Originally Posted by FireflyBob
BarbiesBoyfriend, my sentiments also. My hallucination is that I see people that lack imagination about what can or might happen.
I can relate to that hallucination...
I have it also when driving, watching the dreadful lack of car control, and particularly poor steering, caused by powered steering... it's shocking the way so many do not understand even basics of holding the steering wheel so that - if necessary - it can actually be USED seriously, this lackadaisical approach to control indicating a gross
lack of imagination (by driving defensively)
The steering wheel and control of it has saved my life several times, the brake pedal maybe once.
Fondling the gearlever continually, a lethal past-time when both hands should be on the wheel. You usually find these single-handed powered steering 'gurus' in the larger cars -
hence their total lack of an imminent sense of danger or injury!
Why do not people these days
sense imminent danger... I think everyone in control of vehicles should HAVE to undergo a highly realistic crash simulation and its aftermath before being allowed out in public! Pilots and drivers alike...
I'm wondering if there might be some sort of analogy... either between the sense of immunity engendered by modern large cars and large aircraft (try a microlight or glider now and again!) or powered steering and automation.
It's seems to be a fact that even 40 years ago everyone in a fast machine of whatever type had a much more developed sense of danger,
due to less isolation from the forces at play in controlling their vehicles...