VW Passat Commercial

Who has seen this one?

Guy is riding in the middle of the night. The batteries in his dual beam headlight die.(bonus points if you correctly identify the model)

Passat comes up behind him, cyclist tries to waive him past. Car lights him back into town. Driver and rider share meaningful glance at intersection. Car drives on.

Does this mean grown ups on bikes are getting some respect?

How annoyed do you get when a car will not pass you and just hangs on behind you?

The whole deal behind the commercial is to show how the direction following headlights work…in other words the headlight move as you turn the steering wheel…

FYI the euro community has always respected cyclists, unlike the north american’s…so you will see a lot more bicycle commercials on Euro TV…

Seen it. Like it. Nice to see a cyclist getting some RESPECT - even if it’s only inside my TV.

Usually I find that most motorists are;

  • trying to scrape my knuckles off

-hurling all their favorite cuss words @ me

-beeping horn when rite behind me so as to give me heart failure