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Yeah I watch people freeze and let people back into them all the time in parking lots while they furiously honk. I think you may be overestimating the abilitie

by tdfx 9y ago

Yeah I watch people freeze and let people back into them all the time in parking lots while they furiously honk. I think you may be overestimating the abilities of the average human driver.

adriand 9y ago
I did this. My neighbour backed into me. And I honked before he hit me but otherwise did nothing. To an observer it may have seemed ridiculous but the reason is simple: I assumed he could see me and it wasn’t until it was too late that I realized he wasn’t paying attention and was going to hit me. By then I had no time to put the car in reverse and move, only to honk.
bdamm 9y ago
Yep; I'm guilty. When I was a teenager, the first time someone backed into me, I was so surprised I got confused about what to do and consequently did nothing. And by the time I found the horn button it was too late. I was so surprised that I just sat on the horn for about 5 seconds even though it was all over at that point. So, now the makers of this vehicle can code some better evasion technique and consequently all future versions will benefit, very much unlike my children, who have a high probability of reacting just like me the first time it happens to them. (Sure, maybe I will teach them, but then again maybe not.)
- chmod775 9y ago
  I'm curious: Did you do some kind of sports back then? Soccer, basketball etc.? I wonder if sports or videogames may teach people to react in stressful situations instead of freezing, since both of those require you to apply problem solving in split second decisions. Sorry for being off topic.
  - bdamm 9y ago
    I rode bicycles a lot. Certainly when riding bicycles one must have split second and correctly made decisions. My driver training involved simulated head on collisions where an instructor would get in another car and drive at me head on to train my response. So I had reasonable training. It was just that in a parking lot I never expected someone to just throw it in reverse and back into me without looking where they were going. It simply had never occurred to me that it could happen. So when it did happen I was so busy thinking about what I could do that I didn't do any of the things I could do (honk, or put it in reverse and back out of the way.) Since then I've avoided dozens of accidents that were new and unique in their own way, but also I've been through a few situations and have now developed good instincts about what the options are in a given situation. It's not unusual, by the way. Pilots train emergency scenarios for just this reason.

by tdfx 9y ago

Yeah I watch people freeze and let people back into them all the time in parking lots while they furiously honk. I think you may be overestimating the abilities of the average human driver.

adriand 9y ago

I did this. My neighbour backed into me. And I honked before he hit me but otherwise did nothing. To an observer it may have seemed ridiculous but the reason is simple: I assumed he could see me and it wasn’t until it was too late that I realized he wasn’t paying attention and was going to hit me. By then I had no time to put the car in reverse and move, only to honk.

bdamm 9y ago

Yep; I'm guilty. When I was a teenager, the first time someone backed into me, I was so surprised I got confused about what to do and consequently did nothing. And by the time I found the horn button it was too late. I was so surprised that I just sat on the horn for about 5 seconds even though it was all over at that point. So, now the makers of this vehicle can code some better evasion technique and consequently all future versions will benefit, very much unlike my children, who have a high probability of reacting just like me the first time it happens to them. (Sure, maybe I will teach them, but then again maybe not.)

chmod775 9y ago
I'm curious: Did you do some kind of sports back then? Soccer, basketball etc.? I wonder if sports or videogames may teach people to react in stressful situations instead of freezing, since both of those require you to apply problem solving in split second decisions. Sorry for being off topic.
- bdamm 9y ago
  I rode bicycles a lot. Certainly when riding bicycles one must have split second and correctly made decisions. My driver training involved simulated head on collisions where an instructor would get in another car and drive at me head on to train my response. So I had reasonable training. It was just that in a parking lot I never expected someone to just throw it in reverse and back into me without looking where they were going. It simply had never occurred to me that it could happen. So when it did happen I was so busy thinking about what I could do that I didn't do any of the things I could do (honk, or put it in reverse and back out of the way.) Since then I've avoided dozens of accidents that were new and unique in their own way, but also I've been through a few situations and have now developed good instincts about what the options are in a given situation. It's not unusual, by the way. Pilots train emergency scenarios for just this reason.