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Comment by prtkgpt | Hacker News Reader

BMW jerks deserve to be shamed. :P

This claim is disputed.

It would be interesting to see stats on aggressive driving by brand. My guess is that BMW drivers would be well near the most aggressive on the list.

BMW sprays the dashboards of their cars with testosteron and sweat of 18 years old virgin girls.

This claim is also disputed lol.

You know the old joke: what's the most depressing (least fulfilling) job? Installing turn signals in a BMW factory.

Such a study exists for Finland : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ijop.12642

You may find the full article on some Russian mirror website. I don't know whether HN allows us to name it.

There was something similar in the UK. The upshot was be careful if you are crossing the road when a BMW is nearby.

This is from last year, and is largely anecdotal, but it seems to reflect popular beliefs in the UK:

https://www.petrolprices.com/news/bmw-drivers-the-most-disli...

The results almost certainly vary by region (because regional traffic, weather and economic conditions impact who buys what).

Measuring aggressiveness is going to be a measurement of outliers. For everyone weaving through traffic in their BMW without turn signals there's a gray hair putting along. For every Tacoma clogging up the left lane there's a Prius taxi hauling ass to the next fare. I don't think it's a very informative thing to try to measure.

Over here Audi and Volvo drivers also know their way around the gas pedal.

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