Comments on: Car Protocol

By: Irate Scotsman

Irate Scotsman — Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:41:30 +0000

Car Protocol followup

Followup to Jamie's "Car Protocol" response.

By: voisen.org

voisen.org — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:44:38 +0000

Take the Wheel, Honey

The Irate Scotsman and Erik, and Jamie have all posted quite lengthy dissertations on gender issues as they relate to the unwritten “car protocol.” In short, the car protocol essentially dictates the seating arrangements when driving: who s...

By: Tit Sandwich dot com

Tit Sandwich dot com — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:05:10 +0000

Castration, or The Right To Drive

Erik and Matt write about the sort of unwritten law that men are the drivers. While Erik seems to feel that he should be the one to drive because he has high standards for himself and part of that entails...

By: blumenvasen.org

blumenvasen.org — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:31:57 +0000

Drivers Wanted

Irate Scotsman and as a response, NSLog, have interesting takes on what they call Car Prototocol. Take a look at...

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 02:31:23 +0000

Derek, don't you know that short people love to torture tall folks

I used to drive an '87 Acura Integra two door. My 5'4" friend and I would take the front seat while we crammed our 6'5" friends.

By: Quarter Life Crisis

Quarter Life Crisis — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 00:46:44 +0000

Walk don't Run

Time: Two weeks ago Die Zeit had a special about Time (no pun intended). In the opening article hey...

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 16 Apr 2003 23:43:04 +0000

There is also the height consideration. I am relatively tall (6'3") and most of my friend's drive sports cars. So if I am not driving, I generally get the front seat no matter who is in the car, just because I am very uncomfortable crammed in the back of a sports car.

I also have a friend that is 6'10", and the rule applys doubly so for him.