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>Anything that takes attention away from driving increases danger. parking takes attention away from driving, and as a result the danger drops.

dghlsakjg 1y ago
Huh? Parking is a subset of “driving”. When you are parking you are also still driving by most legal and practical definitions. Once you have completed parking you are no longer driving, you are parked, that is the point at which the danger drops. Parking itself though, is still driving, and is also when a significant number of minor and major collisions occur. Parking is so dangerous that we design many parking areas specifically to be durable to minor impacts as well as protect from parking mishaps. Bollards, curbs, concrete barriers, planters and other features are all placed to help lessen the dangers of parking.
- fsckboy 1y ago
  >Parking is a subset of “driving”. When you are parking you are also still driving at which you rarely put your life at risk. "huh?" if you do.
  - dghlsakjg 1y ago
    People exist outside of your vehicle. Danger can be something that you impose onto others by operating heavy machinery. It can also refer to danger of property damage or non-life threatening injury. You and your car might be fine in a parking lot incident, but the kid that you ran over will not be. For reference, in the US, for just reported vehicle accidents per the National Safety Council: - 20% of all accidents occur in parking lots - 500 people per year are killed in parking lots - 60k injuries per year in parking lots Given the low speeds inherent to parking lots, and the extremely low share of miles and time spent there, it is a remarkably dangerous place. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out; parking areas are by definition where humans and heavy machinery operate in the exact same spaces.

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>Anything that takes attention away from driving increases danger. parking takes attention away from driving, and as a result the danger drops.

by fsckboy 1y ago

dghlsakjg 1y ago
Huh? Parking is a subset of “driving”. When you are parking you are also still driving by most legal and practical definitions. Once you have completed parking you are no longer driving, you are parked, that is the point at which the danger drops. Parking itself though, is still driving, and is also when a significant number of minor and major collisions occur. Parking is so dangerous that we design many parking areas specifically to be durable to minor impacts as well as protect from parking mishaps. Bollards, curbs, concrete barriers, planters and other features are all placed to help lessen the dangers of parking.
- fsckboy 1y ago
  >Parking is a subset of “driving”. When you are parking you are also still driving at which you rarely put your life at risk. "huh?" if you do.
  - dghlsakjg 1y ago
    People exist outside of your vehicle. Danger can be something that you impose onto others by operating heavy machinery. It can also refer to danger of property damage or non-life threatening injury. You and your car might be fine in a parking lot incident, but the kid that you ran over will not be. For reference, in the US, for just reported vehicle accidents per the National Safety Council: - 20% of all accidents occur in parking lots - 500 people per year are killed in parking lots - 60k injuries per year in parking lots Given the low speeds inherent to parking lots, and the extremely low share of miles and time spent there, it is a remarkably dangerous place. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out; parking areas are by definition where humans and heavy machinery operate in the exact same spaces.