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The horse was the original self driving car... control it when you want to, otherwise it pretty much goes on down the track.
by csours 10y ago
The horse was the original self driving car... control it when you want to, otherwise it pretty much goes on down the track.
- sandworm101 10y agoAutodrive advocates should avoid comparisons to the horse. They are dangerous beasts. They have per-hour serious accident rates 10x or 20x greater than motorcycles. And there is little that can be done to mitigate the problem. If the horse wants you off, you are going off. Horses are just used so little that the stats seem insignificant. They aren't. Boys break their necks in traffic accidents. Girls get thrown from horses. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8339097.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8339097.stm "In his paper Hazards of Horse-riding as a Popular Sport, Dr Silver cited a study from 1985 that suggested motorcyclists suffered a serious accident once every 7,000 hours but a horse rider could expect a serious incident once in every 350 hours. [...] The majority of people admitted to hospital in such circumstances are women. "
- logfromblammo 10y agoAnd if you thought that putting gasoline in a diesel engine was bad, just wait until you accidentally fill up your horse with the wrong fuel.
- csours 10y agoWhy do you have to bring facts to hazy sepia-toned romantic mis-remembering of history? Also, girls engage in equestrian sports, I'm sure that non-sports horse activities are probably safer.