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I agree with you except for > and they didn't even give that driver amphetamines Yo, what? IIRC, most *amphetamines are either illegal in the US or like FDA C

I agree with you except for > and they didn't even give that driver amphetamines Yo, what? IIRC, most *amphetamines are either illegal in the US or like FDA Class 1 substances or something like that, and you just want to throw them at people operating > 1 ton machinery? That seems like it could have an even higher risk for danger.

ardy42 6y ago
> Yo, what? IIRC, most amphetamines are either illegal in the US or like FDA Class 1 substances or something like that, and you just want to throw them at people operating > 1 ton machinery? That seems like it could have an even higher* risk for danger. That's true, and my comment was mostly sarcastic (but a little serious). Amphetamines are given to military pilots to increase alertness [1]. They're also used to treat attention deficit disorder (stimulants also increase focus in healthy people, see coffee). Some years ago I read that they're also popular in some parts of Asia not for recreation, but to help workers focus on boring, repetitive tasks (and they apparently can even make that kind of work seem "fun"), but I can't find the exact article again. The kind of job these "car monitors" are expected to do is so unnatural that it's ludicrous that someone could be expected to succeed at it perfectly, unassisted. [1] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/8885/do-military-pilots-use-amphetamines-or-other-stimulants https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/8885/do-militar...
gjs278 6y ago
lol. no, that's not how amphetamines work. and they're not class 1 either.