Does Listening To Meatloaf Or Springsteen Make You More Aggressive Behind The Wheel?
Posted April 13, 2007 12:00 pm.
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Attention OPP: You don’t need a radar gun to watch out for aggressive drivers who speed on the highways. Just lend an ear to what those in the front seat are listening to.
That’s the conclusion from an online survey that lists the top tunes most likely to make people wild behind the wheel.
Video game maker Electronic Arts took 1,700 votes to compile the all-time champs that encourage bad judgment on the road as part of a promotion for a new drag racing game.
Oddly enough, none of the chosen ditties ever made number one. But they’re apparently first in the hearts of leadfoots everywhere.
The list includes rock classics from the past 30 years right up to today’s more contemporary sounds. So what gets you to put your pedal to the metal?
Not surprisingly, “Bat of Hell” is near the top. The title tune from Meatloaf’s most famous album is about a love-struck motorcycle racer who crashes his bike while doing top speeds, and fails to negotiate a curve in the road.
Another biker classic also gets juices flowing – Bruce Springsteen’s plea to Wendy in “Born to Run” seems to turn drivers into speed demons.
Then there’s Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” and Guns ‘N Roses’ “Paradise City”.
For those with a more contemporary bent, The Killers’ “When we were Young” and Feeder’s “Buck Rogers” also bring out the adrenaline in drivers.
But perhaps the most appropriate song on the list involves a composition by dance act Prodigy. Its title? “You Will Be Under My Wheels.”
Hopefully, drivers will be more likely to sing it than actually act it out.
