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Old 15th Jan 2019, 21:03
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Sunfish
 
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Flies, meet my little friend “risk shifting”. The public response to increased technical safeguards is to engage in more risky behaviour. The introduction of ABS resulted in idiots increasing tailgating behaviour since ABS would now save them. The introduction of speed limiters will result in people pushing the accelerator to the floor and leaving it there. Same with auto avoidance technologies. People just engage in more risky, less prudent behaviour.

Making things foolproof just results in evolving bigger fools.

As an example, there is currently a Ford truck advertisement running on TV that features a demonstration of its auto braking technology. The actor steps in front of the truck and the thing does a panic stop. How many idiots are going to get injured/ killed trying that one at home?
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