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> People on their phones not paying attention while driving. I urge you all to watch "From One Second To The Next" by Werner Herzog then come back with a good
by nonrandomstring 5y ago
> People on their phones not paying attention while driving.
I urge you all to watch "From One Second To The Next" by Werner Herzog
then come back with a good argument for why being caught using a phone
at the wheel shouldn't mean an instant lifetime driving ban.
edit: (authoritarian dystopia afterthought) - of course, for those of
you who love locked-down stuff, you could obviously build self
denouncement )or at least deactivation) right into the phone itself
through context awareness.
- oceanplexian 5y agoI've heard stories of people who took a sip of coffee or sneezed and killed a pedestrian, it doesn't mean that that drinking a morning cup of coffee and driving should be illegal. It means that we need to take a holistic view of risk and make decisions that are adapted to a particular situation. Personally, I think if we were serious about saving lives, instead of trying to idiot-proof cars, we need to stop letting idiots drive cars. Reading a message on your phone in a holder directly in your field of vision, on an empty, limited-access highway in good weather carries virtually no risk. Going the posted speed limit and "obeying the law" on a road covered in black ice or on a foggy morning could be insanely dangerous and reckless, but most drivers receive zero training on those situations (At least in the USA). We need better training and tougher driver licensing standards, not thousands of rules in a futile attempt to stop people from doing every conceivable stupid thing.