In previous sessions of internetting, I've looked at other vehicles designed to keep bad drivers on the road, like the Mercedes E Class (E apparently standing for "Enabler"). Now Infiniti is throwing its hat into the ring—"hat" being a car with idiocy-cancelling technology, and "the ring" being the streets where the drivers of those hats are apparently trying their damnedest to run you over anyway.
The premise of this Infiniti ad is that when you buy a car you have a choice of "any old thing," or the one vehicle that can protect you from all of the unavoidable dangers that lurk in the big bad world around you, even if the world around you is a beautiful, affluent suburb with low crime and good schools. Because even there you are most likely going to drive like an idiot.
Like this guy, who still hasn't figured out that there's a hedge next to his driveway that obscures his view of the sidewalk.
Uhhh... where's the—why can't I—uhhh...
And who hasn't realized that his car is so tall that it's impossible to see anything that's behind it.
And who spent $40,000 on a car but is too dumb to notice that it has a rear-view camera.
And who hasn't had the thought that maybe one of his 19 passengers could back him out of the driveway.
And who is still slow to step on the brake even after the car has indicated there's something back there.
Uhhh, this one, right?
Of all the people in that car, or SUV, or "crossover," or whatever they call a motor vehicle these days, this guy is probably the last one who should be driving. His reaction time in an emergency is as abysmal as Mrs. Lundegaard's was in Fargo.
At least once she realized there was a problem, she put some hustle into it.
There are plenty of reasons to be critical of this apparent clod, but on the other hand, he actually may have a good explanation for looking perplexed all the time. There are some weird things going on in that neighborhood. Take, for example, this little boy with the cartoonishly made-up doe-eyes:
—and the superhuman strength to push his plastic cart 30 feet in front of himself.
With mutant kids like that running loose, I'd be on edge all the time too.
Anyway, at least this Menace to
Right after the near miss he shares a furtive, knowing glance with his wife, which could mean one of two things: either they are aware that they are complete morons and really ought to do something about it; or that the time is right for Cialis.
Whichever it is, at least there's a chance they'll relinquish the front seats, along with control of the vehicle—which, coincidentally, would please the manufacturer: in spite of all the features Infiniti has loaded into this car, it appears they'd still rather it wasn't driven it at all:
As in, do not even attempt so much as backing out of your driveway in this vehicle, because no matter how many cameras and safety features and automatic braking systems are put into it, if you're as stupid as this guy you're still going to find a way to run over the neighbors' kids.
Not that the mutant super-child with the eye-liner is in any real danger—he would just hoist the Infiniti over his head like little Clark Kent.
At least then the family inside the Infiniti would finally be safe.
