[smugma]

Forward and rear collision warnings have saved me several times in 3 different cars, including slamming on the brakes as I was backing up and then a MUNI bus that I didn’t see flew by.

I’ve also been in 4 accidents that were my fault (one on the same street, a MUNI bus blocked my view of another car that had the right of the way) and 2 that weren’t but I wasn’t able to avoid them.

I will always buy a new car with the latest tech because I acknowledge I’m a below average driver and those warnings (inc the subtle “someone is in your blind spot” light) are helpful to me.

PS I also prefer physical knobs (especially on the steering wheel) and don’t have cars with giant touchscreens.

[Barbing]

“I acknowledge I'm a below average driver”

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(Brand New Sentence) big kudos, you’re rare, all of the rest of us know for a fact we’re above average drivers

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PS: DuckDuckGo found the post, this was my 1%!!! (DDG beat Google, less than a weekly occurrence!)

[rootusrootus]

> all of the rest of us know for a fact we’re above average drivers

The boring reality is that the vast majority of us are average, and average turns out to be pretty safe. The people causing multiple at-fault wrecks are not merely below average, they are way below average.

[Barbing]

Sometimes wonder if all speed trap cops would make us safer if they mostly ignored speeding, drove unmarked cars, and all day long nabbed tailgaters making multiple aggressive lane changes.

That still leaves the bad or distracted drivers, but thankfully much of the time a little extra brakepad is enough to keep a defensive driver out of the body shop.

[washingupliquid]

The fix for your repeated at-fault accidents is not more mandatory technology in cars.

The fix is you should be taking MUNI more often and a defensive driving course. Maybe be forced to drive a manual transmission car through Pac Heights until you can't. Your insurance premiums must be crazy.

[NetMageSCW]

>one on the same street, a MUNI bus blocked my view of another car that had the right of the way

Simple, fundamental rule: never go when you can’t see. Follow religiously.