Birmingham Crash

[havoc]

fiatpower said:

It really is and I’m sorry to say it but a lot of them are young Asian males based on my experience.

In fairness (unusually for me) I suspect a lot of that is demographic-driven:-

- Birmingham has a very large south-asian population
- Those families, culturally, tend to be the ones to keep the 20-somethings in-house for longer than "white Brits", so their 20-somethings have a load of disposable income, rather than scraping by in their own (probably rented) property
- Some (!) of those cultures seem to trend towards ostentatious displays of wealth / prosperity, and a nice car is the ultimate symbol of that (hence the prevalence of supercar-hire co's for weddings/graduations/etc)


...so it may not be that your average Asian male is any more of a tt behind the wheel than your average White male, it's just that he has more opportunity to show it. Or I could be wrong, and they could all be arrogant bell-ends who are one piece of bad luck away from killing someone... :shrug:

[J4CKO]

Most issues are down to culture, not that any demographic is better/worse than another, also down to where those folk find themselves in society as people are fundamentally all the same.

Trouble is you say anything its instantly dismissed as it is obviously because you are a massive racist and hate that group. its never that you are appalled by what has happened or what you have seen and there is a common thread running through the incidents, that isnt just an isolated occurrence and is seeming prevalent given the relative demographic percentages in society.

So most people dont bother and the ones that do tend to actually feel free to say anything tend to be pretty racist about it.

[fiatpower]

Another big crash overnight on Soho road in Handsworth with one dead. Amazed it’s not more when you see the cctv of the accident.

https://x.com/sabjihunter/status/17593429285126103...

[dudleybloke]

fiatpower said:

Another big crash overnight on Soho road in Handsworth with one dead. Amazed it’s not more when you see the cctv of the accident.

https://x.com/sabjihunter/status/17593429285126103...

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-new...
That road is always busy, stupid place to be driving fast.

[horseshoecrab]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKH2ajirpio

Was going at a fair pace from the CCTV. Insane given how busy this road always is

[myvision]

Surprised that there is only one dead in that.
Again it's an innocent person that has died according to the reports.

[Downward]

myvision said:

Surprised that there is only one dead in that.
Again it's an innocent person that has died according to the reports.

Yeah guy in the passenger seat of a parked car having a drink.

Driver apparently telling folk he had a seizure even though folk have come forward to say he was driving dangerously for a while overtaking etc. Does seem strange how he seems to speed up knowing it’s a very busy 30mph road.

[peterperkins]

Every tt filming with their phones
RIP the victim..

[Muddle238]

Call me judgemental but looking at the aftermath footage first, I could just tell it was the white Audi that caused the crash. Then saw the CCTV bit afterwards, hey presto, white Audi causes the crash.

I commute around Birmingham virtually everyday, although I tend to stick to the M6/M5/M42, but frequently see blatently poor driving, lots of "clueless" poor driving but also lots of deliberately dickish driving, almost always in something either from the VAG stable or with a BMW badge. Around Birmingham, these brands are just pure bellend magnets, driven by pondlife with zero regard for anyone else.

I've a couple of mates who are ex-coppers who served around Birmingham, their sentiments tend to match my own observations.