History Main / AsianDrivers

-->"I secretly harbor racist views, racist views, racist views / I secretly harbor racist views / I don't think Asians drive well."[[note]]in Britain, the immediate association of the word "Asian" is with Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, et c. And yes, the prejudice applies here - see "Discussion". "Asians", in the American sense, are differentiated as Chinese, Japanese, et c.[[/note]]

* One gag in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' depicts an Asian [[WomenDrivers woman]] cutting across to the other side of the highway without signaling, causing many cars to crash into each other. Provides the page quote.

-->-- '''Asian Woman''', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

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--> '''Kahn:''' Ooh, cheap shot.
* One gag in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKcSZfY1sf4 depicts]] an Asian [[WomenDrivers woman]] cutting across to the other side of the highway without signaling, causing many cars to crash into each other.
--> '''Woman:''' How much signal I need to cut across eight lane? None? I turn now. Good luck everybody else!

* A reverse example where Italy from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' [[DrivesLikeCrazy drives so crazily]] that Japan makes a safer car just so he never has to endure that experience again. Of course, this [[IncrediblyLamePun drives]] right into another stereotype: that of Italians being ridiculously unsafe drivers.

** Also, in one episode, a carriage of Disney Princesses crash in a horrific and gory way: it's suggested that it happened because they "let Disney/{{Mulan}} drive". Subverted when it actually turns out that Captain Hero caused the crash in order to get back at Clara, who'd strung him along despite using him to fulfill her fetish of watching auto crashes.

* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' 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.

* A reverse example where Italy from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' [[DrivesLikeCrazy drives so crazily]] that Japan makes a safer car just so he never has to endure that experience again. Of course, this drives right into another stereotype: that of Italians being ridiculously unsafe drivers.

** 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 Disney/{{Mulan}} drive".

->'''Asian woman:''' How much signal I need to cut across eight lane? None? I turn now. Good luck, everybody else!
-->-- '''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''

-->Asian woman: ''How much signal I need to cut across eight lane? None? I turn now. Good luck, everybody else!''
-->'''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''

* Hikaru Sulu accidentally leaves the external inertial dampers (aka, the "[[LaymansTerms Parking Brake]]") on the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrek XI''. Luckily, this mistake saves the ''Enterprise'' by causing them to arrive late to Vulcan, preventing them from being obliterated like the rest of the fleet by Nero.

** Averted in ''[[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier Star Trek V]]'', when Sulu pulls off some ridiculous fancy ComingInHot maneuver with a shuttlecraft.

** Shatner repeated the gag in the Roast of Creator/CharlieSheen explaining that he understood why Charlie was acting so crazy was because Shatner's generation made it more difficult for Sheen's to do edgy things because they were now passe. He cites his famous kiss with NichelleNichols along with "Let the Asian man drive" as examples of edgy things done in his time that are just not so in the new millennium.

In RealLife, this may have something to do with lax traffic laws in Asian countries and the fact that widespread automobile ownership in Asian countries is a new phenomenon for millions of people whose parents could only dream of driving a car. The result is that many of the defensive driving training and techniques developed and stressed in the west have not yet been as widely adapted in Asia. Finally, probably as a result of the workaholism encouraged by many Asian cultures, they are generally in a hurry. Also, China particularly is very heavily populated, which could lead to traffic jams and accidents.

** Isn't Bulma Asian as well?

** Shatner repeated the gag in the Roast of Creator/CharlieSheen explaining that he understood why Charlie was acting so crazy was because Shatner's generation made it more difficult for Sheen's to do edgy things because they were now passe. He cites his famous kiss with creator/NichelleNichols along with "Let the Asian man drive" as examples of edgy things done in his time that are just not so in the new millennium.

* British sketch show ''NotTheNineOClockNews'' parodied what was then a commercial for FIAT cars with ''Designed By Computer.'' (shots of car in outline desgn rotating on computer screen) ''Built by Robots'' (Shots of cars on assembly line being tooled by long sophisticated robotic arm). ''But driven by Italians'' (Shots of rush-hour traffic in Rome and attendant motoring mayhem.)

* In the NicolasCage film ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'', one of the team members is now a driving instructor, and his most hopeless student is an Asian [[WomenDrivers woman]]. It's plain insulting.

-->"I secretly harbor racist views, racist views, racist views / I secretly harbor racist views / I don't think Asians drive well."

* In the pilot for ''Television/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', Doug teases that Ioki should not be allowed to drive any nice/expensive car. Ioki responds with "Hey! It's genetic."

* In the pilot for ''Series/21JumpStreet'', Doug teases that Ioki should not be allowed to drive any nice/expensive car. Ioki responds with "Hey! It's genetic."