Worst ride.

Oh my goodness, so much arguing about how to describe someone. The fact is, we do need to describe dangerous drivers somehow. The police handle it by using race (Cauc, African American, Hispanic etc), skin color (light, dark, etc), age, height, weight, hair color and style, any other distinguishing features. To stop short at “African American” and their approximate ages is not enough information for anybody to get an idea of what the “ladies” really looked like and was, in this particular lament, pointless other than to foster stereotypical preconceptions. I think we should all agree that if we are going to describe a dangerous driver and, after all, the whole point of posting unpleasant experiences on this web site is to help other sluggers avoid danger, then a description is necessary unless one is absolutely sure that the driver always uses the same car (in the case of dangerous driver) and an accurate description of the car is given. Of course, if a passenger is dangerous, how else to describe him/her? By their briefcase? That might work if it’s really different (neon pink?) and you are sure they always carry it!
However, just as a Caucasian driver would be described as being olive skinned, or fair, or tanned, or sunburned; tall, short, fat, thin; blonde, red haired, brown haired, bearded, bald; large nose, hook hand, tattoos, golden/missing teeth; eyepatch, etc., then all people should be described in the same detail. But just to describe someone by their race alone with maybe one other qualifier (age, in this case) is not sufficient and not at all useful to the community. After all, how many “African American ladies in their 30s or 40s” do we know? And how does this description help us? It would be akin to describing me as a “Caucasian woman in her 40s.” Wow, that’s really helpful if you want to pick me out in a crowd.

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Originally posted by trapps

Pele: you don't have to use the (N) word as you put it to seem like you are being raciest. Yes police use race when they are searching for suspected criminal. Key word suspected. They are the law and have some kind of justification for putting out that information. Not what seems to be a one sided story. I just think we should not encourage people to start profiling each other for what seem like a bad ride. I have not seen anyone else on here say 2 black ladies also gave them a bad ride and treated them bad. I think it was isolated and a personality clash. Lets just leave it at that :)

750LI

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Okay, let's get crime out of the picture... Let's say you're looking for someone in a crowd. How do you describe them?

Maybe she should have left out the gender of the people. Maybe she's inferring that all women have bad attitudes. Maybe slugs should start profiling people by gender.

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Times to beat:
Horner Rd to/from Pentagon: 12 mins Without Slugs - 17 mins With slugs
Dale City exit to/from 3rd St Tunnel, D.C. 18 mins (No slugs - Holiday)

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Originally posted by trapps

Don't you think we have enough hate and racism in the world?
...You have sluggers profiling people!...But for future please just describe the car and license plate if you really need to put it out there.

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Content of her story aside (Because I think it's bogus too.) I didn't see any hate or bigotry in it. She didn't use the "N" word.
I believe it's acceptable to use race as a descriptor.

Approximate age, race, size of build, and gender are all appropriate ways to describe people.

Listen to police some time when they give out a description of suspects... They also use the same characteristics.

I suppose police are all racists as well.

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Times to beat:
Horner Rd to/from Pentagon: 12 mins Without Slugs - 17 mins With slugs
Dale City exit to/from 3rd St Tunnel, D.C. 18 mins (No slugs - Holiday)

Lol i'm just amazed that this conversation is still going on.@Deep Don't you think we have enough hate and racism in the world? I'm very sorry you had a bad experience with a driver while slugging in her car. Now you have people watching out for 2 black women in a BMW???? You have sluggers profiling people! The story sound onesided from the begining. But for future please just describe the car and license plate if you really need to put it out there. It does sound like a little hate going on your part. It couldn't have been that hot that early in the morning and for the one that said it was a crime for the driver to not let you out of the car(crime)??? It's more of a crime to put her on the side of the Highway pregnant than riding her to a safe spot while she complained and cursed the whole way. When you slug in someone else car headphone are a must.

750LI

Wow...this conversation is...interesting.



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