BERKLEY - Drivers who own fancy cars are often criticized for being bad drivers. Now, a study shows that if you drive a BMW, you're at the top of the list.
A study from UC Berkley shows BMW drivers really are jerks. The study shows BMW drivers are most likely not to stop for pedestrians at a crosswalk.
I think they need to explain in the story that the research was only conducted in California. We all know how 'they' drive. They also try to correlate that the wealthy drivers have poor driving habits. They are assuming that the wealthy drive expensive cars.
The researchers examined how motorists in California behave when approaching intersections with pedestrians, where they are required to stop, as well as how well they take turns at four-way stop intersections. P
What they found is that people in luxury cars, specifically BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes, were much more likely to flout traffic laws and go when it's not their turn at intersections. Said researcher Paul K. Piff: P
Mr. Piff said about eight of every 10 cars “did the right thing.”
“But you see this huge boost in a driver’s likelihood to commit infractions in more expensive cars,” he said. “In our crosswalk study, none of the cars in the beater-car category drove through the crosswalk. They always stopped for pedestrians.”
[...] “One of the most significant trends was that fancy cars were less likely to stop,” said Mr. Piff, adding, “BMW drivers were the worst.”P
And in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the status-symbol Prius was marked down as a luxury vehicle, researchers found their drivers to have a higher tendency to commit traffic infractions than most.
BERKLEY - Drivers who own fancy cars are often criticized for being bad drivers. Now, a study shows that if you drive a BMW, you're at the top of the list.
A study from UC Berkley shows BMW drivers really are jerks. The study shows BMW drivers are most likely not to stop for pedestrians at a crosswalk.
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