If the heat, humidity, swamps, snakes, alligators, hurricanes, and traffic haven't kept people away I don't think anything will.

Yeah... considering you are at fault if you run into the car in front of you... you're logically going to wait until you are certain they are moving away from you.

The problem is too many drivers have the reaction times of dried mold. The amount of time it takes to register something with your eyes and move your foot should be under a second. Instead, it seems to take some people closer to 10??


The Jedi Master

Self-driving cars are not a good idea IMO because a) I like driving, and b) I don't want to put my life in the hands of some douchebag hacker jerk.

A simple solution to traffic?


Make your state as absolutely unappealing to live in so that floods of people from other states and countries stop moving there. I'm writing up a list of recommendations to send to my governor as we speak...

The problem is too many drivers have the reaction times of dried mold. The amount of time it takes to register something with your eyes and move your foot should be under a second. Instead, it seems to take some people closer to 10??

I remember an old B-24 pilot I knew online 20 years ago. He mentioned the way you flew in formation with those things was to watch your lead's control surfaces, not the wings. If you waited till you saw the lead plane bank to move your stick, the lag would put you way out of position. Instead, you saw his right aileron go up, you moved your wheel right. You saw it go down, you reversed.

Cars need more than red brake lights. They need green acceleration lights that go on when you press the gas. That way you know if the car ahead is accelerating. No lights = car is coasting.

Of course, I also think people are just slow witted. I lose count of the number of times I see this scenario:

Car comes up to intersection to make a turn. Cars on the road they want to turn onto are stopped at a red light (ie westbound traffic is stopped at light, northbound car looking to turn west). They come to a stop and look. And look. They stare at the motionless cars. Light changes, westbound cars begin to move. They THEN pull out right in front of the accelerating cars. WTF?!?!? How could it possibly take them that long for their brain to process cars NOT moving and that NOW is the time to go before they start to move?


The Jedi Master

Just don't screw up our tourism... we need the tax money from that.

The problem is too many drivers have the reaction times of dried mold. The amount of time it takes to register something with your eyes and move your foot should be under a second. Instead, it seems to take some people closer to 10??

I remember an old B-24 pilot I knew online 20 years ago. He mentioned the way you flew in formation with those things was to watch your lead's control surfaces, not the wings. If you waited till you saw the lead plane bank to move your stick, the lag would put you way out of position. Instead, you saw his right aileron go up, you moved your wheel right. You saw it go down, you reversed.

Cars need more than red brake lights. They need green acceleration lights that go on when you press the gas. That way you know if the car ahead is accelerating. No lights = car is coasting.

Of course, I also think people are just slow witted. I lose count of the number of times I see this scenario:

Car comes up to intersection to make a turn. Cars on the road they want to turn onto are stopped at a red light (ie westbound traffic is stopped at light, northbound car looking to turn west). They come to a stop and look. And look. They stare at the motionless cars. Light changes, westbound cars begin to move. They THEN pull out right in front of the accelerating cars. WTF?!?!? How could it possibly take them that long for their brain to process cars NOT moving and that NOW is the time to go before they start to move?




The Jedi Master