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Seems like another solution to the problem of people driving like assholes... I can't wait for autonomous cars to become the standard.

by donkeyd 11y ago

gambiting 11y ago
Because you think that every person overtaking is an asshole? That's very....close minded? Especially since in some places you have a 60mph limit on single-lane roads,but trucks are limited to 40mph on the same roads, causing a huge queue behind them. And it's not like the screens are replacing your judgement - they merely help. Would you argue that rearview mirrors help assholes because you have to make less effort to look behind you and therefore will be likely more careless when reversing than someone who doesn't have them?
- mrpopo 11y ago
  OP's statement, as I understood it, was that the people who will get their lives saved by this new system, are the people who overtake trucks recklessly without proper visibility, a.k.a assholes.
  - gambiting 11y ago
    So is our goal saving lives, or saving lives of non-assholes? Should our airbags have "asshole detectors" and not deploy for people who were "asking for it" and driving dangerously? Of course I am being sarcastic, but I can't sympathize with OPs statement, because it does look like they dislike safety measures because they could potentially help someone who drives like an asshole. I am pretty sure they will continue driving like assholes even without it.
    - donkeyd 11y ago
      If you keep distance, you can view past the truck. You can then see if the road will clear up, accelerate and pass the truck safely at a good speed. If you're not an asshole, stuck on the rear fender of a truck, you don't need this invention. This invention might promote the idea that it's normal to drive insanely close to truck and then passing them without having space to accelerate. Or, something the truck driver sees, but the camera doesn't, could cause the driver to brake hard. But since you're looking at the pretty screen you rear end it, since you're only 10 feet away from it.
    - mrpopo 11y ago
      I don't know why you got downvoted. I see your point, and I agree with it. Although the ultimate solution against assholes is not to let them drive a car in the first place (hence a good reason to talk about the self-driving cars).

Seems like another solution to the problem of people driving like assholes... I can't wait for autonomous cars to become the standard.

by donkeyd 11y ago

Seems like another solution to the problem of people driving like assholes... I can't wait for autonomous cars to become the standard.

gambiting 11y ago

Because you think that every person overtaking is an asshole? That's very....close minded? Especially since in some places you have a 60mph limit on single-lane roads,but trucks are limited to 40mph on the same roads, causing a huge queue behind them. And it's not like the screens are replacing your judgement - they merely help. Would you argue that rearview mirrors help assholes because you have to make less effort to look behind you and therefore will be likely more careless when reversing than someone who doesn't have them?

mrpopo 11y ago
OP's statement, as I understood it, was that the people who will get their lives saved by this new system, are the people who overtake trucks recklessly without proper visibility, a.k.a assholes.
- gambiting 11y ago
  So is our goal saving lives, or saving lives of non-assholes? Should our airbags have "asshole detectors" and not deploy for people who were "asking for it" and driving dangerously? Of course I am being sarcastic, but I can't sympathize with OPs statement, because it does look like they dislike safety measures because they could potentially help someone who drives like an asshole. I am pretty sure they will continue driving like assholes even without it.
  - donkeyd 11y ago
    If you keep distance, you can view past the truck. You can then see if the road will clear up, accelerate and pass the truck safely at a good speed. If you're not an asshole, stuck on the rear fender of a truck, you don't need this invention. This invention might promote the idea that it's normal to drive insanely close to truck and then passing them without having space to accelerate. Or, something the truck driver sees, but the camera doesn't, could cause the driver to brake hard. But since you're looking at the pretty screen you rear end it, since you're only 10 feet away from it.
  - mrpopo 11y ago
    I don't know why you got downvoted. I see your point, and I agree with it. Although the ultimate solution against assholes is not to let them drive a car in the first place (hence a good reason to talk about the self-driving cars).