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Human error isn’t a root cause. Why were they able to speed on that road? Why did they feel safe being on their phone? Every software engineer understands int
by flaque 4y ago
Human error isn’t a root cause.
Why were they able to speed on that road? Why did they feel safe being on their phone?
Every software engineer understands intrinsically that blaming the user does not improve outcomes. You cannot get folks to click the right button by putting “you must click the right button” into the terms of service, and then suing the users who click the wrong one.
- kortilla 4y agoYes it is. In many scenarios outside of software, things have already been optimized to a point where the human cannot be removed much further or the safety can’t be improved without violating some other constraint. > Why were they able to speed on that road? Every road can be sped on, especially if you’re going to crash. > Why did they feel safe being on their phone? They didn’t, but it was “an urgent reply”.
- elil17 4y agoThere is a lot the US could be doing to make roads psychologically harder to speed on. Narrow, winding roads, for instance, make people uncomfortable with speeding. Other countries use this for traffic calming. The NTSB does advocate for design that prioritizes traffic calming.