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Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 months ago
There’s been a few crashes in the UK over the years where drivers have driven into heavy fog at full speed, and the number of cars wrecked has been in the double digits.
Stupidity on an industrial scale.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It could be you next.
This is like parents leaving a child in the back seat of a car. Academically you know to never do it, but while it’s happening, you don’t detect it.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Sorry, but there’s nothing academic about realizing you’ve lost all visibility.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s related to highway hypnosis, and the moment you transition from “normal, safe road conditions” where you are following the person ahead to “can’t see shit fog” and everyone is panic breaking.
By the time you’ve “realiz(ed) you’ve lost all visibility” you’re fucked.
These situations happen most frequently with localized fog or very rapid weather shifts where drivers don’t expect change.
This is not a justification of unsafe driving, but an explanation of how average drivers around the world keep doing this.
Google highway hypnosis for more background.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wtf. You should not be driving. Stop driving.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s well documented human behavior, you’re no different.
Here’s an example:
consumerreports.org/…/anyone-could-forget-kids-in…
Smoogs@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It was well documented that people owned people as slaves but you don’t see slave owners being given the award for common sense nor trusted with anything more than a diced apple.