So we have cars that park themselves, warn for lane departure, slow for cornering to fast, and now....
Got to see a commercial the other day for some import SUV that will stop you if you don't react to stopped traffic or stationary objects. In it, a mom with two kids in car seats in the back is looking everywhere and anywhere except at the road. Traffic stopped in front and the car slams on the brakes and stops, then she looks forward and crushes the brake to the floor after the car stopped. The Pity here is that this is the norm and not just a car ad. I see this & worse everyday usually minivans, SUV's (suddenly upside-down vehicles, here in BC) or cars with "baby on board" stickers or just car seats in the back being driven like they are vying for pole position. In real life this 2 watt bulb may get herself and her kids to driving age without killing them all, then turn around and teach her kids to drive herself. I drive for a living and can't even begin to wrap my head around the idiocy I see every moment of every day on the highways. I don't know what happened but somewhere it became a right to drive and not a privilege. We really need to get back to the days when a license was granted because you proved you had a functioning human brain, and are therefore given the privilege of getting from point A to point B on your own terms. For the rest of the 5 pound water-heads who taught themselves to drive by playing video games, TAKE THE DAMN BUS!
Sorry had to get that off my chest! RANT OVER!
Got to see a commercial the other day for some import SUV that will stop you if you don't react to stopped traffic or stationary objects. In it, a mom with two kids in car seats in the back is looking everywhere and anywhere except at the road. Traffic stopped in front and the car slams on the brakes and stops, then she looks forward and crushes the brake to the floor after the car stopped. The Pity here is that this is the norm and not just a car ad. I see this & worse everyday usually minivans, SUV's (suddenly upside-down vehicles, here in BC) or cars with "baby on board" stickers or just car seats in the back being driven like they are vying for pole position. In real life this 2 watt bulb may get herself and her kids to driving age without killing them all, then turn around and teach her kids to drive herself. I drive for a living and can't even begin to wrap my head around the idiocy I see every moment of every day on the highways. I don't know what happened but somewhere it became a right to drive and not a privilege. We really need to get back to the days when a license was granted because you proved you had a functioning human brain, and are therefore given the privilege of getting from point A to point B on your own terms. For the rest of the 5 pound water-heads who taught themselves to drive by playing video games, TAKE THE DAMN BUS!
Sorry had to get that off my chest! RANT OVER!
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