At least it's not completely useless like most status symbols. Funny(OK not funny--ironic) that the least-thinking, worst driving fools will be first in line to snag those things.
I fear you are right on the head with that one!
It's always the case. Those who don't think when purchasing a vehicle are consistant in their behaviour: they don't think when driving it either. During the minimum-van craze, all the non-drivers were in minimum-vans. Now it's SUV's (not to be confused with real 4x4's!). You want to see an accident? just follow a pack of fad vehicles around for a while. The same is true of status symbol vehicles. The person in the vehicle wants to be seen in the vehicle, but is "too important" or "too busy" to learn to drive it well.