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Postby il padrone » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:55 pm
But yeah, the fourth theory
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Postby clackers » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:21 pm
Not a bad criterion.Bob_TAS wrote:Ergh, what is it with Bimmer drivers wanting to race us to the roundabout in the last twenty metres? I yell at them every time, but for some reason they don't want to stop and chat
I've had an X5 drive over the roundabout rather than sit and wait behind me in the lane I've taken.
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Couldn't drive a greased pencil up their own dates.
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Postby Ross » Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:49 am
Buses are next on the list. They are never around when you are waiting at the bustop to catch one but when you are riding around they seem to be everywhere.
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Postby herzog » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:13 am
Also couriers in bongovans can be pretty bad. "White van men" as the poms call them.
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Postby ldrcycles » Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:24 am
From my experience both in the car and on the bike, crumbledores are the worst by a long way (though there are obviously a lot more of them than anything else so percentage wise maybe not).
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Postby zero » Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:44 pm
I think the marketing of the average German brand in Australia is so replete with the self entitlement message that its all a self-reinforcing circle, and I don't think you can completely separate the car in the metal from the way its marketed.find_bruce wrote:You have cause and effect the wrong way round. The question is not whether driving a BMW or anything else makes you a moron motorist, but rather why moron motorists choose to drive BMWs, camry's etc. While we all like to stereotype people into nice little pigeon holes, there is nothing about the car itself that causes dangerous driving
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Postby HappyHumber » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:32 pm
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Postby zero » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:09 pm
The pinarello owners I know drive merc's, or fiats. I expect generally to see a cannondale on a carrier on the back of an X5.HappyHumber wrote:Has anyone thought about the high percentage of Pinarello owners whom are BMW drivers?
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Postby clackers » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:10 pm
You didn't read the article, Bruce?find_bruce wrote: The question is not whether driving a BMW or anything else makes you a moron motorist, but rather why moron motorists choose to drive BMWs, camry's etc. While we all like to stereotype people into nice little pigeon holes, there is nothing about the car itself that causes dangerous driving
They're the first three theories.
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Postby clackers » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:15 pm
The intersection of a pretty obnoxious Venn diagram, HH?HappyHumber wrote:Has anyone thought about the high percentage of Pinarello owners whom are BMW drivers?
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Postby simonn » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:12 pm
Or is there...?find_bruce wrote:there is nothing about the car itself that causes dangerous driving
Maybe there are things about the designs which attract morons, ergo, the car does actually cause dangerous driving?
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Postby The 2nd Womble » Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:01 pm
Steady on! I can do that with a dry pencil.gorilla monsoon wrote:I don't have a problem with BMW drivers. For me its guys driving those little 4-6 tonne trucks. They think they are big, hairy armpit truckers but drive like they are in their HSV utes (okay, their imaginary HSV utes) and the end result is they are just plain dangerous.
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