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> Not even bothering to flip through a meager 1" thick manual for a newly acquired automobile strikes me as negligent. Perhaps, but then almost everyone is neg

• ghaff 8y ago
  The idea that someone is going to spend an hour studying a user manual when they pickup a rental car at the airport is just silly. I actually find it something of an issue with rental cars these days. Obviously the foot pedals, turn signals, etc. are well enough standardized that it takes very little to accustomize yourself with them. But environmental/entertainment controls? And then there's the fact that things like backup sensors may or may not be available in a given car even though you tend to start depending on them a bit if you have them.
  • newnewpdro 8y ago
    I recently completed a safety-oriented traffic school course online and there was an entire section dedicated to renting and borrowing cars. It surprised me to see it covered, let alone how thorough their guidelines were. Some things I recall from their pre-flight checklist: - check general tire condition and pressures in a walk-around - locate the spare tire and jack - familiarize yourself with the location of pedals, and controls for turn signals, hazard lights, and the emergency brake - adjust seat and mirrors I didn't see the priority of locating the spare tire and jack before driving, but the others all seem like a good responsible bare minimum. People don't seem to generally appreciate the gravity of operating heavy machinery capable of high speeds on shared public roads.
    • astura 8y ago
      I think you locate them to make sure they exist.