ヤクザのクルマライフが外国に紹介される

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=109688
日本でも執筆活動を行っている自動車評論家ピーター・ライオンさんによる記事。同氏が「なぜベンツの、しかもＳクラスに乗るんですか？」と某幹部に直接聞いたところ「丈夫だし、高級感があるから」という、結構当たり前の回答が返ってきたらしい。
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Status here has a funny way of clearing a congested road ahead of you, a phenomenon I've seen twice on double-lane highways in the last six months. Crawling along at 15 mph in heavy traffic, I spotted three white S-Class limos in my rearview mirror threading their way through the congestion in tight formation. Their precision at maintaining single-file formation and their ability to block both lanes by straddling the white lines was as eye-opening as it was educational. And no one got upset. Nobody honked. Try such antics on roads in Europe or the U.S. and people are bound to take offense, call the cops or take matters into their own hands. But in Japan, there's an unwritten law: When you see big black or white limos, normally Mercedes S-Class or Lexus LS models, pushing their way through the traffic, just let them pass. Mr. Average doesn't want to cross paths with who might be inside. I let them pass, too. I like life too much.

「たとえ混雑していても、たとえ片側一車線でも、白塗りベンツがやってきたら一般ピープルは道を譲らないといけない」という不文律が日本には存在する、みたいなことが書いてある。最後の「私も道を譲ります。自分の命が大事だから」という一文が笑える。