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.
"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." Man survives after driving off the top of a parking garage in CaliforniaBut 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.
CNN Pedestrians are going to lose that battle!
And this is news?
😂😂😂 This didn’t require a research study.
That's why no matter how much money have have/will have I will never need a flashy car to drive around in on a day-to-day basis.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!. RUDE, INCONSIDERATE, ROAD HOGS.
As a truck driver, I say with complete honesty that bmw/mercedes/Audi/Porsche/Ferrari drivers are the least courteous. Did they know those cars come with turn signals?
I have never encountered a BMW that wasnt being driven by an asshole.
Yes, the more expensive the car, the bigger the asshole. I didn’t need a study to tell me that! 😂
This is the way it's been for the last 50 years.
As a bicyclist I found the worst drivers to be Mercedes and Range Rovers.
I don't think we need a study to figure out that, generally speaking, people with massive amounts of disposable income are stingy assholes. The left has created an entire movement whining about it, remember?
Or just most younger drivers in general
Car shaming? Does this mean that Anderson Coopers limo doesn't slow down for jay walkers?
Arrogance
An even newer study reveals CNN is a propaganda network
Once again science proves what we already know to be the case!
A new study has found that when media outlets report research results that appear to divide Americans, those media outlets are literally trying desperately to divide Americans...with the likelihood that they will decrease 0% until Project Mockingbird comes crashing down.
Not surprised.
What a stupid study. It has nothing to do with what kind of car you drive. If someone has a nice car then good for them.
Corrected CNN Headline: We hate rich people.
In Raleigh, people just run over pedestrians regardless.
A new science 🤔.
And if they’re from NY, there’s 0% chance of them stopping.
Arrogance
newsplatter
Give me a brake. Are you guys bored at ? Who is writing this crap?
Dumb survey. Cure cancer instead
And why would we believe ANYTHING CNN says?
Government sponsored study?
Probably paid for by a government grant. What a waste of time, effort, and money.
Same articles over and over again....
I must be an angel ;-)
These are the same people that would rather pay $60,000 for a used Range Rover than $30,000 for a brand new Honda Accord. Ass backwards
Haha, I believe that.
In other words if you're rich and have an expensive flashy car, then you're likely to be a jerk?
Can’t wait until I get my Cyber Truck so that I can run over pedestrians in an environmentally friendly manner
Clever way to spew your narrative- ridiculous example of divisive crap
Probably because they don’t wanna get car jacked 🤷🏽♂️
Seriously hope tax dollars were not used for that one
That's why I ride a bike.
I’m not sure it’s the car or the micro peen, kind of a chicken egg thing.
I live in Bangkok and I can tell without any study whatsoever, the higher priced the car, the more the driver will do whatever they damn well please......
Very good idea on this.
Public transport always wins
Funds for this study could probably be found buried deep down in an education bill.
Another study found that all mass-murderers drank water in the 24 hours prior to going on the rampage. I'm sure it's a matter of direct causality, and water is dangerous 😰
As a professional driver on the road every day, I can confirm that expensive cars are the worst in parking lots but pickup trucks with NASCAR stickers and Confederate flags are the worst on the open road.
You ever try to get human splatter out of a Lamborghini ? Ugh it’s so low to the ground ..... my hips can’t take it
Probably written by a loser Prius driver, fueled by soy. I don't stop for peasants or the 5-0, my V8 doesn't let me do it.
Truth!!
honda crv 1996
That's very true, I see it on our Kenyan roads every time, prados and other flashy cars don't respect traffic rules, neither do they give space to pedestrians.
If you have a lot of money you should drive the cheapest car that exist on the market. Forget the quote “hard work pays off”, give away your money to people that don’t want to work.
So you’re saying rich people are more likely to be assholes. Got it.
I hope we didn’t pay a lot for this study 🤦♀️
Yea,I can believe that
“New” 🙄 👌
How do you think they got rich? By not slowing down and waiting on others capitalism WhoisJohnGalt
it reflects their attitude towards fellow human beings
It's all vanity!
No surprise there
A BMW is not a flashy car, and they are a dime a dozen.
It wouldn't matter if I was driving the Infiniti I drive now or my shitheap 1974 Chevy Nova that I had as my first car, I'm not slowing down for jaywalkers, they made their choice and they have to live with the consequences.
This is completely bullshit lol i guess the nutcases at CNN never been to Daytona beach fl or Miami Florida?
How about “you were a jerk when you bought the expensive car and continue es to reflect that.”
A similar study was done many years ago, with similar findings.
Most impressive display I've seen was a driver eating a breakfast sandwich, smoking a cigarette, holding their phone to their ear, and making a left turn all at the same time.
Don’t say bad things about me I love my Lamborghini
It never fails. I drive a pickup with a 12 ft trailer loaded with a 4 wheeler. I drive to San Antonio from Houston every month. It’s always Audi drivers cutting me off. Even doing 5 mph over limit with 2 ft clearance from me. They got to get in. Assholes !
It’s science.
I’ve noticed Over 40 years that BMW drivers, in particular, are the worst drivers on the road.
Duh.
ive seen the same thing in people who drive crappy cars
Didn't need a study. I coulda told them that. And more.
And the bigger the car, the faster you drive, the ruder you are to others the SMALLER your penis!!!
And THIS...is CNN.
In other news, the more you have, the more arrogant you are.
OK...I couldn't even read the gibberish that the irrelevant intern wrote to lead this story. Suffice it to say CNN is trying to say rich people kill people for sport. Because some irrelevant intern hasn't had their cotton candy e cig today
So anyone driving a car worth more than $33,000 never stops for pedestrians? The conclusions reached by this “study” (especially the psychoanalysis of drivers) are pretty silly.
Headline is misleading... Since the study is only conducted in 1 or 2 countries, you cannot simply conclude. Come on. Obviously the researchers have never been to Singapore where traffic rules are strict and I’m sure the numbers differ A LOT from the research justsaying
A new study found that rich people are dicks
Of course they are. They'd rather have an expensive car than children. They aren't exactly people you want to have over for dinner.
I've noticed this mostly with the hicks driving big Dodge RAM 1500s and Ford f150s they're the real asshole drivers
Why no mention of BMW owners in the headline? We all know this is about them.
Yesterday's news.
What a way to show people are beneath them.
They suffer from I maxed out my credit limit afluenza.
I can see that. People with more expensive cars are bigger... (you know what. Hey. I did not conduct this study)
Well I drive a 1995 Honda Civic and I drive at 80mph at all times!
I had a beautiful camaro back in the day and I always stopped for pedestrians at crosswalks.
And on their phone.
All Audi drivers have to take a course on how to be a complete A hole before they buy a car
The true facts finally being unearthed by scientists.
It’s called narssism and it is fatal.
That's awful!
This does confirm my suspicions! Now let's do a study on assholes who fly first class!
In Russia - complete opposite, it's a trashcan on wheels that won't stop
Stands to reason. Didn't need a scientific study to show that.
CNN sure loves making blanket statements about groups of people based on arbitrary ‘statistics’
Tragic mindset tht cn be dealt w in each instinct. Be respectful & mindful that the vehicle doesn't make you who you are. I can drive the exact same in my 11' escape as my '18 expedition and people will have a much more sense of urgency & koff about them frm stop sign-stop sign.
That's why there's Goes from 0to100 in 5s and not comes to 80to0 in 5.
It's called arrogance, and it's an unattractive trait that goes with the belief that money and a flash car entitles you to be above the law.
Hope that study didn’t cost much. I could have told you that for free
...to the surprise of nobody at all...
dah tau aku
That’s also why tickets should be a percentage of your income. $500 is nothing to some, and devastating to others.
The fiction that this is a nation without class, a lie since its inception, gets more untenable as class struggle intensifies. It’s time to accept the simple yet profound fact that we're in the midst of class war – and the oligarchy is winning.
It took science to figure that out?!
Pointless research. UNLV apparently has plenty of money to burn.
Kardashian family and all rappers have flashy cars only
alwayssunny
That’s linked to the feeling of entitlement these people have.
Thank you scientists
I smell bullshit
This article is proof that CNN doesn’t give a shit about journalistic standards. Is there really a way to test this? Was a triple blind study with failsafes built in for cats that just LOOK expensive? Or is this an attempt to divide again along economic lines? Garbage
Who funds these idiotic and absolutely useless science studies?
How did you come up with this rate?
I've had several near misses while crossing a road, in a parking lot!! It makes me want to bump their car just to make my point, Slow Down! I have never seen a store jump up and run off before I got to it!
What is this now CNN?
Such brave journalisming
If your not driving get off my road.
Because they are sociopathic.
I've noticed that!
Everyone who works at CNN should watch the movie Network. It is the story of CNN and the downfall predicted 40 years ago
ground breaking research
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In other news the sky is blue.
Noooooo wayyyyyy
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Don’t be that guy!!! 🙅♀️
Someone spent money on that study? Pretty obvious if you ask me.
mercedesbenzdrivers
I slam on my brakes when someone is thinking of leaving their house for a walk, guess how much my car is worth
EV owner's cars are jerks? No way 😂
How many people has Mike Bloomberg hit? (Trick question: he doesn't drive his own cars... or planes.)
I disagree wholeheartedly!
The great philosopher Ludacris said “Two miles an hour, so everybody sees you.”
A privilege of the rich.
Love my Jeep... plus I’m a nice guy!
Was the entire experiment just driving behind a BMW?
Study found if people look both ways before crossing a street instead of just assuming cars will stop, that would avoid this. Yesterday, I was driving here and a kid just walked across the street w/his head down not looking. Had to honk and he was surprised a car was coming
How about we go back to look both ways before crossing and cars have the right of way. Ever since this movement that pedestrians have the right of way, more people are getting hit.
So rich people are assholes, who woulda thought.
I find them holding up traffic. I avoid getting behind a Lexus, Mercedes, or corvettes. It’s almost like they are wealthy enough they don’t have to worry about being to work on time!
Drivers of expensive vehicles are less likely to have ever been in that position themselves, not being ones to walk to places like the commoners.
I wouldn't believe anything you read or hear from CNN.
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