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There will always be contrived bogeyman edge cases to scare us from doing something. The only question that matters is would it result in fewer road deaths? I
by grecy 2y ago
There will always be contrived bogeyman edge cases to scare us from doing something.
The only question that matters is would it result in fewer road deaths? I bet the answer is yes.
In the US every single day 100 families are torn apart by a death on the road. I’m sure you don’t want it to be yours.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoThat’s a “think of the children” type of an argument. Remind me: how many people die because of guns every day in the US? On a serious note, how many of those road accidents are caused by exceeding the speed by less than 10%? You see, there is a difference between speeding and reckless driving. Neither you nor me live in the US. They have other options to reduce those deaths. There’s no reason to drive a 4 ton EV truck made out of stainless steel doing 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds.
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- jsjohnst 2y ago> The only question that matters is would it result in fewer road deaths? Speed doesn’t kill, it’s the sudden stopping that does.
- leobg 2y agoI don’t care about this particular edge case. The idea of being remote controlled by buerocrats is appalling to me. I live in Europe. Regulations here make Teslas slam on the brakes when the road is curved by more than x degrees, and break off a lane change apruptly if they take longer than x seconds. The intentions behind these rules written by some buerocrat in Brussels surely were as good as those behind the cookie banner. I’m glad I still get to override those rules with my pedals and steering wheel.