Monday, June 16, 2008

cars on fire, preventing

Berlin Chief of police recently recommended owners of luxury cars like Porsche, Mercedes S, should not park their vehicles in districts of the city where most torchings occur, which is Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg. Torchers prefer those cars. Still I don't know whether their acts are meant to be a class struggle - opposing gentrification - or a push for the environment - no further high doses of CO2 emitted by a burnt gas guzzler. Chief has been critizied by the conservative opposition in the city parliament to accept "no drive areas" for Porsches. I guess luxury car manufacturers in the past did not invest sufficiently into luxury car toys for toddlers, kindergarten, school system to pass on the luxury car magic to further generations. If kids are left behind by those longterm marketing efforts, they might choose a bicycle. Btw., Porsche and Mercedes sell branded bicycles in their show rooms (never saw one ont the street though). I wonder whether parking such a bike in Kreuzberg would be safe... And I wonder whether this is the future market for those companies: emission free mobility. To add Porsche subways, Mercedes light rail, Ferrari high speed trains.