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I disagree. I've been a licensed driver for over 40 years. I had one minor fender-bender at 16 years old, learned my lesson, and haven't had another accident si
by CWuestefeld 3y ago
I disagree. I've been a licensed driver for over 40 years. I had one minor fender-bender at 16 years old, learned my lesson, and haven't had another accident since. I'm an exceptionally good driver as evidenced by this, plus the fact that I've taken performance driving classes, simulators, and so forth.
I, personally, am a much lower risk than the typical driver. Putting a drivers' aid device in my car may well increase the danger to me and those around me, even while having it in other cars decreases danger.
BTW - my car's traction control is evil. It's a rear wheel drive car, without limited slip. So when I pull out onto the road from a driveway, if there's the slightest bit of sand on the road, I get enough spin to engage the traction control. The car deals with this by vastly cutting engine power. In Texas, where the regular surface road I'm pulling out to is commonly 60mph, and often faster, I need to accelerate quickly to avoid the guy approaching - yet the traction control has just left me wallowing, dead in the water, unable to accelerate strongly. Except in wet conditions, disabling the traction control is always the first thing I do when I sit in the car.
- justahuman74 3y agoI thought I was a low risk driver, then when doing a lot of hours riding a motorcycle it became very apparent how incredibly terrible of a car driver I was. So much general threat and risk was invisible as a car driver contained in a big metal box.
- mathieuh 3y agoI do a lot of cycling and it's amazing how much more aware you are when any minor bump is going to cause you injury. I've avoided accidents multiple seconds in advance because something about the way someone was driving made me nervous, it's like you get a sixth sense.
- andbberger 3y agovisibility is also dramatically better on a bike
- CalRobert 3y agoRiding a bike (motorcycle or bicycle) should be mandatory for learning to drive a car.
- shortcake27 3y agoEvery person on the planet believes they’re an above average driver. No one thinks they need these types of safety features in their car because they’re a safe driver and the problem is every other driver. It terrifies me that people are so oblivious to their own flaws that they would willingly disable features such as AEB if they could. I’m extremely thankful for regulations that prevent such life-saving safety features from being disabled.
- tpxl 3y agoAn average person has 3-4 car crashes in a lifetime. Having 1 minor accident in 40 years of driving is above average. The only time I ever came close to having a crash is when lane assist tried to drive in the dividers on a highway with construction going on, so lane assist is the first to go in a new car.
- taeric 3y agoThe average person also has their wrecks at the beginning and end of their driving. Having 1 while in late 50s to 60s isn't that unlikely, either. And sets you on the average track.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Every person on the planet believes they’re an above average driver Not everyone. I don't think I'm an above average driver at all.
- sebzim4500 3y agoEven if you would rather not have the feature in your car, wouldn't you rather the idiot about to hit you had it in his? Unless you are proposing that they should require it in everyone's cars except yorus.