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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't drive. I'm sure I could even if I'm afraid to do it, but I don't like cars and society forcing us to drive partly for this reason. People drive lethal metal boxes everywhere without really thinking about it.

Cars are one of the most deadly things in a lot of countries and yet, they are totally normalised.

In Canada alone, in one year, nearly 2000 people died from car collisions. And distracted driving accounts for about 20% of those.

It's why I prefer to cycle, and on segregated paths if possible. Because when I cycle on the road, I always have this kind of thoughts in the back of my mind. What if the person driving a multi ton projectile coming behind me at speed, is day dreaming and "didn't see me", even if I'm dressed in bright orange?

Sorry to be so serious about a meme but, yeaaah.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You're totally right, kinda. But isn't your conclusion way more dangerous than actually driving the deadly metal-box yourself? Being a pedestrian or, even worse, cyclist, you're a highly vulnerable squishy flesh-thingy surrounded by deadly murder-boxes.

The safest people out there are bus- and truckdrivers. I mean truck-trucks, not those murican abominations like the rams and f150s and the likes.

Personally, I rarely drive faster than 80kmh (50mph). Even on the highway where people go totally bonkers all the time. We should have a speed-limit on highways....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

80km/h is still very fast and dangerous

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I've been told it's normal to just not be present for drives you have done a ton and are extremely familiar with. Still feels weird when I realise I'm basically at my destination and don't remember anything about getting there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

i don't drive and have no plans on doing so, but i have never experienced this while biking or riding an e-scooter and i do not fathom how it would happen in a car

like, sure, i'm not always engaging 100% of my attention on everything around me, i might get distracted by a pretty blooming tree or something, but at no point is it even possible for me to zone out and forget where i've passed through..

honestly kinda terrifying to know that it's how it works for people driving 3 ton vehicles at 30+km/h

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

The way it was explained to me is that because you do the same thing so often that your brain just removes it from your memory. It's mostly seen with a daily commute or something.