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
#2Unfortunately I couldn't find a link to an open/free version of the original paper. I'm always extremely sceptical of papers like this that seemed designed to grab headlines and confirm most people's existing biases.
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#3The study was actually titled "Not only assholes drive Mercedes. Besides disagreeable men, also conscientious people drive high‐status cars."
Treehugger implied that they couldn't print the title because of the word "asshole", but maybe it was because the title contradicts the message that they're trying to send with the article?
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#4Everyone who drives slower than me is an idiot, everyone who drives faster than me is a maniac [1]
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWPCE2tTLZQ (George Carlin)
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#5My wife calls them pr-audis.. it’s particularly bad in New Jersey where no matter what road, time of day, how fast you’re driving, there’s always a praudi driver on your rear who seems to be really angry you are in front of them.
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#6The study was actually titled "Not only assholes drive Mercedes. Besides disagreeable men, also conscientious people drive high‐status cars." Treehugger implied that they couldn't print the title because of the word "asshole", but maybe it was because the title contradicts the message that they're trying to send with the article?
Probably, even the author is not specified.
A Finnish professor of social psychology found that
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#7Unfortunately I couldn't find a link to an open/free version of the original paper. I'm always extremely sceptical of papers like this that seemed designed to grab headlines and confirm most people's existing biases.
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Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#8in my locale, Tesla drivers are far worse than any BMW/Merc/Audi. The combination of pretentiousness and a car that promotes unconscious driving leads to bad outcomes.
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#9Unfortunately I couldn't find a link to an open/free version of the original paper. I'm always extremely sceptical of papers like this that seemed designed to grab headlines and confirm most people's existing biases.
Are you driving a BMW or an Audi by any chance ? ;-)
Re: New Finnish study confirms that BMW and Audi owners drive like idiots
#10Unfortunately I couldn't find a link to an open/free version of the original paper. I'm always extremely sceptical of papers like this that seemed designed to grab headlines and confirm most people's existing biases.