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> By design this driver may be looking down frequently at their controls Actually not, for hand controls. No more than you look at the pedals. It goes into mus
by dbcurtis 6y ago
> By design this driver may be looking down frequently at their controls
Actually not, for hand controls. No more than you look at the pedals. It goes into muscle memory just as much.
I have been a passenger with two different hand-control drivers. Both were as smooth as a driver using foot pedals. I once moved their car for one of them —- in a tiny town on a quiet street, for about 5 blocks at low speed. It was difficult for me — zero muscle memory and zero “feel” for the car. It does take some practice, I will give you that, but you never have to look at the lever, even as a noob.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoBesides, I don't think there's any more comfort or lessened stakes to be had knowing that the driver that t-boned your kid was looking down at their prosthetic leg or custom controls instead of a smartphone. Or in the middle of an autistic break or epileptic fit or attention deficit fugue or narcoleptic episode. Fine, the software's enum value of "EYES_DOWN" doesn't quite capture the domain of nuance of all the reasons eyes might be down. But it doesn't necessarily matter.