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When we were looking to buy an RV, I prefered a large Class A but my wife thought they were too big for her to drive. So, we compromised and bought a 30-foot Class C with 3 slides. Since we’ve owned it, she has only driven it 3 times, and never while towing our car. “It’s too BIG!” she says.
I know that Pipi drives her RV – maybe it’s because she started young -but do any other women drive RVs?
I drive my 34′ class A and usually with a 15′ toad behind. I didn’t start young. It has absolutely nothing to do with gender by the way. It only has to do with belief in yourself.
If there were an intrinsic difference in how men and women drive it would obviously be pointed out in insurance rates. Oh wait, it is! There’s a reason insurance for men is higher than it is for women.
Tell your wife you’re going to take a nap while she drives on the next road trip. By the time you guys get back, she’ll definitely be a better driver than you 😉
Good luck!
Well…women have a lower accident rate which is why their insurance premiums are lower…and they have less accidents because they don’t drive their RV often! (Our RV is in my wife’s name to take advantage of the lower premiums…)
I rarely see an RV driven by a woman. Actually, I’ve seen it only once: a woman driving a pickup with a huge camper in the bed. She was alone with her blind dog, she drove all the way from Alaska and I met her on the ferry to Newfoundland. She really impressed me.
As a guy, I was terrified of my Class A when I first bought it. It sure took up a lot of the lane. After a trip from Phoenix to Tacoma then to SAnta Maria, CA, all with my toad, it’s old hat.
Those K-rails on the side of the lane still terrorize me. They always put them on the rottenest roads and you’re ducking and diving from side to side in your lane. That’s a big deal in a Class A with about six inches on either side of you.
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