Insulated from sound

Driver thought cyclist she hit was tree branch

HER car rammed into a cyclist from the rear so hard that he flew and hit the
front windscreen, cracking part of it, before rolling onto the road. But
Cleopatra Wong Yuin Ping, 30, thought the body that smashed into the windscreen
was a rotten tree branch that had fallen. She did not bother to stop and
continued driving her car along Holland Road. Wong was also unaware that her
victim's bicycle was stuck in the undercarriage of the Lexus ES300 belonging to
her father, despite the noise of the bicycle scraping against the road.
The bicycle was dragged for about 2km before it was dislodged.

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I think the sound proofing in Lexus car must be really really good, in order for a driver to hit a cyclist in the middle of the night, then have said cyclist crack the windscreen of the Lexus, and then drag the bicyle aforementioned cyclist was riding on for a distance.

Maybe we should all drive a Lexus (or two), then we can all be insulated from external factors and concentrate on getting home safe and sound at night. Nice to stay with your parents as well, easy access to car(e) and insulated from (trivial) things in life as well, paying and maintaining your own home and car. Urgh.