here's an asshole, who parked in the bus lane on Colón street, Valencia Spain, then talked shit to the busdriver, and got taught a lesson. Why do you figure he couldn't park somewhere correctly? Small brain large Porsche is my guess
The entitled riche. Many years ago when I was a young man travelling to Paris, a cab driver and a motorist were having a profanity laced argument about whether the cab driver had hit the other car. Finally the cabbie got back into his car, backed up and hit the other car very hard and as he drove off shouted 'there, now you have something to complain about.'
There is some connection between a car's value, and its driver's behavior, A recent study (read about it in New York Times) showed that there's a clear connection between how often a driver will slow down for pedestrians, and the cost of the car. Predictably the cheaper the car, the more considerate the driver.
Having volunteered for organisations like Red Cross, walking around asking for money, I noticed that people in less affluent neighborhoods donate more. (Anecdotal evidence, but still...)
Anyway, unless the Porsche driver said something impossibly rude to the bus driver, I think it was a bit harsh to bump his car out of the way. In England city buses are equipped with a camera, and when someone parks in a bus lane and a picture is taken, legally it is used for writing out a ticket to the culprit. But of course this was Spain, and karma works there too....
Sadly there are some of those folks who drive those upper escalon vehicles that think their shit don't stink, and can do whatever the hell they want. Sorry, I have NO, ZERO, ZIP sympathy for those individuals. Maybe this guy learned a lesson. Then again, maybe not.
The entitled riche. Many years ago when I was a young man travelling to Paris, a cab driver and a motorist were having a profanity laced argument about whether the cab driver had hit the other car. Finally the cabbie got back into his car, backed up and hit the other car very hard and as he drove off shouted 'there, now you have something to complain about.'
ReplyDeleteThere is some connection between a car's value, and its driver's behavior, A recent study (read about it in New York Times) showed that there's a clear connection between how often a driver will slow down for pedestrians, and the cost of the car. Predictably the cheaper the car, the more considerate the driver.
ReplyDeleteHaving volunteered for organisations like Red Cross, walking around asking for money, I noticed that people in less affluent neighborhoods donate more. (Anecdotal evidence, but still...)
Anyway, unless the Porsche driver said something impossibly rude to the bus driver, I think it was a bit harsh to bump his car out of the way. In England city buses are equipped with a camera, and when someone parks in a bus lane and a picture is taken, legally it is used for writing out a ticket to the culprit. But of course this was Spain, and karma works there too....
Sadly there are some of those folks who drive those upper escalon vehicles that think their shit don't stink, and can do whatever the hell they want. Sorry, I have NO, ZERO, ZIP sympathy for those individuals. Maybe this guy learned a lesson. Then again, maybe not.
ReplyDeleteI just watched that again. Damn that's satisfying.
ReplyDeleteJust for the records: It's not a Porsche. Seems to be a Nissan Juke.
ReplyDeleteYep, 1st gen. Nissan Juke it is.
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