On 15/04/2010 13:52, GT wrote:
> m> wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:18:37 +0100, > wrote:
>>
>>> My post may be rude but it is a fact that much/most rudeness on the road
>>> is from BMW drivers.....
>>
>> LOL. And your *fact* is based on what..? I'm a BMW driver now but I
>> was a longer term Alfa owner until recently. Clearly I must have
>> suddenly changed personality just because of a car I bought? Hmmmm...
>
> Does yours have the new 'psychic link technology' that most BMW drivers rely
> on? Most of the BMWs that I encounter don't have indicators fitted at all -
> a BMW driver doesn't need them because other drivers around him already know
> where he wants to go and should move out of the BMWs way. If they don't then
> an accident or near miss occurs and the BMW driver has to resort to the old
> fashioned, manual procedure of engaging eye contact and offering a hand
> guesture of some kind. Its a shame this technology isn't fitted to other
> cars - it could avoid a lot of inconvenience all round.
>
>
Yes, that about sums it up! It's what I call rude!!

Of course there WILL be exceptions but the company they keep is 'iffy'.