Few people have ever been surprised by particularly noisy vehicles, driven by people whose pleasure lies more in the roar of the engine and the consequent “rattles” of the exhaust, than in the speed, velocity or exemplary behavior of the vehicle. And these types of car lovers are not exactly supercar owners, but fans of the Tuning, which seem to enjoy disturbing the neighbors with the strident noise of their engines. Well then, A Canadian university published a study linking this pleasure in abnormally loud cars with psychopathic tendencies.
Julie Aitken Schermer is a professor of Psychology, Management and Organizational Studies at Western University in Ontario. She was walking her dog when she too was bothered by the “artists” of the Tuning places, which led her to think that it would take a very special person to find pleasure in that type of activity. Therefore, carrying out a study with students of the university’s Administration program was an instant, trying to understand the reasons why only some people like noisy cars, while others hate this practice that increases the roar of the tube. exhaust.
529 students participated in the study, of which 289 were men, 234 were women, and six identified as “other.” The questions covered topics such as whether they “saw their cars as an extension of themselves,” whether they “felt Cold very noisy cars” and if “they thought about changing the exhausts of their cars to increase the noise”, with Professor Schermer cross these answers with the results of a study called Short Dark Tetrad (SD4), which aims to detect malicious personality traitsincluding narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellian instincts.
From the results of both surveys of more than half a thousand people, conclusions were drawn such as: existence of “a strong correlation between individuals who like to stand out for the noise of their exhaust and narcissism”. As if this were not enough, it was also clear that he was “among those most passionate about the violent exhaust explosions that were encountered more individuals with signs of psychopathy and sadism”as Professor Schermer told CBC.
The study received some criticism from lovers of converted cars, who “scream” above what is allowed by law and who love their four-wheeled “bombs” so much that they even have them tattooed on their bodies. Potentially, the members of this sample contribute to the figures reported by the authorities of London, curiously the Canadian city in which the university is located, which confirm a growing number of fines and vehicle seizures since 2020, on the order of several hundred per anus.
Source: Observadora
