Talk:White van man

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I've removed the reference to Essex. The stereotype is far from confined to that county. Robina Fox 21:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely. Actually this article is pretty heavy with pov - like the bit I just deleted about female drivers "generally thought" to obey the rules of the road more than men. Spend a day on the road with me and see how true that is... Bretonbanquet 21:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Rewording

I've taken the liberty of rewording this article a bit. I've taken this out:

"Obviously the boys at the Ford Transit Owners Club felt that Ms Kennedy would be less scary than Ms Brand and in 2005 gave her an honorary award."

...because it's hopelessly unencyclopedic. Other than that it's mainly just trimming, although I've marked a couple of statements that could do with cites if anyone's in a position to add them. - Laterensis (talk) 11:40, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Game

Regarding the popularity of the term and pop culture references, it might also be worthwhile to mention that there has been a video game based on it. White Van Racing is a (very) low-budget PS2, Wii, and Windows racing game published by late Dutch publisher Phoenix Games, in which some bumps and shoves were almost always necessary in order to win a race. The game was developed by Sheffield-based Tuna Technologies. 89.217.184.245 (talk) 14:27, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Is the term really so pejorative?

I think the article puts too much emphasis on negative connotations of "white van man". It can also be a fairly neutral term, like a more blue-collar version of the "man on the Clapham omnibus" that the article later refers to. It doesn't necessarily imply "selfish, inconsiderate," or "aggressive." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.6.73.37 (talk) 11:49, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

I think this may need to reference kidnappers.

Context: Kidnappers usually use white vans with text like "free candy" or "free puppies" spray-painted on them. Even if they don't do that in actuality, it's basically engrained into people's minds (thus, why when they hear "kidnap", they usually think of someone driving said van) Someone-123-321 (talk) 03:19, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

The use of a van (white or otherwise) in physical or enticement kidnappings is more of a television and movie trope, and thus does not need to be mentioned in this UK themed article. David notMD (talk) 08:57, 21 January 2023 (UTC)