Fortwo Tipping Hits San Francisco

The Smart Fortwo is a really small little two-passenger car made by a division of the company that makes Mercedes Benz. It's made in France and until recently couldn't be imported into the US because it didn't pass safety standards and most people thought it would look silly among American cars that are two or three times as large. Well they got it to pass the import restrictions and now you can actually buy one in America. The problem is that the thing only weighs 1800 pounds and some folks in the US appear to think it would be really cool to have a few drinks and go out and find one of the cars and tip it up on it's nose. Maybe they had more than just a few drinks. But anyway, it's the latest thing, at least in the San Francisco area. It's called "Smart tipping", and last weekend three, count 'em, three of the cars were rolled onto their front or rear ends Sunday night. A witness described seeing between six and eight individuals carrying out one of the dastardly deeds. Why is this happening? Well, it could be that SF is finally catching up to other parts of the world, where fortwo tipping has been a "thing" since 2009. Or perhaps SF has been infested with a bunch of urban cowboys who mistakenly think that cow tipping is real. But the most likely bet is that the city's growing hatred for high-tech "Glassholes" has spilled over from boycotting buses to flipping cars. Moral of the story: if Oprah gives you a Smart fortwo and you live in the Bay Area, keep it locked in the garage.