A new NYT analysis found that anyone shorter than 5-foot-6 — about half of American adults — would frequently be knocked to the ground in front of today's average vehicle.
800ish more fancy tech “safety” features and even more death. Fuck the “we will protect you” bullshit. It’s way cheaper if I protect myself, but that option doesn’t exist. “Look! My car flashes and beeps when another car passes me on a city lane!”. That’s not assistance, that’s a distraction.
I was talking about this with my wife. If it beeps when I’m in reverse and a car is 50 feet behind me then it’s only training me to ignore the exact same beep that it makes when a person is approaching from my blind spot on foot.
800ish more fancy tech “safety” features and even more death. Fuck the “we will protect you” bullshit. It’s way cheaper if I protect myself, but that option doesn’t exist. “Look! My car flashes and beeps when another car passes me on a city lane!”. That’s not assistance, that’s a distraction.
I was talking about this with my wife. If it beeps when I’m in reverse and a car is 50 feet behind me then it’s only training me to ignore the exact same beep that it makes when a person is approaching from my blind spot on foot.