[ThePadawan]

As someone living near a luxury car rental place (but in a country with a national speed limit), I want to point out that the main target audience for renting Lamborghinis and Ferraris isn't passionate drivers.

It's 28 year old males with money and no sense of self-worth. There are regularly reports of people doing nothing but driving up and down a nice street downtown. Flooring it from red light to red light, dropping the clutch on every gear change. All. Day.

The completely unrelated question I would like to ask is "Why is it allowed to show your middle finger to random people on the street, but as soon as they're in a car, it's a crime?"

[nikisweeting]

Woah it's a crime to flip someone off in a car in Germany? TIL

[ce4]

It's also a crime to insult people outside of cars in germany. When doing so behind the steering wheel it may result in a temporary driving ban in addition to a penalty.

[majewsky]

IANAL, but in the German legal system, one can only be convicted on an insult charge if the insulted party explicitly requests it.

Behind the steering wheel, the situation is different because road rage will usually not be litigated as an insult, but as attempted coercion.