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>Cars have been pervasive for over a century and virtually none of the actual improvements in safety have come from "hoping humans do better". Improvements to
by throwaway0a5e 6y ago
>Cars have been pervasive for over a century and virtually none of the actual improvements in safety have come from "hoping humans do better".
Improvements to signage and traffic controls, cracking down on reckless and intoxicated driving and the massive campaign to get people to actually wear their seat-belts (listed in no particular order) seem to fall solidly in the "make humans do better" category.
- tablespoon 6y ago>>> I really wish we could just enforce proper education of being observant. >> Cars have been pervasive for over a century and virtually none of the actual improvements in safety have come from "hoping humans do better". > Improvements to signage and traffic controls, cracking down on reckless and intoxicated driving and the massive campaign to get people to actually wear their seat-belts (listed in no particular order) seem to fall solidly in the "make humans do better" category. None of those things actually involve "making humans do better [at driving]. They either involve implementing technical solutions or preventing humans in certain conditions from driving at all.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>They either involve implementing technical solutions or preventing humans in certain conditions from driving at all. I disagree, they facilitate (signs, markings), persuade (public awareness campaigns) and incentivize (DUI penalties) "doing better". Arguably road design, markings and signage are a technical solution but the humans involved are heeding them of their own free will. It's not like an airbag that goes off based on certain criteria regardless of how you feel about the matter.