• ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    What I love is that despite the fact that these cars are not all “one type” , and in fact are all driven by VERY different people……

    You can picture the stereotype for the driver for each car, and you’re probably right.

    Likely 95% male, and you can picture the buffoon each one is likely being driven by. Hell you could probably almost guess the colour of the cars.

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      4 months ago

      The Dodge ram is red and I know the guy who drives it and keeps getting DUIs. I’ve offered to share my Uber with him just so he’s not putting people in danger but he just yells “Yee haw, brother”, fixes his greasy mullet, and hops in.

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      4 months ago

      It is likely a bit of selection bias by cops as well. They target the rich jerks because of the expensive eye catching cars and the truck assholes because they are big and drien bynyokels.

      The drunken Camry crew is out there just blending in.

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        4 months ago

        Sure, but it’s mostly selection bias from the other direction.

        If I have a need to break the rules and look flashy doing it, I’m not picking the Camry as my car.

        If I have masculinity issues and I drink to deal with them because I’m too macho for therapy, I’m not going to drive a minivan.