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> Why's it hard? That humans get distracted and often make mistakes is no surprise, it should also be obvious that the amount of risky behavior is correlated
by akira2501 7y ago
> Why's it hard?
That humans get distracted and often make mistakes is no surprise, it should also be obvious that the amount of risky behavior is correlated to the amount of _perceived_ risk in any given situation, which is probably why so many are "a simple crash."
It is, however, somewhat scary that a machine that has nothing else to do other than to drive the car as safely as possible still makes these "dumb" mistakes.
- greglindahl 7y agoAdaptive cruise control makes dumb mistakes. Cruise control makes dumb mistakes. I know people who think automatic transmissions makes people worse drivers.
- urban_strike 7y ago> I know people who think automatic transmissions makes people worse drivers. Well, it's certainly a bit trickier to to respond to texts or browse instagram when you need two hands to operate the vehicle.
- Corrado 7y agoYou would probably be surprised what a person with 30+ years behind the stick can do while operating a manual transmission vehicle.
- whenchamenia 7y agoThere are indeed satistics showing that standard transmissions actually correlate positively with driver attenttiveness. I will try to find a link...
- whenchamenia 7y agohttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1087054706288103 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/108705470628810... Well, thats half of the problematic drivers, and i suspect texters as well. /s