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Drivers aren't rational actors That's at the heart of most of these discussions. So many of the decisions people make about driving aren't rational decisions,
by MartinCron 13y ago
Drivers aren't rational actors
That's at the heart of most of these discussions. So many of the decisions people make about driving aren't rational decisions, they're rationalized decisions.
Just to be clear, I'm guilty of this as well. I bought a large luxury station wagon (mostly) because it had rear-facing rumbleseats that I've used exactly once.
- agumonkey 13y agoI can't stand sitting rear-facing without feeling nauseous, I'm surprised it's even a selling point.
- MartinCron 13y agoWhen you're a kid, the novelty of sitting rear facing in "the way way back" is enough to stop the nausea, at least for short trips. And if you're not a kid, there's no way in hell you're going to fit in the rear-facing seats, I'm pretty short and I still can't fit back there.
- agumonkey 13y agohaha I guess you're right, I remember some rides in the trunk long ago and not feeling sick.
- tobtoh 13y agoExactly this - I remember my parents had a Volvo with similar seats and my brothers and I loved sitting back there. We always imagined we were in the gun turrets of the Millennium Falcon shooting down cars.
- stcredzero 13y agoGrew up in a 240 wagon myself. Sometimes I would pretend a bug-spot on the windshield was a gunsight and pretend to shoot other cars, thinking of Star Wars the whole time.