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    If you drive an expensive car ...

    If you drive an expensive car you're probably a jerk, scientists say

    (CNN)The science is looking pretty unanimous on this one: Drivers of expensive cars are the worst.

    A new study has found that drivers of flashy vehicles are less likely to stop and allow pedestrians to cross the road -- with the likelihood they'll slow down decreasing by 3% for every extra $1,000 that their vehicle is worth.

    Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas speculated that the expensive car owners "felt a sense of superiority over other road users" and were less able to empathize with lowly sidewalk-dwellers.

    They came to this conclusion after asking volunteers to cross a sidewalk hundreds of times, filming and analyzing the responses by car drivers.

    Researchers used one white and one black man, and one white and one black woman -- also finding that cars were more likely to yield for the white and female participants. Vehicles stopped 31% of the time for both women and white participants, compared with 24% of the time for men and 25% of the time for black volunteers.

    But the best predictor of whether a car would stop was its cost, researchers discovered. "Disengagement and a lower ability to interpret thoughts and feelings of others along with feelings of entitlement and narcissism may lead to a lack of empathy for pedestrians" among costly car owners, they theorized in the study.

    And the discovery of a car-value-to-jerkish-behavior correlation isn't new; the research, published in the Journal of Transport and Health, backed up a Finnish study published last month that found that men who own flashy vehicles are more likely to be "argumentative, stubborn, disagreeable and unempathetic."

    According to that survey of 1,892 drivers by the University of Helsinki, those deemed to have more disagreeable character traits were "more drawn to high-status cars."

    But it also found that conscientious people often favor higher-priced vehicles, too. If you're reading this while stuck in traffic in your brand new BMW: yes, you're definitely in that category.

    "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," Helsinki University's Jan-Erik Lönnqvist said in a press release.

    He set out to discover what kind of person is more likely to buy an expensive car, creating a personality test of Finnish car owners.

    "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," the press release states.

    "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," Lönnqvist added.
    His study cited previous research that indicated drivers behind the wheel of a costly vehicle are more likely to flout traffic regulations or drive recklessly.

    But he also found people with "conscientious" characters seek out pricey models, too.
    "People with this type of personality are, as a rule, respectable, ambitious, reliable and well-organised," the statement said. "They take care of themselves and their health and often perform well at work."

    People who drive expensive cars behave worse, study finds - CNN

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    Black Audi and screaming green Datsun owners thought they bought the road along with the car

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    I must be a good guy then as I've only ever driven bombs!
    I just wonder how they quantified "expensive" though.
    I bet Bill gates could pay a million bucks for a car and not think it was expensive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge
    Black Audi and screaming green Datsun owners thought they bought the road along with the car


    My immediate thought was 'BMW drivers' but yeah OK, guilty!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    "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,"
    Best nip down to 7/11 in the Merc to get the wife a bottle of Spy to congratulate her on being correct as pretty much mirrors her opinion of me

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    Audi
    Vorsprung durch Technik . . . but I'm very courteous - promise

    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    My immediate thought was 'BMW drivers' but yeah OK, guilty!
    What did you do with the old Merc you had?
    Last edited by panama hat; 02-03-2020 at 07:02 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Vorsprung durch Technik . . . but I'm very courteous - promise
    Audi:Preferred car of "perks"(persian-turks) and of the Posh Poor.

    PH;are you a P or a PP ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    PH;are you a P or a PP ?
    Both - but it'll be sold when I get back to NZ . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Both - but it'll be sold when I get back to NZ . .
    Just a joke, but there is some truth to it in Denmark

    Btw: I see you still have the power to cancel any green from Ant, when it concerns your at times poor choices in lifestyle.

    Respect
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    (made me realize,that even I could be corrupted)

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    By the description given I can only imagine how many on the board are rolling up sporting a Jaguare.



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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    when it concerns your at times poor choices in lifestyle.
    I have 50 years of making bad choices, so I'm pretty good at it by now

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    I still love the Jag, and it's easy to find amongst the Audis and Mercs and BMWs.

    There is never a quiver of fear from the pedestrian wanting to cross the road or the learner driver looking in the rear view mirror. Even the biker that likes to take a risk or two knows the Jag driver will accommodate his whims with only a silent shake of the head and knowing smile...

    Except, of course, when I am on a heist, which is what Jags are designed for...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    I still love the Jag, and it's easy to find amongst the Audis and Mercs and BMWs.
    I do quite a lot of motorway miles and almost without fail if there is a wanker driving a vehicle it is +90% of the time a Merc, Beemer or Audi - its got worse over the last 5 or so years due to the personal lease deals which make them more common than Sausages bloke.

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    Study says drivers of...

    Doesn't say owners of..

    I'm assuming there are some bad chauffeurs out there .

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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    I'm assuming there are some bad chauffeurs out there .
    And get away drivers

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    In my city in the states this is absolutely fact, possibly surpassed only by guys driving an 8ft tall Ford F-250 or the like.

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    Nobody wags a finger at my Toyota Pickup.

    It does have A/A gun option though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    I still love the Jag, except, of course, when it's on a mechanic's heist, which is what Jags are designed for..
    Troy ... FTFY

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    Try "hoist"...

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    Maybe stay out of the 'fixing' game, dave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Nobody wags a finger at my Toyota Pickup.

    It does have A/A gun option though.

    If you drive an expensive car ...-guntrucksmall-jpg
    Last man standing. The Hilux shares a trait with horror figures like Jason and Freddie Krueger, as it is similarly un-kill-able.

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