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Whilst driving through Manchester today I saw a advertisment hoarding for a new Nissan lifestyle pick-up truck. The slogan underneath read "The Give-Way sign". Now I'm no prude, I don't think that just because a kid has played a violent computer game that means they will go on to be a violent axe-murderer, so I don't believe that thousands of people are going to buy this and then start barging everyone out of the way. But I was a little suprised that a mass manufacturer is sending out a message that it's ok to use the size of your vehicle to intimidate others.

I know they will say the ad is not meant to be taken literally, but then there can be no other interpretation then "might is right" and thats the basis of selling a vehicle?

The other thing is that it's playing right into the hands of the anti-fun brigade who want us all to drive round in electric shopping carts. Its hardly doing that sector of the mortoring industry any favours!

Anybody else seen it? Like I say I was just suprised more then anything and wondered what other people thought about it.

Cause and effect? Drivers feel under seige and try to take a stronger position? Motor manufacturers recognise the feeling and exploit it?

So I blame the government...

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Paul Smith
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Funny you should mention this, I saw exactly the same advert an hour again and said exactly the same things to the people in my car.

I give it about four weeks...

At least its not just me then! I saw a variation today "The highways got a new code". Well it's certainly put me of buying one! Not that I had any intentions of doing anyway though, but thats not the point!