Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots?

[weltweit]

Owners of high-status cars are on a collision course with traffic

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more likely to break traffic regulations? New research at the University of Helsinki provides some answers.

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The answers were unambiguous: self-centred men who are argumentative, stubborn, disagreeable and unempathetic are much more likely to own a high-status car such as an Audi, BMW or Mercedes.

"These personality traits explain the desire to own high-status products, and the same traits also explain why such people break traffic regulations more frequently than others," says Lönnqvist.

"But we also found that those whose personality was deemed more disagreeable were more drawn to high-status cars. These are people who often see themselves as superior and are keen to display this to others."

"I had noticed that the ones most likely to run a red light, not give way to pedestrians and generally drive recklessly and too fast were often the ones driving fast German cars," says Lönnqvist of the University of Helsinki's Swedish School of Social Science.

I rest my case mlud

 

[cupid_stunt]

This should go well.

 

[Riklet]

Because they're cunts.

 

[two sheds]

Owners of high-status cars are on a collision course with traffic

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more likely to break traffic regulations? New research at the University of Helsinki provides some answers.

medicalxpress.com

"I had noticed that the ones most likely to run a red light, not give way to pedestrians and generally drive recklessly and too fast were often the ones driving fast German cars," says Lönnqvist of the University of Helsinki's Swedish School of Social Science.

 

[weltweit]

I checked the whole article and they definitely implied Corsa drivers are A OK

 

[SpookyFrank]

I saw a pope shitting in the woods today too.

 

[Saul Goodman]

"But we also found that those whose personality was deemed more disagreeable were more drawn to high-status cars. These are people who often see themselves as superior and are keen to display this to others."

It's proven that disagreeable people are far more likely to be in higher paid jobs than agreeable people, so they're far more likely to be able to afford more expensive cars. It's hardly rocket science.

 

[klang]

I saw a pope shitting in the woods today too.

true story: I shat in the pope's woods once. His family estate (Ratzinger Hoehe) is v near to where my dad is.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I have answered this before; your 2ltr Audi A4, BMW 320 and so on are priced at a point that junior estate agents can afford to pay a monthly rental on alongside their cocaine habit. Drivers of large, powerful German cars tend to be more assured of their position in life and therefore drive in a more courteous manner, just so long as the rest of you get out of the fucking way and acknowledge that we do actually own the road.

 

[weltweit]

I think it is a serious study. And, I mean, who would critique the proberty of the University of Helsinki?

 

[weltweit]

I saw a pope shitting in the woods today too.

Shouldn't that be a bear?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I think it is a serious study. And, I mean, who would critique the proberty of the University of Helsinki?

Not me...

One of the more unexpected results was that another personality type is also drawn to high-status cars: the conscientious. People with this type of personality are, as a rule, respectable, ambitious, reliable and well-organised. They take care of themselves and their health and often perform well at work.

"The link is presumably explained by the importance they attach to high quality. All makes of car have a specific image, and by driving a reliable car they are sending out the message that they themselves are reliable," Lönnqvist explains.

So what does that say about Corsa drivers, welty?

I checked the whole article and they definitely implied Corsa drivers are A OK

 

[Saul Goodman]

Shouldn't that be a bear?

No. Bears are protestants.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

"I had noticed that the ones most likely to run a red light, not give way to pedestrians and generally drive recklessly and too fast were often the ones driving fast German cars," says Lönnqvist of the University of Helsinki's Swedish School of Social Science."

No excuse for the first two, no matter what I'm driving I proper pootle round town. I certainly can't afford expensive cars and think myself quite an affable chap, but if you are driving something smooth and quick I think your perception of speed changes. Your probably more likely to over take as you know you window of danger is smaller and that the car can break quickly. And perhaps your tolerance to people driving under the speed limit in the outside lane deminishes.

Speaks me driving a 14 year old Japanese estate with a puney 180bhp.

 

[Detroit City]

they also pay more for car insurance

 

[two sheds]

cos they're always crashing into things

 

[Saul Goodman]

cos they're always crashing into things

But at least they're crashing in style

 

[weltweit]

..
So what does that say about Corsa drivers, welty?

Oh they must have edited ..

Earlier the University of Helsinki said that Corsa drivers were balance incarnate and generally good eggs ..

Must have been removed in the edit

 

[Ax^]

people who drive polos and golf tend to be twats to


Audi driver are just the old bmw driver who have switched

something about BMW and Audi car is they make you forget about indicators

 

[not-bono-ever]

if the sample was Finnish, then the local version of the swedish jantelagen mindset - not showing off publicly- must have an effect on results i spose

 

[cupid_stunt]

people who drive polos and golf tend to be twats to


Audi driver are just the old bmw driver who have switched

something about BMW and Audi car is they make you forget about indicators

 

[weltweit]

On a serious note for a moment. German cars are designed and built to go fast, because that is what their home market demands for the autobahn. It is quite normal picking up an airport taxi which may be a Mercedes, for the driver to arrive at a motorway section and push the pedal to the floor and keep it there, until the vehicle achieves its absolute top speed. A thing unthinkable in the UK environment.

So a part of the study that rings very true, German cars are built for speed.

 

[SpookyFrank]

If I see

On a serious note for a moment. German cars are designed and built to go fast, because that is what their home market demands for the autobahn. It is quite normal picking up an airport taxi which may be a Mercedes, for the driver to arrive at a motorway section and push the pedal to the floor and keep it there, until the vehicle achieves its absolute top speed. A thing unthinkable in the UK environment.

So a part of the study that rings very true, German cars are built for speed.

That explains why the ever-conscientious folk at BMW put 70mph limiters on all cars exported to the UK.

 

[Detroit City]

That explains why the ever-conscientious folk at BMW put 70mph limiters on all cars exported to the UK.

fuck that bullshit

 

[Saul Goodman]

On a serious note for a moment. German cars are designed and built to go fast, because that is what their home market demands for the autobahn. It is quite normal picking up an airport taxi which may be a Mercedes, for the driver to arrive at a motorway section and push the pedal to the floor and keep it there, until the vehicle achieves its absolute top speed. A thing unthinkable in the UK environment.

So a part of the study that rings very true, German cars are built for speed.

Not only is that a massive generalisation, it's also a massive porky, as most of the more powerful German cars are limited to 155mph, which, by today's standards, is relatively slow. Modern cars should be limited to 200mph.

 

[Spymaster]

It is quite normal picking up an airport taxi which may be a Mercedes, for the driver to arrive at a motorway section and push the pedal to the floor and keep it there, until the vehicle achieves its absolute top speed.

No it's not. Driving on unlimited sections of autobahn (not all of them are unlimited) you get a few cars flying past you but the majority aren't really driven much faster than they are here. And I've never been blasted down an a/bahn at maximum speed from an airport in a taxi. I also doubt that "German cars", taken as a whole, are particularly quicker than Italian, French or Brit ones, or more specifically "built for speed" than any other nation's.

Silly post.

 

[Detroit City]

Modern cars should be limited to 200mph.

you want people who barely know how to drive to be able to go 200mph? wtf

 

[two sheds]

well they have to crash in style

 

[Saul Goodman]

No it's not. Driving on unlimited sections of autobahn (not all of them are unlimited) you get a few cars flying past you but the majority aren't really driven much faster than they are here. And I've never been blasted down an a/bahn at maximum speed from an airport in a taxi. I also doubt that German cars, taken as a whole, are particularly quicker than Italian, French or Brit ones, or more specifically "built for speed" than any other nation's.

Silly post.

I think he's been watching that French film, Taxi, and:
A: Thought France was Germany.
&
B: Thought it was real.

 

[Saul Goodman]

you want people who barely know how to drive to be able to go 200mph? wtf

Most definitely not. I think the 155 limit should apply to both young and new drivers, and should only be removed after they've held their license for 3 years, are over 25 years of age, and can prove an ability to maintain a drift around a decreasing circumference.