, seven named characters and a couple of redshirts have claimed this ability and at best they get there with severe dents. Rather makes you wonder why a spaceship that hasn't always got room for the guns bothers to carry one.

 

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