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The problem is that many modern driver assist technologies end up causing and encouraging drivers to spend less mental energy on their surroundings. Friends an
by 908087 8y ago
The problem is that many modern driver assist technologies end up causing and encouraging drivers to spend less mental energy on their surroundings.
Friends and family members of mine with adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, blind spot detection, etc seem to trust those things completely. I hopefully don't need to explain why this is an issue.
- oftenwrong 8y agoYes, people like the author, who admits to regularly reversing without looking, only listening for beeps. Do you think such a person should be allowed to drive ANY car? I don't think a manual transmission will turn a careless moron into a good driver.
- pishpash 8y agoMaybe part of the driving test should be conducted in a car or sim with no assistive technology, or with some of it randomly turned off. Also maybe test for accident avoidance situations. But then here the modus operandi seems to be to get the most drivers on the road as a means of access.
- 908087 8y agoNo, I don't. Unfortunately I have no way to force the US to increase the standards people must meet to be licensed, however, so the next best thing would be to stop giving the already terrible drivers on the road even more reasons to be unaware of their surroundings.