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Originally Posted by Iron Lung Jimmy
People do not drive differently around different cars. I don't think the mouth breathers take the time to think "oh, nice car. I can take advantage of it." They just always drive like that around whatever car they happen to be near. It's just that if you are driving a car you aren't all paranoid about then you don't notice it. It's normal.
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Glad you had a laugh.
You make it seem as if people stop paying attention if they drive a crummy car. Speaking from personal experience, that's not true at all. I don't have two modes- careful driving mode for a nice car and 'don't pay attention much' mode for driving a crummy car. That's pretty bad driving habits: you feel that when you're not driving a car you care about, you don't notice other drivers' behavior.
You've never driven in Boston; the stereotype about Boston drivers is truer than people realize unless they drive here for a while. These things don't just happen to me- when I was driving my classic car, or my sportscar, or my Camaro, or even the nice luxury car I used to have.
I also see it happen to others. People don't even have to be in a car. Go to Newbury street- I've seen this too- and the pedestrians all jaywalk all the time. But in a really nice car like a Lambo? Oh man, it's like the dare the driver to hit them. They will flock to go in front of a really nice car: the odds are better. The nice car driver is more likely to let the other pedestrian, bicyclist, or motorist go. Let's not even talk about passive-agressive bicyclists; they seem to be on the lookout for a car to challenge. Or a trolley.
That's why I can say that people will say it doesn't happen. People will say it becasue of the person noting the phenomenon. It doesn't happen every mile or every minute but it does happen. Perception is key: you haven't seen it. OK good. I hope you never do. To you it's a theory or just some kind of strange inability on my part to understand something that's very clear and simple to you. That's your perception.