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Chances are the number of accidents caused by the lack of physical buttons is quite low. Same reason why (in absence of extreme environmental conditions) diffi

Chances are the number of accidents caused by the lack of physical buttons is quite low. Same reason why (in absence of extreme environmental conditions) difficult climbing routes are considered quite safe: Because people are aware of the danger in the specific situation. Doesn't eliminate the need for safe design, tho, attaching giant spinning metal blades to dashboards might solve many problems, but few in favor of the driver.

heavyset_go 3y ago
> Same reason why (in absence of extreme environmental conditions) difficult climbing routes are considered quite safe: Because people are aware of the danger in the specific situation. If this were applicable to drivers made up of the general public, we wouldn't have a glut of accidents caused by people using their phones while driving.
trizoza 3y ago
Untrue, the top car accident factor at 38% of all car accidents in the UK is "Driver or rider not looking properly" - how many of these are drivers interacting with the built-in touchscreen isn't clear, but it's definitely part of it.
- konschubert 3y ago
  Most will have been people on their phone. In fact, I would suspect that number to be much higher. Since people lie about being on the phone.
hluska 3y ago
Somewhat off topic, but if you climb the best advice I can give is to look at every single route as being extremely dangerous. That attitude of constant danger will keep you alive. There’s a saying in SAR communities - they pull the best climbers’ bodies off of the easiest routes. The attitude of constant danger will even protect you from another weird climbing stat. Having avalanche survival/safety courses increases the probability that you will die in an avalanche. One of the people who taught me how to ice climb died in an avalanche. We don’t want more dead climbers.

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Chances are the number of accidents caused by the lack of physical buttons is quite low. Same reason why (in absence of extreme environmental conditions) diffi

by DeepSeaTortoise 3y ago

heavyset_go 3y ago
> Same reason why (in absence of extreme environmental conditions) difficult climbing routes are considered quite safe: Because people are aware of the danger in the specific situation. If this were applicable to drivers made up of the general public, we wouldn't have a glut of accidents caused by people using their phones while driving.
trizoza 3y ago
Untrue, the top car accident factor at 38% of all car accidents in the UK is "Driver or rider not looking properly" - how many of these are drivers interacting with the built-in touchscreen isn't clear, but it's definitely part of it.
- konschubert 3y ago
  Most will have been people on their phone. In fact, I would suspect that number to be much higher. Since people lie about being on the phone.
hluska 3y ago
Somewhat off topic, but if you climb the best advice I can give is to look at every single route as being extremely dangerous. That attitude of constant danger will keep you alive. There’s a saying in SAR communities - they pull the best climbers’ bodies off of the easiest routes. The attitude of constant danger will even protect you from another weird climbing stat. Having avalanche survival/safety courses increases the probability that you will die in an avalanche. One of the people who taught me how to ice climb died in an avalanche. We don’t want more dead climbers.