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70? You guys are slackers..
If folks drove 70, but did none of the things Lannis mentioned (and that we all see everyday out there), the speed alone would cause few, if any, accidents. Bill
Lannis,On Sunday I was grateful I did not get on one of the bikes. Driving home from Houston following a gravel truck on SW Freeway at 75 mph, the truck suddenly spews a shit storm of bouncing gravel. I laid into the Mazda 3 brakes and still got hammered. Would have been deadly on a motorcycle. Then on suburb road, go around bend: tree cutting/grinding crew around corner, no warning, tree debris all over both lanes, one and a half lanes full of trucks and grinder and workers ignoring everything. Again I had to radically slow and swerve the little red car.So I missed two potentially lethal situations within a half hour. Yep, grateful I opted for the car.
But people would have to be trained to know to follow even farther behind the car in front, and it seems that people can't STAND to do that
Most of the automobile driving that most people do is governed by emotion and programming, not logical thought or skill. And that probably applies to almost everything, not just driving. The fact that we often don't remember the actual drive that got us somewhere proves that we were on autopilot. Nothing is going to change that, either.
Two counterexamples to "nothing is going to change that" and "applies to almost everything" pop into mind almost instantly.
With less training, structure, and professionalism, airline pilots might allow female models to join them for a small party in the cockpit occasionally, and bus drivers might occupy themselves by exchanging text messages with friends, for example.
Maybe the education system needs to go back to the kind of driver education training I had where part of the classroom time was watching real life films of paramedics peeling screaming people out of mangled hunks of steel and glass. It's been over 40 years since I sat in that class and I still remember those films. I did have an impact on how I drive/ride.
It's been over 40 years since I sat in that class and I still remember those films. I did have an impact on how I drive/ride.
Not a bad idea. But keep in mind that, due to the Internet and YouTube and the News, people see that gross, terrible sort of imagery now every week, where you never could 40 years ago unless in a Driver Ed class; whether it be Russian dash-cams or "Real Cop" shows or whatever (generally preceded with "This Video Contains Disturbing Images".)Lannis
Of course the only good driver is the person telling the story about bad drivers'
Interestingly, riding a motorcycle forces you to drive at a higher level of awareness and safety, assuming you want to stay unhurt, and it probably carries over to automobile driving to some extent.
You guys are forgetting 1 particular driving hazard. The Octogenarian! Cookie and I are currently in England-the Midlands-and our hostess is a tiny 75-year old lady. Her driving scares the hell out of us. Twice, I have had to slip into the drivers seat, which is on the WRONG side, and park the car for her. We hopefully will all become old at some point, but I hope we know when to hang up the keys!Bill Lovelady ISEskimo Spy
It's going to be another lost freedom in the future as we transition to driverless cars, mostly because of the lack of responsibility for their own actions that drivers exhibit on an increasing level. People seem all too willing to trade freedom for a perceived increase in safety.
In this case, the "worst drivers think they are the best" does not hold true, and I know from personal experience that someone who cares about how he drives and who makes sure he is careful and alert can get through a long life without even denting anything .....
I agree. But people would have to be trained to know to follow even farther behind the car in front, and it seems that people can't STAND to do that ......Lannis