How to exit a car like a lady whatever your skirt length
Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears take note – a new in-car device designed to protect a lady’s modesty and put an end to revealing mishaps when getting out of a car has been created.
The ‘Exi-quette Car Curtain’(1) (a combination of ‘exit’ and ‘etiquette’) has been created following research(2) by Sheilas’ Wheels car insurance which ‘revealed’ that more than 12 million women(3) (64 per cent) have been involved in an unfortunate ‘flashing’ incident when exiting a car. And with 44 per cent of female motorists saying that they would be interested in a gadget that would put an end to these future ‘flashing’ encounters, there is clearly a demand for such an innovation.
Sheilas’ Wheels has even offered celebs who have been previously ‘exposed’ by the paparazzi a little added ‘protection’ by sending out a step-by-step guide to making their own ‘Exi-quette Car Curtain’.
However, for those of you unable to get your hands on the coveted ‘Exi-quette Car Curtain’, etiquette expert Jean Broke-Smith has put together these step-by-step tips on how to exit a car like a lady:
- Prior to exiting a car, consider the sill
- Position the knees together
- As door is opened make sure skirt is tucked around legs
- Keep knees together as one slides legs out of the car and lifts them gracefully over the sill
- Swivel bottom to the left as this takes place, still keeping legs together as feet reach the pavement
- Lean slightly forward and stand up avoiding hitting head on the door frame!
(1) ‘Exi-quette’ = exit + etiquette (How to ‘exit’ a car following the correct ‘etiquette’)
(2) Fly Research interviewed a random sample of 1,000 female drivers aged 18+ between 5th and 8th September 2008. Interviews were conducted across the UK via an online questionnaire. Fly Research is an online market research company. Its researchers are members of the MRS and Esomar, and abide by their guidelines. Further information at www.flyresearch.com
(3) 12,141,406.72 is 64 per cent of the number of female motorists with provisional and full licenses (18,970,948). Based on DVLA research, January 2006
