Re: Another BMW marketing-engineering-legislation quandary - Pedestrian Protection
so summing things up..
1) u are gonna haul the whole world to court if or when you blame the car for not being pedestrian safety enough to be on the roads?
2) By dismissing the fact the BMW drivers are monsters imply those who drive lexus, WRX, Ebolushen are all not monsters ( by fact that the drivers effectively control the car)
3) And the fact that just because we dont give it much though on pedestrian safety on cars imples we are monsters? So its assumption/insult that we disregard our own lives at the expense of others.
And by the way, blaming that a car is at fault is gonna take hell of alot of work proving in court especially in singapore when YOU ARE GUILTY UNTILL PROVEN INNOCENT. so i would say, the driver is effectively at fault no matter what. You might be luckier if you were in EU.
OT to MT : If this is a healthy discussion, you should not be hitting out and sterotyping BMW drivers. it shows the lack of respect for people the way you claim we are monsters.
As from the thread you posted in Carma.
"Encounter with a BMW 318 on ECP: some people really ego issues
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Yesterday, I was happily driving on the ECP enroute from East Coast to city.
There was a BIG gap which a taxi was on lane 2 and a BMW 318i was on lane 1 (fastest lane). BIG gap means about 200m!
But BMW 318i was travelling pretty slowly, almost same speed a taxi.
So I went from lane 1 to lane 2 since the 318 was not gonna give way. Didn't even flash him.
This guy suddenly picked up speed. I could hear his engine gunning to max.
Doesn't matter, I floored my accelerator and pulled away rapidly from him. Then I overtook him and still pulling away. LOTS of room. He was FAR to the back.
UNBELIEVABLY, THIS GUY HORNED AT ME RUDELY.
Nearing the Rochor exit, I slowed down to exit. This 318 guy weirdly pulled behind me tailgating. Well .... I pulled away from him again, sacrificing the correct exit (the GPS will find me another way later)
Nearing the next exit (Prince Edward???) I pulled to the exit, waiting to exit. This guy went on my right about to crash me. LOL!
And he was looking at me showing vulgar signs. That's OK, I'm used to it, and I do that myself sometimes when the other guy is unreasonable, and I smiled sweetly at him.
He went beserk! anyway, no more playing, I went to the next exit (Marina) and went on my way.
BUT, this kind of driver, sheeeesshhh! "
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By indulging in races or trying to prove a point to the BMW driver, you are in no different from a monster the way you claim we are. So you should reflect before posting about others or even assuming for that fact.
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http://forum.carma.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1228999