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Originally Posted by RickFLM4
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Another argument against the automatic. Driving shouldn't be that easy that someone can just press the wrong pedal and potentially kill people.
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Not really. It's not like people driving manuals avoid accidents or stupid behavior. Your argument would advance mandatory collision avoidance systems or even autonomous-only driving more than it would advocate going back in time when everyone drove manual transmissions. |
Really I am arguing for more engagement and increased difficulty so that everything is more deliberate. Because even with all those systems, one of them is always bound to fail. The driver is the best system there is but the more you remove skill and deliberation the more unintentional things like this will happen. Yes accidents happen no matter what but.. Catastrophic damage caused by mashing the wrong pedal?? |
Increased difficultly will not decrease accidents. People will still be distracted and make mistakes. We are on a path as a society to less control over driving, whether we like it or not. If her car were forced to stop itself before collision the vast majority of the general public would advocate that solution rather than making it more difficult to drive. |
Ok so you're attributing distractions to accidents? If that's the case should we not do something to force people to focus on driving rather than taking the driving task away from them making it easier to text or watch a movie? If only there was a way to occupy all their hands and feet in the act of driving.
Today we might be on a path for driving automation but that could change. I suspect after a few unintended deaths (already one on the books from autonomous driving) that we will take a step back and take a look at our infrastructure, which will need major work to accommodate.