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> Most drivers are lazy, distracted, and apt to do something stupid in an emergency. Er, citation needed. I think the vast majority of drivers are good drivers
by archagon 9y ago
> Most drivers are lazy, distracted, and apt to do something stupid in an emergency.
Er, citation needed. I think the vast majority of drivers are good drivers — otherwise, vehicular transport would be a disaster.
- titanomachy 9y agoYeah, that's true at least where I live. Most times I drive I'll see someone do something stupid or inattentive (or even do something stupid myself!), but I see thousands of people driving normally, i.e. driving well. Countless times I've seen pedestrians or cyclists throw themselves in front of traffic without warning, and every time the drivers have stopped without incident. A collision is by far the more exceptional case.
- tlb 9y agoThere are around 1.25M vehicle fatalities every year worldwide [0]. It is a disaster. Driving has killed more people than the world wars. "Good drivers" -- we have no benchmark to measure against. Maybe it's amazing that 10x more people aren't killed, or maybe it's dismal that anyone is killed at all. When we have autonomous vehicles, we'll have a reference to compare against. I predict that "bad" will be the only word to describe the current situation. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...