ts, ts, ts......manche wussten es schon immer:-) ......

Weibliche Rowdys am Steuer


Wer auf der Überholspur tobt, hupt und flucht, muss nicht unbedingt männlich sein - auch Frauen fallen nach Erkenntnissen amerikanischer und japanischer Psychologen immer häufiger durch Rowdytum auf der Straße auf.

Die Wissenschaftler befragten in beiden Ländern knapp 400 Studenten unterschiedlichen Geschlechts. Ergebnis: In ihrer Aggressivität am Steuer standen zumindest die amerikanischen Testteilnehmerinnen ihren männlichen Kollegen nicht nach, in einigen Bereichen übertrafen sie diese sogar: Sie gaben an, häufig zu dicht aufzufahren, riskant zu überholen und ausgiebig von Hupe, Lichthupe und obszöner Zeichensprache Gebrauch zu machen.

Auch der Verlockung, aufgestauten Ärger oder Langeweile mit dem Thrill der Tachonadel zu bekämpfen, erlagen die US-Fahrerinnen überdurchschnittlich oft, während ihre japanischen Geschlechtsgenossinnen sich insgesamt gesitteter verhielten. Die Zeiten, in denen der weibliche Teil der Menschheit als rücksichtsvoll im Straßenverkehr galt, scheinen nach Ansicht der Forscher vorüber: "Frauen halten sich nicht mehr an die Regeln", urteilt Studienleiter John Houston, Psychologe am Rollins College in Florida. "Sie mögen in der Vergangenheit die vorsichtigeren Fahrer gewesen sein, aber inzwischen lässt sich das nicht mehr aufrechterhalten."

Deutschen Statistiken zufolge ist zu schnelles Fahren allerdings noch immer eine männliche Domäne: Nur 17 Prozent der an das Flensburger Kraftfahrtbundesamt gemeldeten Raser sind Frauen.

Na endlich; es tut sich doch etwas im Land des Michel:

SPD will Ladenschluss kippen

Die SPD-Fraktion des Berliner Abgeordnetenhauses will den Ladenschluss an Werktagen abschaffen. Damit tut sie so, als sei die Föderalismuskommission nicht gescheitert.

Berlin - Um die Konkurrenzfähigkeit und Anziehungskraft Berlins zu erhöhen, sollen die Läden in der Hauptstadt nur noch am Sonntag geschlossen bleiben. Dies beschloss die SPD-Fraktion heute zum Abschluss ihrer Fraktionsklausur im sächsischen Radebeul.

Die SPD-Fraktion zog damit die Konsequenzen aus dem Scheitern der Föderalismuskommission. Dort war bereits vereinbart worden, dass die Regelung des Ladenschlusses von der Bundes- in die Länderhoheit übergeht. Berlin unterstützt zudem bereits eine Bundesratsinitiative von Baden-Württemberg, die ebenfalls fordert, dass die Länder künftig selbst über die Öffnungszeiten der Geschäfte beschließen.

Das sagte mal einer, der es sich leisten konnte. Dank der Traditionsstärke unserer französischen Nachbarn könnte man auch heute wieder vom Sonnenkönig sprechen:

> aus: International Herald Tribune, 15.1.2005

Plan would shield Chirac as senator for life

PARIS Supporters of President Jacques Chirac are pushing for a constitutional change that would make him a senator for life after he leaves office and thus shield him from the threat of future legal proceedings, newspapers reported Friday.
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The proposed measure would mean that all former presidents automatically become members of the upper house of Parliament instead of joining the Constitutional Council, France's highest judicial authority, which they do under the existing arrangement.
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Chirac, 72, cannot be prosecuted as long as he remains president, but when he steps down he risks being placed under judicial investigation in a series of party-finance scams during his 18-year tenure as mayor of Paris.
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By becoming a life senator, the conservative president would enjoy parliamentary immunity, which would make it extremely difficult, though not impossible, to bring him before the courts, the left-leaning Libération and Le Monde newspapers said.
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The risk of being made to face trial after he loses his presidential immunity is believed to be a major factor in Chirac's deliberations over whether to run for an unprecedented third term in 2007. So far he has kept the possibility open.
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The proposal, which would require changing the country's 1958 constitution, is being promoted by Senator Patrice Gélard, a Chirac supporter, and will be formally proposed in the Senate on Tuesday, Le Monde said.
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But both papers agreed that its chances of success were small, as any constitutional change would have to be confirmed by referendum.
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Chirac was mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, during which time courts have established that his Rally for the Republic party used a number of illegal devices to raise money with its influence at City Hall. Attempts to question Chirac on the affair have foundered because of his presidential immunity.
.PARIS Supporters of President Jacques Chirac are pushing for a constitutional change that would make him a senator for life after he leaves office and thus shield him from the threat of future legal proceedings, newspapers reported Friday.
.
The proposed measure would mean that all former presidents automatically become members of the upper house of Parliament instead of joining the Constitutional Council, France's highest judicial authority, which they do under the existing arrangement.
.
Chirac, 72, cannot be prosecuted as long as he remains president, but when he steps down he risks being placed under judicial investigation in a series of party-finance scams during his 18-year tenure as mayor of Paris.
.
By becoming a life senator, the conservative president would enjoy parliamentary immunity, which would make it extremely difficult, though not impossible, to bring him before the courts, the left-leaning Libération and Le Monde newspapers said.
.
The risk of being made to face trial after he loses his presidential immunity is believed to be a major factor in Chirac's deliberations over whether to run for an unprecedented third term in 2007. So far he has kept the possibility open.
.
The proposal, which would require changing the country's 1958 constitution, is being promoted by Senator Patrice Gélard, a Chirac supporter, and will be formally proposed in the Senate on Tuesday, Le Monde said.
.
But both papers agreed that its chances of success were small, as any constitutional change would have to be confirmed by referendum.
.
Chirac was mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, during which time courts have established that his Rally for the Republic party used a number of illegal devices to raise money with its influence at City Hall. Attempts to question Chirac on the affair have foundered because of his presidential immunity.
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