A new study has confirmed what most people already know: there is a strong correlation between the price of a car and that driver’s compassion for the safety of others.
According to the study published in Science Direct journal, such people are also likely to flout traffic laws than their counterparts with cheap cars.
If you already know that jerks are more likely to drive fancy cars, you’re probably not going to be surprised to learn that those very same fancy cars are unlikely to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. And a new study has confirmed that’s exactly the case. A new study from the Journal of Transport and Health investigates if there is a correlation between car cost and the likelihood of not yielding to pedestrians.
The same conclusions come from two universities in the USA and Finland: there is an inverse correlation between the price of a car and the behavior of drivers
The more expensive the car, the less likely the driver is to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. But why?
Who never wanted to cross the street but had to wait for a car to stop and give way? A University of Nevada Las Vegas study sought to understand what is behind this day-to-day process, and found data showing that owners of more expensive cars stop less for pedestrians to cross the street.
Excuse us if you've already devoured the latest volume of the Journal of Transport & Health, but the March issue contains the results of a novel experiment that tested a cherished automotive stereotype. The study is entitled "Estimated Car Cost as a Predictor of Driver Yielding Behavior for Pedestrians," but you can think of it as, "Are BMW drivers really jerks or what?"
The cross walk on Maryland Parkway by UNLV stays busy. It features various safety precautions like lights and signs to alert drivers of pedestrians crossing, but some say the flash of yellow is not enough to stop flashy cars.
According to a new study conducted by UNLV researchers and published in March's Journal of Transport & Health, those who drive a flashy car were less likely to yield to pedestrians.
Pedestrians are taking a bigger chance crossing the street in front of a Porsche. A Kia is less likely to kill you.
Drivers of expensive cars like the BMW and Audi are least likely to stop for crossing pedestrians, according to a new study. Published in the Journal of Transport and Health, the study from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) found that people who drive fancier vehicles are less likely to share the road with other users and empathise less with pedestrians.
Drivers of expensive cars are less likely to stop at pedestrian crossings, an American study has found.