I always thought supercars did it for the attention, "Look at me! Vroom vroom!"

Isn't that the whole point of what it means to stand out?

Drawing attention makes a statement, but it's also a safety thing.

Look at me! Give me a speeding ticket!

The speeding tickets are just the cost of doing business when you get into luxury sports car and supercar territory.

I had a bright hazard yellow Subaru with daytime running lights and was shocked every-time someone failed to see it which was shockingly often. I'm not going to say it was an every day occurrence, but certainly once a week. Strangely, I've had far fewer incidents of people not seeing me in my silver Mercedes roadster without daytime running lights although I purposely drive it like a mad-man and hence developed my own rule for driving a sports car or motorcycle:

Accelerating at high speed, decelerating quickly, darting in and out of lanes of traffic, drifting corners, staying on the accelerator to produce lots of noise, swerving back and forth in the lane to "warm the tires" may make you look like an ass, but it also keeps you safe because people track the "idiot."

I can tell you that is doesn't work. I used to ride around on a very loud yellow motorcycle, my light on constantly.

I would still get stupid cunts pull out of junctions directly in front of me and often have people open car doors into my path while parked.

Sometimes it felt like I was being driven at, it gives you a bit of a complex and you start to ride extremely offensively at all times.