I feel like something on the order of a large pickup truck needs a different driving license than a regular sedan. Other than learn to operate the pedals, not much about driving a Civic qualifies a person to drive a lifted F350. It's not just the size either, the horsepower and torque alone are dangerous to inexperienced drivers.
I have been trained in large vehicles like delivery trucks, moving vans, and school buses. Even so those vehicles require extra care. With regard to driver behavior, psychologists tell us that something like 85 to 90% of the population consider themselves to be better than average drivers. That produces a very interesting Bell curve. We can't all be better than average. And clearly we aren't. I think the large SUV's and pickup trucks are dangerous be design and Detroit is marketing the hell out of them because they make more money on them because of their light truck designation which doesn't have to meet the same safety standards or emission requirements of passenger vehicles.
This isn't my wheelhouse either, but along with crime & antisocial public behavior, we aren't going to be able to sell the walkable lifestyle unless when tackle this problem. Plus, we need to drastically reduce pedestrian & car deaths. I'm going make more of an effort to talk about this.
Driver assistance technology is an aid, not a direct vision replacement. Not all assistance technologies are equal or effective. Safety is layered, ABS plus airbag plus seatbelt, not a choose one technology. Reduced direct vision removes or impairs a safety layer.
I'm wondering if an energy crisis will turn these into a modern generation of "land yachts". A new dinosaur extinction event?
I feel like something on the order of a large pickup truck needs a different driving license than a regular sedan. Other than learn to operate the pedals, not much about driving a Civic qualifies a person to drive a lifted F350. It's not just the size either, the horsepower and torque alone are dangerous to inexperienced drivers.
I have been trained in large vehicles like delivery trucks, moving vans, and school buses. Even so those vehicles require extra care. With regard to driver behavior, psychologists tell us that something like 85 to 90% of the population consider themselves to be better than average drivers. That produces a very interesting Bell curve. We can't all be better than average. And clearly we aren't. I think the large SUV's and pickup trucks are dangerous be design and Detroit is marketing the hell out of them because they make more money on them because of their light truck designation which doesn't have to meet the same safety standards or emission requirements of passenger vehicles.
This isn't my wheelhouse either, but along with crime & antisocial public behavior, we aren't going to be able to sell the walkable lifestyle unless when tackle this problem. Plus, we need to drastically reduce pedestrian & car deaths. I'm going make more of an effort to talk about this.
Driver assistance technology is an aid, not a direct vision replacement. Not all assistance technologies are equal or effective. Safety is layered, ABS plus airbag plus seatbelt, not a choose one technology. Reduced direct vision removes or impairs a safety layer.
I'm wondering if an energy crisis will turn these into a modern generation of "land yachts". A new dinosaur extinction event?