What is the opposite of "women drivers"

tamguatlayIs "men drivers" the opposite of "women drivers"?

There is no definitive antonym. It could be 'women passengers' or 'women pedestrians'.

Is that comment supposed to be funny? Because it's not. When someone clearly is sincerely asking a question, to answer in ways such as this is in my opinion rather inappropriate, and definitely not funny.

Maybe the tone in my voice was a little hostile, I apologize for that. But what I was trying to say was that the learner's focus of the question was clearly the "gender", it's rather straightfoward a question I should think. But to shift it to something else, "pedestraint" etc., for fun, was thoughtless. If the learner took the joke, great. At best, he/she could be taken back, at worst, confused.

Perhaps because in our culture, calling out the gender of a person doing such a normal thing as driving doesn't make sense.

I went to the grocery store and it was full of women shoppers. On my way home, I saw two women gardeners adding flowers to the median strip.

We don't say things like that, so there is no obvious answer to an "opposite."

AnonymousBut what I was trying to say was that the learner's focus of the question was clearly the "gender",

How do you know that? it could have been on the meaning of 'opposite'.

If you find it necessary to contrast men who drive and women who drive, I would suggest "male drivers" and "female drivers." Although "women drivers" is a common phrase, "men drivers" is not. ( Also, "women drivers" is often used disparagingly, by people who think that driving skill is somehow related to genitalia.)

If, indeed, many of us assume that the expression “women drivers” is meant to isolate a typical error, then the opposite would be “good drivers”. If the intention is to isolate politeness, “women drivers” are likely to allow a person to cross at a crosswalk, whereas “male drivers” aren’t.

Of course I can't say that I'm 100% sure that's not the case. How could anyone? For an English learner, what could that question really mean? As an English learner myself, the gender foucs was my first interpretataion of the question. But since the questioin seems ambiguous, wouldn't it be more genuine to just ask the poster to clarify?

So I know I may have sounded incredibly pompus and u

'Funny'? I was quite serious.