The psychology of driving

[donnydave]

there is good and bad all over, numpties drive bangers and numpties drive new expansive cars, but there again nice honest proper reliable interesting people do as well.

I've learned this too so try not to do it and have been making an effort not to judge people generally but sometimes you just can't help it e.g. TT guy or Range Rover man

 

[400bhp]

I've learned this too so try not to do it and have been making an effort not to judge people generally but sometimes you just can't help it e.g. TT guy or Range Rover man

No, no. Add sport. Please, if anyone sees one of those being driven sensibly then start a new thread. Helmet cammers - see if you can film one. I'm sure there's some reward somewhere to catch one being driven well.

 

[donnydave]

No, no. Add sport. Please, if anyone sees one of those being driven sensibly then start a new thread. Helmet cammers - see if you can film one. I'm sure there's some reward somewhere to catch one being driven well.

Oops yes, apologies! Range Rover Sport and the after market bodged ones, overfinch, kahn etc (I always think of star trek II "KHAAAAAAAANNNN!" if I see one of these, which is rare, so its a special moment).

 

[Hip Priest]

In Hoxton, circa 2002 on might have seen that... but surely that bubble burst some time ago.

I just can't draw any more easy, lazy prejudices out of car type than I can out of bicycle type.

For me, a bullet-shaved head and three-quarter length trackies emerging from an Impreza WRX is no more indicative of tosserish provenance than johnny sunshades in full-team lycra on a carbon missile with matching bottles and clean tape on the bars.

Both indicate questionable taste, but neither is a crime and neither makes me think the party in question is more likely to behave criminally.

Well... apart from the guy in the Impreza. Oh... I see what you mean.

I wouldn't judge someone for driving a Subara Impreza, but I'd judge someone for wearing a Subaru jacket.

 

[Hip Priest]

Or any item of Ferrari clothing. Nothing says "I don't own a Ferrari" like a Ferrari baseball cap.

 

[mickle]

.... one of those joyless wankers who drives a Volvo, are you?

Oi!!

 

[screenman]

I used to have a Ferrari cap , but I did also have the other bit to go with it. Not a new on I hasten to add, not that rich.

Talking about Range Rover Sport as we were, my wife has a customer who drives one everyday, he is 94, yep you heard me correct. Does not like the reversing bit and sometimes gets one of us to turn it around for him, but hey ho a good old age all the same.

 

[Hip Priest]

Talking about Range Rover Sport as we were, my wife has a customer who drives one everyday, he is 94, yep you heard me correct. Does not like the reversing bit and sometimes gets one of us to turn it around for him, but hey ho a good old age all the same.

As a cyclist, I find it incredibly reassuring to share the roads with people who own fast, heavy cars and don't have the ability to control them.

 

[400bhp]

:snigger:

As a cyclist, I find it incredibly reassuring to share the roads with people who own fast, heavy cars and don't have the ability to control them.

corrected :shhh, the suckers buy it cos it says it's got loads of horse power, but don't realise it weighs the same as 2 small cars;

 

[screenman]

I think this guy bought it to tow a very large trailer full of bull.

 

[400bhp]

I think this guy bought it to tow a very large trailer full of bull.

The rest of the family?

 

[mickle]

This is a fascinating subject which is long overdue some proper scrutiny. It's a very complex matter. Schumacher as long ago as 1972 ? (Small is beauiful) discussed how the real costs of motoring were ignored by (US) car owners. He reckoned that the average motorist spent a third of their waking life either sitting in it, working to pay for it or washing it on a Sunday. But that, without ever analyzing the true costs made the assumption that owning a car was an unavoidable necessity.

How about the psychology of superhumanism? With just a turn of a key and jab of a throttle were able to travel at speeds hitherto unattainable by human beings. Superhuman Bionic assistance has become a casual everyday occurance. High speed crash resistant suits for all! Running around on purpose built tracks. How did that become normal?

I'd like someone to investigate how our instinctive herd/pack/hunting behaviour is exploited by the car. The sense of running along with a pack- the thrill of being the predator- the thrill of being the prey. Bigger, faster, stronger- the psychology of status.

And what the fark is going on with automotive design? Seems every thing has to have an angry, aggressive frowning gaze these days.

 

[screenman]

400, no real bulls, dirty great big furry angry things, The old fellow still works 7 days a week as well.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

The psychology of driving - summed up:

A person walking along a narrow footpath happens upon a dead cat lying in the middle of the path. Instead of stepping over it, he stops and picks it up, moves it to the side out of the way and checks it for a collar and identification. People passing either way pause whilst he does this and then go on their way thinking "what a nice kind thing that person did, to check for ID and contact the owners, really restores your faith in human nature"

A person driving along a road happens upon a dead cat and stops to do the same. "BEEP! GET THE **** OUT OF THE WAY. IT'S ONLY A ****ING CAT! ****ING GET OUT OF MY ****ING WAY AND RUN THE ****ER OVER OR I'LL BATTER YOU YOU ****ING ****ER"

 

[mickle]

The psychology of driving - summed up:

A person walking along a narrow footpath happens upon a dead cat lying in the middle of the path. Instead of stepping over it, he stops and picks it up, moves it to the side out of the way and checks it for a collar and identification. People passing either way pause whilst he does this and then go on their way thinking "what a nice kind thing that person did, to check for ID and contact the owners, really restores your faith in human nature"

A person driving along a road happens upon a dead cat and stops to do the same. "BEEP! GET THE **** OUT OF THE WAY. IT'S ONLY A ****ING CAT! ****ING GET OUT OF MY ****ING WAY AND RUN THE ****ER OVER OR I'LL BATTER YOU YOU ****ING ****ER"

So true.