Bullet2012
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Let’s ban walking, 100% of pedestrian deaths are caused by it.
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Bullet2012
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Ban procreation, 100% of idiots are caused by people shagging
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Missed that one. aids combustion
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Ruins wine and beer too
Munkul
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Not the worst idea on the thread
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Nobody needs more, spot on! (Apart from the slush-box
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One thing, he probably doesn't like touch screens either seeing he will not having fingertips to work themDarwin's theory at its finest
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Modern cars are infinitely safer in my opinion.
Cruise control has now advanced to adaptive cruise where it will follow the vehicle in front at a set distance and will show down and speed up to suit . Mine also has blind spot indicators , lane departure warnings , 360 cameras . It will even assist you with braking at low speeds if a pedestrian runs out in front of you. ( fun when there is someone on a ferry stood in front of you, directing you to where they want you be and the vehicle refuses to move forward). And it will park itself too.
( they should make this compulsory for some drivers as the standard of parking these days is atrocious)
I’m in the camp where all these systems ( including touch screens etc) enhance your drive and make it a safer place to be.
They don’t make you a better driver though , if you are an inattentive crap driver then you will always be.
Beats searching around for that lost cassette tape that dropped under the seat as you drive along
Cruise control has now advanced to adaptive cruise where it will follow the vehicle in front at a set distance and will show down and speed up to suit . Mine also has blind spot indicators , lane departure warnings , 360 cameras . It will even assist you with braking at low speeds if a pedestrian runs out in front of you. ( fun when there is someone on a ferry stood in front of you, directing you to where they want you be and the vehicle refuses to move forward
). And it will park itself too.( they should make this compulsory for some drivers as the standard of parking these days is atrocious)
I’m in the camp where all these systems ( including touch screens etc) enhance your drive and make it a safer place to be.
They don’t make you a better driver though , if you are an inattentive crap driver then you will always be.
Beats searching around for that lost cassette tape that dropped under the seat as you drive along
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Modern cars are infinitely safer in my opinion.
Cruise control has now advanced to adaptive cruise where it will follow the vehicle in front at a set distance and will show down and speed up to suit . Mine also has blind spot indicators , lane departure warnings , 360 cameras . It will even assist you with braking at low speeds if a pedestrian runs out in front of you. ( fun when there is someone on a ferry stood in front of you, directing you to where they want you be and the vehicle refuses to move forward
( they should make this compulsory for some drivers as the standard of parking these days is atrocious)
I’m in the camp where all these systems ( including touch screens etc) enhance your drive and make it a safer place to be.
They don’t make you a better driver though , if you are an inattentive crap driver then you will always be.
Beats searching around for that lost cassette tape that dropped under the seat as you drive along
The (thankfully now gone) VW caddy had an auto brake thing, only activated once when a van in front decided to slam on, I would have been able to stop but it reacted far quicker than I could
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K.I.S.S. Compare that to the latest space ship dash layout and tell me they are better in any useful way.
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A/C and climate control, for starters. Decent sound system, built in sat nav, bluetooth hands free, then all of the other tiny little things that just make driving a little bit more comfortable.
I think the word we're looking for on this thread is "luddite" as we seem to have a few of these right now
Unless you were looking at the touchscreen, in which case the auto braking would have complimented the touchscreen perfectly. Fine example of one technology solving a problem created by another. Win win?
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But I wasn't, I was driving along, using my Alexa to control the music
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Nah, it never sits around long enough
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So more interested in the music than driving perhaps.
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So you, based on a few lines I have posted, are now inferring that without the aid of the van I would have crashed?
The reason it surprised me was because I was already on the brakes, and the van decided to brake much harder
The hateful thing has gone now anyway
I suspect even though we all think we’re the bees knees at driving, technology might have helped us out in the past. Abs being one fine example I can think of.
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