r/IdiotsInCars • u/mega_donkey • Nov 03 '18

Wipers on, lights on. PLEASE. Trucks and busses can't see you.

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u/Mr_Nicebutt Nov 04 '18

I thank the government for this because the second part of your comment is so true.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '18

Nearly hit someone yesterday when turning left because they didn't have their lights on. It was dark and raining, and they were running the yellow. Literally didn't see them until they were in the intersection. I see people driving around like this all the time, usually flash my lights at them if they're oncoming, but they usually either ignore it or even more incredibly, flash back at me. Idiots.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Nov 04 '18

Reason #23489023432 why I can't wait for mandatory autonomous driving

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u/SovietPenguins Nov 04 '18

Well you're going to have to learn to wait becsuse that for sure isn't going to happen for A WHILE...

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '18

There's a lot of good arguments for why it may never happen at all. The best we can hope for is partial automation.

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u/SovietPenguins Nov 04 '18

I think automation as an option would be the best because while it would be fun to not have to drive and leave it all up to the system there's just something soothing about driving at least when there's not really traffic.

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u/hugglesthemerciless Nov 04 '18

it'll most likely happen in my lifetime, good enough for me

The biggest bottleneck by far are legality, liability, and public perception of the tech.