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I heard something a while back that was roughly 'we love to agonize over these trolley problems, but the answer is always to hit the brakes.' I'd add 'and avoid
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y ago
I heard something a while back that was roughly 'we love to agonize over these trolley problems, but the answer is always to hit the brakes.' I'd add 'and avoid these sketchy situations in the first place.'
I know drivers who will blast around blind turns, potentially putting them in these situations where they'd say "there was no time to react!", when they should be slowing down just in case there's someone they'll need to avoid. It's why we talk about defensive driving.
If the brakes are broken often enough for these kinds of dilemmas to even matter, you've failed to avoid the situation in the first place, and need to recall the product to add more redundant systems. Instead of agonizing over what to do in a situation that comes up 1% of the time, turn that 1% into 0.000001%.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> that was roughly 'we love to agonize over these trolley problems, but the answer is always to hit the brakes.' I'd add 'and avoid these sketchy situations in the first place.' If you show description, most of the scenarios involve a catastrophic brake failure.