# Libras are bad drivers. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 14, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092 "2006-12-14T07:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![microbubble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@microbubble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/microbubble)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/41 "2006-12-15T02:27:57Z")
Mika Hakkinen, driving champion of the world in 1998 and 1999, would probably disagree with him: [Mika Häkkinen - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mika_Hakkinen) . As would Dale Earnhardt Jr and Juan Pablo Montoya. As would I. Zero accidents, zero tickets, six years driving, lowest possible insurance rates. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/42 "2006-12-15T03:25:43Z")
[QUOTE=Rushgeekgirl] _Sagittarius: They’re risk-takers, but they’re experienced risk takers, and know that stunt driving should be left to the professionals. This is a talkative group, and they should consider putting their cell phone down and just driving._ [/QUOTE] Classic cold read bullshit. Note the contradictions that allow the statement to be a partial hit, no matter what. As to the first sentence, if you are Sagittarius and you have an accident then that fits because you are a risk taker. If you don’t, that’s because you’re an experienced risk taker and know not to engage in stunt driving. The second sentence doesn’t explicitly say that Sagittarius’ do drive while using cell phones, so if you are a Sagittarius and don’t drive using a cell phone, it’s not inaccurate. But it does hint that Saggitarius’ drive with cell phones, so if you are a Saggitarius and you do drive using a cell phone it’s a hit. Brilliant but meaningless. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/43 "2006-12-15T03:26:58Z")
Sorry, the way that quote has come out it looks as if **Rushgeekgirl** was the author of said cold reading bullshit. I should make clear, she was herself quoting that stuff with disapproval. ---
**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/44 "2006-12-15T23:31:00Z")
I am a bad driver. I used to think that was because I’m color-blind\*, but now I know it’s because I am a Libra. That makes a lot more sense. I’m also indecisive, charming, diplomatic, suffer from lower back pains, and have a distinct preference for the callipygian, all of which are Libran traits. So, it must be true. :rolleyes: \*NJ\_Kef: “Is that a red light up ahead?” Passenger: “What…do…you… mean, is that a red light?” NJ\_Kef: “I figure it’s red, but I just want to be sure.” Passenger: “What…do….you…mean, you figure?” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/45 "2006-12-15T23:55:36Z")
[QUOTE=NJ\_Kef] callipygian [/QUOTE] I’d just like to thank you for making me aware of that word for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/46 "2006-12-16T01:34:59Z")
Tauruses are good drivers, but only if they stick to Fords. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/47 "2006-12-16T17:23:32Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] Well, there’s her problem: she should have called the book C **z** ar Carma. [/QUOTE] Didn’t Boy George have a hit song, Czar Carma Chameleon? I’m an Aries. We are the warriors, astrologically speaking. So get the hell out of our lane. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/48 "2006-12-16T23:42:28Z")
I’m a Pisces with a nimble car. You can stay there, I’ll just slip around you. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/49 "2006-12-17T05:30:22Z")
Another Libra here. I love to drive, it’s what I do to unwind. I only drive manual transmissions because I like to feel in control of the vehicle, to sense that I’m handling it. 40 years of driving, driving practically every day: one speeding ticket, no accidents (except for two fenderbenders inflicted on my car when it was parked in a shopping centre lot.) I don’t use my cellphone while driving. If someone calls, I let it go to voicemail and call back once I’ve stopped the car in a safe spot. Now that I know that I’m a bad driver, I’ll just relax and accept that I’m predestined to being a terror on the road. Mika Häkkinen, same birthday as me, different year though. Cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/50 "2006-12-17T07:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Didn’t Boy George have a hit song, Czar Carma Chameleon? I’m an Aries. We are the warriors, astrologically speaking. So get the hell out of our lane. [/QUOTE] Then you should be driving a K Car. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/51 "2006-12-17T07:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Then you should be driving a K Car. [/QUOTE] Indeed, and that should be in the slow lane. ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/52 "2006-12-17T07:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Yeah, I meant moon in Taurus, sorry. Apparently, Libra is the gay sign… take this where you will. [/QUOTE] Well, I wazgonnasay, Matt. My first thought when I read your earlier post was that you’re a lousy driver because you’re gay, not because you’re a Libra. My next thought was that the reason you _admit_ you’re a lousy driver is because you’re gay. Heterosexual men never admit they’re bad drivers. ps - I’m a Libra too, and I’m a good driver, but then I’m a heterosexual female, so take that where you will. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092/53 "2006-12-17T14:13:44Z")
I, for one, believe this to be absolutely true. I am a Leo. I am a Leo, hubby is a Gemini. > [@](#): > > Leos (July 23-August 22) and then Geminis (May 21-June 20) were found to be the best overall. Actually, we’ve had our share of accidents. Of course, we confirm what we always knew: it was the other person’s fault 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libras-are-bad-drivers/384092.md?page=2)