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About 80% to 90% of reports would state it was operator error on the part of one or more of the drivers involved. Cars are pretty safe when people aren't drooli
by coldacid 8y ago
About 80% to 90% of reports would state it was operator error on the part of one or more of the drivers involved. Cars are pretty safe when people aren't drooling, lead-footed maniacs.
- ryandrake 8y agoTo be fair, probably 80-90% of NTSB aviation investigations final reports contain the words “pilot error”.
- neurotech1 8y agoThe term "pilot error" is outdated, and suggests blame. "Human performance factors" is usual way to describe such mishaps.
- magduf 8y agoHuh? 80-90% More like 99.x%. Modern cars are extremely reliable, and even if they do fail (usually due to poor maintenance), that rarely causes a crash, since a disabled car can easily pull over to the side of the road, unlike aircraft. Almost all crashes are ultimately caused by driver error. Doing FAA/NTSB-style investigation on them would be pointless, because that's exactly what they'd find: people were driving recklessly, inattentively, etc. And there's nothing that can be done about that, because we as a society absolutely refuse to have serious driver training and any standards for driver conduct. We can't even agree on whether the left lane is for passing or not! Try driving in Germany sometime and you'll find that what we accept from drivers here in the US is really quite awful.