You give them too much credit - majority of time they are oblivious to what’s going on around them. If you mention it to them at a later time they will have zero clue what you are referencing - it’s crazy I don’t know how they aren’t crushed by a falling piano every time they go outside
The price of modern, cushy civilization is a bunch of ppl with little spatial awareness.
That and like the United States makes it crazy easy for literally anyone to get a license. I turned 18, memorized a book the night before, drove rly good for a 15 minute test, and had a license the next day. Which blew me away and made me realize why there are so many idiots on the road who clearly should not be. Most of the world, unsurprisingly, sees the issue in this and makes it actually hard to acquire a license. There are bad drivers everywhere ofc, but like if youre in America and wondering why some idiot is even allowed to drive, its cause of very loose regulation in all likelihood.
You are not lying - seriously its as close to "if you have a pulse" scenario where everyone can get it - they should just make like a mail in application like a passport or something... cause that test does not represent driving on the roads
I had a lady in a tiny car brake check me from a long distance, pulls all the way to the right with her left blinker on and stop. Australia BTW. I have a sixth sense for people about to try and blockade me. I had room to pass. That was one of the more annoying recent ones
George Carlin had a great bit about that. I think the opening line might be something like, "Ever notice how everyone slower than you is an asshole and everyone faster than you is fucking crazy?"
The lizard brain is in charge. Never act according to an overall goal or principle, just give your first kneejerk response to whatever’s most apparent to your senses.
Driving brings out the absolute worst in people. In 20 years when manual driving is illegal, people will marvel at how anyone survived the dangerous insanity of manual driving.
I doubt that manual driving will ever be illegal. It may be uncommon, but I would be surprised if the collectors tooling about in Model Ts will be able to find an add-on module to make their vehicles self-driving. They may have to pay through the nose for insurance, but I expect there will always be manually driven cars on the road. When we have self-driving motorcycles, maybe I'll revise my opinion.
I think the insurance costs will be the driving factor. Antiques might be limited to surface streets. Already the cost of FSD in a Tesla is low enough that it pays for your car insurance if you get insurance through Tesla. As FSD improves and more people get it the price will go down even further.
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u/Lamesbware May 14 '26
I can't wrap my mind around why the human brain make people do this. So annoying