Old Lady Teaches Arrogant Driver a Lesson
In the video, some teens filming themselves as they skateboard hear a car screech to a stop, and spin around to see a Mercedes Benz rumbling in front of an old lady who appears to be asleep while standing upright in the crosswalk. The Benz owner honks the horn, and the elderly woman snaps awake and resumes her snail-paced shuffle across the street. Naturally, the Mercedes driver exhibits the exact attitude that you expect: he shows zero restraint or politeness, and begins revving the engine to intimidate the old lady into speeding up her pace. And that’s when things get funny.
There’s lots of speculation about whether this video is real or not. Being that a version can be found with advertising surrounding it from CarInsuranceGurus.com, it’s highly likely that they created this viral sensation as a marketing ploy. It worked well, as the video quickly spread around the internet, inspiring loud praise from thousands for its elderly hero who stood up against the road-rage elitist, who gets his comeuppance via an airbag to the face.
The unwarranted deployment of the steering-wheel airbag is accepted by viewers because of the many recent automobile manufacturer recalls for defects. With automotive companies cutting corners to reduce costs, added to the steam-lined process by which cars are assembled and pushed out the factory doors, it appears as though car defects and malfunctions are becoming increasingly common.
While this video may be fake, airbags deploying for insignificant impacts is nothing new. If an airbag is too sensitive, it may deploy when it is not necessary, potentially injuring the occupant by breaking their nose or other facial bones. The opposite has also been known to occur, where an airbag fails to deploy in the event of an accident, in which case a driver/occupant may incur even more severe injuries from impacting the steering wheel, dashboard, or other hard object. If you ever suffer an injury due to an automobile defect, contact a Los Angeles auto accident lawyer right away.
Luckily for the driver in this video, his air bag seemed to barely fluff his hair (despite his overreaction afterward). Regardless, the question everyone neglects to ask while they cheer for the old lady is does the driver deserve it? Honestly, we don’t know and we don’t care. All we know is that he has a nice car and no patience, and that’s enough. It’s just the right amount of ambiguous ingredient for the viewer to visualize the driver as the bully who picked on them in middle school, or the friend of a friend who always had everything just a little better, or the speed-demon that cuts them off every day. And if the driver is anything like those people, then he certainly deserves it.
