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It's mostly because no-one will pay $5k extra for a car that they perceive to be a worse driver than themselves, but a better driver than a taxi driver.
by wisty 15y ago
It's mostly because no-one will pay $5k extra for a car that they perceive to be a worse driver than themselves, but a better driver than a taxi driver.
- StavrosK 15y agoDo people seriously consider themselves better drivers than the people who actually drive cars for a living?
- billswift 15y agoThere have been many studies that show that the large majority of people consider themselves "better than average" drivers. It is called Lake Woebegone effect or Illusory superiority - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_woebegone_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_woebegone_effect
- StavrosK 15y agoYes, but professional drivers are not "average".
- veidr 15y agoCertainly they do, but of course, they would think so. Still, I'd argue that this is not even that crazy. At least in San Francisco, I vastly prefer to ride with just about any colleague I've ever met than the local taxi drivers, based on these criteria: - comfort while riding (lack of abrupt motions requiring me to brace myself) - courtesy to other drivers and pedestrians - actual number of traffic accidents (colleagues: 0, taxis: 2, although fortunately both accidents were mainly property damage rather than serious injury... but still)