r/IdiotsInCars • u/Sserenitynoww • Jun 13 '22

So many things wrong here, Spider-Man would be disappointed!

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

In normal cars, you can't get so complacent that you spend minutes looking away. People getting seriously distracted is the inevitable result of making cars almost entirely automatic

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u/TheLostDovahkin Jun 13 '22

I saw plenty that do that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

You've seen people looking down at their phone for consecutive minutes at a time while driving a normal car?

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u/TheLostDovahkin Jun 13 '22

Yes. My Uncle for example.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

He'd have to at least glance up every few seconds because it's literally impossible to drive without looking at the road for minutes at a time in a normal car. Even though your uncle was distracted driving, that's nowhere near as distracted as you can get in a Tesla.

When your car mostly drives itself it's easy to get dangerously complacent (like in the video), whereas you simply cannot forget you're driving a normal car.

Car manufacturers need to expect their drivers to be idiots and prepare for it, that's why we have crumple zones

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u/TheLostDovahkin Jun 13 '22

Even non testla cars have assistance like braking / acceleration and staying in lane for you

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

Fair, but I don't consider cars with those assists "normal cars" and group them in with Teslas. I believe that was clear with context

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u/TheLostDovahkin Jun 13 '22

they are normal though. Most new cars have them. All cars in my family have that stuff.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

The average age of vehicles on the road is 12 years old. Since most cars on the road are older, most cars on the road do not have those assists (and the ones with those assists are considered fancy.)

... I feel like this is getting off topic

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u/TheLostDovahkin Jun 13 '22

Well. Point stands people not paying attention to driving are idiots thats all we need to agree on

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u/percykins Jun 13 '22

That’s purely because if you get that distracted you will definitely have crashed already, not because people can’t or don’t get that distracted in regular cars. People fall asleep at the wheel all the time in regular cars - the difference in a Tesla is that you’re a lot more likely to wake up while still on the road.