Where I live, there are loads of young Asian lads, in hot hatches and BMs. Bikes are seen as ‘poor man’s transport’, by many of them. There is certainly an attitude of ‘if you ride a bike, you can’t afford a car’. Ironic, when half their cars are on HP, and will be a pile of junk long before they are paid off.
Time and time again, I’ve had to deal with the arrogance of little pricks in their cars, trying to impress their mates and girls. The problem is quite acute round here, as many young Asian lads actually feel quite unempowered, and work in shitty jobs for shitty pay, so their cars are a way of showing others how ‘successful’ they are. Quite often, some of them will spend their wedding dowry on a flash motor (I know one lad who wrote off a brand new £20k Volvo, 2 days after he bought it, and it was not insured….).
I’ve had abuse, and many objects thrown at me from cars, often for **** all reason. There have been occasions where I’ve had to get the **** out of there, after being threatened and nearly run down, all for simply being ‘in their way’. Recently, after having to swerve to avoid a Golf driving at me on the wrong side of the road, the driver swung an arm at me out of his window. So I booted his rear door, putting a dent in it. Not the best move. Fortunately, I was able to sprint off, with him and his mate chasing me down the road. His mate threw his mobile at me, it hit my fat arse, bounced off, and was crushed beneath the wheels of another car. Madness. I almost fell off, laughing.
It’s a shame, that getting in a car can exacerbate someone’s small willy issues. In my area, it’s young Asian lads. I’m sure the same is true in all other ethnic groups, but the young lads round here really do see the car as King. I spose, coming from very poor backgrounds, a nice car is seen as a status symbol, and compensates for lack of confidence and assuredness in other areas of life.