There's also a new class of drivers, the new SUV owners. Most of them seemed to have bought it for safety and are still driving overly slowly no matter what.
New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
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Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably, even the author is not specified. A Finnish professor of social psychology found that
I don't know where the original paper is either, but Finnish news cite a person called Jan-Erik Lönnqvist as the professor.
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#33That’s definitely something you notice on the German autobahn. The ones that are 1mm on your rear bumper or constantly give you “Lichthupe” are often smaller Mercedes, BMW or Audi. I have rarely seen sports cars like Porsche or Ferrari behave that way.
I can confirm that.
However, it's probably because there are much more Audi/BWM/Mercedes on German Autobahns than Porsche or Ferrari.
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#34That’s definitely something you notice on the German autobahn. The ones that are 1mm on your rear bumper or constantly give you “Lichthupe” are often smaller Mercedes, BMW or Audi. I have rarely seen sports cars like Porsche or Ferrari behave that way.
often I wish that roads had "wiper" cars that would fill the whole width and drive at the maximum limit and not more. :)
Much better solution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECS_(speed_camera)
Basically two cameras at a set distance that measure the time it took from location A to B and calculates the average speed. Works like a charm: no more speed differences.