Asian Drivers: Difference between revisions

* But played straight in ''[[Formula One]]''. The category has had 24 drivers hailing from Asian countries (20 of them from Japan), and only three of them managed to score over 10 points throughout their career's spans (which, considering a career's time, is a measly total): Satoru Nakajima (16 points in five seasons), Takuma Sato (44 points in seven seasons) and Kamui Kobayashi (65 points in three seasons - granted, this was after F1's punctuation system was changed to one similar to what Indy uses).

* [http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/10/not-news-south-korean-woman-passes-driving-test-news/ South Korean woman passes driving test after 950 attempts.]

* Many Filipinos actually take some twisted pride in their reputation for bad driving. One favorite joke is "Westerners say Filipinos don't know how to drive. Filipinos say Westerners don't know how to survive." Some variation of the joke is also present in India, Vietnam, and, well, pretty much every Asian country with high traffic density and poor enforcement of motoring laws.

** In the Philippines, traffic laws are so lax, they're only enforced in "traffic discipline zones", normally large busy intersections in dense urban areas, which are clearly marked with signs all around.

* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' includes this in a no-holds-barred barrage of Asian stereotypes (against Ling-Ling, the Pikachu-looking monster), ''all'' of which are apparently caused by the shape of the eyes.

** Also, in one episode, a carriage of Disney Princesses crash in a horrific and gory way: it's revealed that it happened because they "let [[Mulan (Disney)|Mulan]] drive".

{{quote| '''Kahn:''' Ooh, cheap shot.}}

* One gag in ''[[Family Guy]]'' depicts an Asian woman cutting across to the other side of the highway without signaling, causing many cars to crash into each other.

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