Why do ppl need safety equipments in cars?

God only knows how many live have been saved by some of these new safety features.

 

All of this tech can't replace training and experience, and it will end up making the roads more dangerous than ever. America should instead develop a national driver training & testing standard, and make damn sure the individual can drive. And for the love of God, come up with an app that forces slow drivers to get out of the way!

 

Who allowed the grand kid to be in harms way while a vehicle was being moved?

 

There is usually someone that fails to accept responsibility and refuses to hold themselves accountable. Grandad probably blames himself, and the other parties involved are probably willing let him shoulder their guilt. Poor bastard.

 

Another thing about all of this tech is it's ability to spy on you and others in ways most probably are not aware of.

 

I’m noticing a different driving pattern with (mostly) younger people in 20-30yrs range. Seems as if once a day, I get honked at or harassed because they want to get into my lane. Its as if (I am imagining), their new(er) car is beeping warnings at them and they are getting frustrated and then take it out by honking. Or, the more dangerously speed up or even more dangerously slow down abruptly and aggressively swerve over. (Yeah here come the saftey feature works! comments).

I understand what the OP is saying and think he is trying to say there has to be some personal responsibility involved with how we drive WITHOUT it being mandated on us by guvment. He can obviously drive and park a truck and doesn’t need all the crap nannies.

Lastly, I think these nannies are enabling kids to drive and text because it gives them a feeling of safety. The worst offenders are women! Usually of the child rearing age. You see them speeding around after dropping off little Katelyn at school or rushing to go pick them up. They are oblivious to what they drove past because their face is on a little screen.

There is a quote by Patrick Henry that talks about chains and hoping they wear lightly around your neck. Go check it out for yourself.

OP don’t take any crap from some of these old farts commenters on here. Give it back the old school way!

 

My DAP tune did the opposite, so the first thing I did was upgrade my trucks tires to match up with the newer high speed capability. Speed never killed anyone... the sudden stop is what kills people.

 

They been saying it for 50 years.

 

Seat belts and airbags are safety equipment. Backup camera's are a convenience item. I'm OK with that stuff. Parking assist is for people too stupid or lazy to learn how to drive. Lane departure warnings and pre-collision systems are for people too consumed with themselves or social media to bother paying attention. I personally think that shit is stupid but love it or hate it, that stuff is here to stay and will be standard on all cars within 10 years and yes, autonomous cars are the future. I'll be long gone before this happens but I bet you anything that some day in the future, manually driven cars will be banned from public roads as it will be considered too dangerous. Remember, its for the children after all

 

Yep, but none of those people were distracted by an electronic screen.
The interactive electronic screen in vehicles has caused more deaths than criminals with guns.

 

Yes you could get out, and do a walk around before moving.

 

I walk around and check my tires before starting the vehicle, and I check & adjust my mirrors before moving the vehicle. I also tap the horn a few times before & while moving in reverse. I guess my driver training was more perfect than what others received.

 

I have known several folks that get immune to their back up sensors because the go off everyday while backing out and detect the road form sloping driveway and curbs on the opposite side of the the street. These folks have backed into other vehicles because they ignored their pesky backup warning sensors. Luckily it has only been objects or cars and not a child.

 

Agreed, but the electronic screen in the hand or the dash has made driving much more dangerous than it was before they were a thing.

 

I like reverse cameras, I don't have one in either of my trucks because I haven't found one that I like yet. Until then I will continue with my old school ways.

 

Yeah, but it legitimately seems to be in the works this time.

 

So we will also need a device that warns us when the sky is falling...

 

I always park backwards so I never have to worry bout hitting anyone or anything. I always check around before I go into my car like I am suppose to before moving. Hell I even backup into my clients driveway and I never hit there garage door or anything else. I don’t need no electronics to tell me how to drive.

 

Our company's Driver Safety program, The Smith System teaches to either pull thru(empty spots) or back in. I am sure others teach this as well. Statistically backing up when leaving is very accident prone. Pulling out forward when leaving is much safer than backing out.

Backing in can actually be easier to get into a spot in a parking lot than by driving forward.

 

Yep. Improve, not replace.

 

Exactly! As you and @ColoradoTJ have said, it cannot replace good driving habits. They are there to enhance, but my fear is that folks are relying too much on them and not using common sense when driving.

 

Important distinction for sure. Too many of these things are making people lazy drivers. TBH, I may be driving classic cars before long as more and more vehicle manufacturers are moving in this direction. That being said, I'd also gladly ride in an autonomous vehicle for those long cross-country road trips. But the seats better be more comfortable by at least an order of magnitude by then. I'm talking la-z-boy comfortable.

 

It should be much harder for people to get a drivers license in this country.

 

I want autonomous in the city. Get in say, say "Alexa take me to work" and off it goes. I can sit back, drink my coffee and browse tundras.com while it whisks me to work.

 

Yeah, if your commute sucks I can definitely see this being beneficial.

 

I think most people are in agreement that you shouldn't rely on these features, but it could help. Regardless of how many people rely on it, even the owners manual says not to.

At work, I assemble things to specific instructions. My employer expects me to be an expert and assemble it without a mistake. Yet a Quality Assurance inspector is still required to witness and check my work, just in case I miss something. If something is important enough (human lives), it should be double checked.

BTW I'm not old (early 30s) and I can relate to the OP, and I get what he's saying. People are idiots for relying on this stuff. But the features are not completely terrible or useless.