661-Pete wrote:Do Audi drivers (and Beemers of course) deserve to be stigmatised?
No apologies for commenting, the first point I took note of in reading through this nasty item of news, was that the offender was driving an Audi.
Had he been behind the wheel of any less-stigmatised make - a Nissan, say, or a Citroen - it would hardly have invited remark. But an Audi....! Incidentally, in the video the driver shouts that "it's stolen" - believe that if you will!
Yesterday, in my car, I was fairly aggressively tailgated for a few miles by - yes! - an Audi. I'm sorry to say, the first thing I noticed about this car behind me was the distinctive 'four rings' logo. So perhaps I'm as guilty of stigmatising as anyone. The driver made no attempt to overtake; I was starting to worry when the situation resolved itself by him turning off. Could have been worse.
... and the victims were "cyclists". My reading was that it was simply information as to the type of car that was being driven. There is no implication that the incident happened "because it was an Audi" or ""typically the behaviour of an Audi driver"
Interestingly it depends on the question that is asked. In 2017 drivers were asked about driving habits and scored on the replies:
According to the new study, Jaguar drivers are the worst in Britain after admitting to several bad habits included, speeding, talking on their phones whilst driving speeding and not wearing seat belts.
Of the Jaguar drivers questioned, 85 per cent of them admitted to speeding, 71 per cent said they regularly failed to indicate and 50 per cent confessed to jumping traffic lights.
The survey of British motorists revealed that Skoda, Volvo and Nissan drivers are amongst the most responsible on UK roads
However, drivers of these cars were also the most likely to use their phone whilst driving with nine out of ten Skoda owners confessing to the offence.
BMW drivers are the second most-likely to speed whilst driving and also come out on top for traffic offences such as throwing litter from the window or hogging the middle lane of the motorway.
Mitsubishi, Mini and Seat drivers followed Jaguar and BMW as the worst drivers in the UK.
Other research looked at speeding and the amount of driving time over the limits:
Audi – 8.7%
BMW 8.3%
Jaguar – 8%
Land Rover – 7.8%
Mercedes – 7.7%
Read more at: https://inews.co.uk/essentials/lifestyl ... -speeding/