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Technical solutions vs the laws of nature - which side do you think wins? E.g. SUVs are heavier, so they take longer to stop - if a child runs on the road in f

Technical solutions vs the laws of nature - which side do you think wins? E.g. SUVs are heavier, so they take longer to stop - if a child runs on the road in front of you, it will have less chances to survive if you're driving an SUV.

tguvot 3y ago
which laws of nature ? survival of the fittest ? or evolution - people evolve build-in radars to avoid collisions. if child runs on the road and you do not drive carefully in order to take it into consideration, it will end badly. there is probably better chances that child will survive when i drive my suv for two reasons - because my seat is higher it easier for me to see from "above" somebody been between cars ahead and running out, compared to somebody who sits in reno clio on the ground and seeing nothing till last moment - there is a good chance that radars in "last moment scenario" will react faster than human. otherwise lets ban vans, buses, tracks, etc
- borissk 3y ago
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        dang 3y ago
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- Muximize 3y ago
  > because my seat is higher it easier for me to see from "above" somebody been between cars ahead and running out, compared to somebody who sits in reno clio on the ground and seeing nothing till last moment You can fit 9 kids in a row in front of an SUV without seeing them: https://media.nbcwashington.com/2022/07/SUV-Blind-Zone-Demonstration.jpg https://media.nbcwashington.com/2022/07/SUV-Blind-Zone-Demon... https://www.kidsandcars.org/frontovers/must-reads https://www.kidsandcars.org/frontovers/must-reads
  - tguvot 3y ago
    If you will pile them, you can probably fit 30. Or 100 toddlers. But the real question, did you ever run into situation when 9 kids sitting on road suddenly appeared in front of driving car?

tguvot 3y ago

which laws of nature ? survival of the fittest ? or evolution - people evolve build-in radars to avoid collisions. if child runs on the road and you do not drive carefully in order to take it into consideration, it will end badly. there is probably better chances that child will survive when i drive my suv for two reasons - because my seat is higher it easier for me to see from "above" somebody been between cars ahead and running out, compared to somebody who sits in reno clio on the ground and seeing nothing till last moment - there is a good chance that radars in "last moment scenario" will react faster than human. otherwise lets ban vans, buses, tracks, etc

borissk 3y ago
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      - dang 3y ago
        Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - dang 3y ago
      Breaking the site guidelines like this will get you banned here, regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. No more of this, please. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
Muximize 3y ago
> because my seat is higher it easier for me to see from "above" somebody been between cars ahead and running out, compared to somebody who sits in reno clio on the ground and seeing nothing till last moment You can fit 9 kids in a row in front of an SUV without seeing them: https://media.nbcwashington.com/2022/07/SUV-Blind-Zone-Demonstration.jpg https://media.nbcwashington.com/2022/07/SUV-Blind-Zone-Demon... https://www.kidsandcars.org/frontovers/must-reads https://www.kidsandcars.org/frontovers/must-reads
- tguvot 3y ago
  If you will pile them, you can probably fit 30. Or 100 toddlers. But the real question, did you ever run into situation when 9 kids sitting on road suddenly appeared in front of driving car?