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Originally Posted by TxBandit911
Yeah, I remember BEFORE cars had air bags, still didn't hear about anyone crashing and dying because they ran out of fuel.
Seems to me like people don't drive their cars anymore, they let the cars drive them and when a system fails they crash cause they have no idea what to do when the car isn't doing 90% of the work for them. This tells me that most people out on the road are pretty much on auto pilot, sad....
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Think there is two pieces to this.
1. You are absolutely correct that people see cars as foreign machines that they barely know enough to qualify "driving." Going back to the Toyota acceleration glitch, I can't tell you how many of my non-car friends were surprised when I told them that you can coast in neutral and slow down when you're throttle is stuck, or what have you. I'm sure others are this way too. Plus I'm sure they don't realize you should go into neutral to restart the car while in motion and the engine shuts down.
2. As some pointed out if the ignition is in the off position, the steering wheel could lock, which is very unsafe. Plus other items could cut and pose problems depending on situations.
Overall its kind of shared blame I think, as there are potentially some very bad possibilities if mechanical items prevent the driver from getting out of harms way but a driver still needs to know how to operate a vehicle safely if "aids" fail or loss of functionality that still remains the vehicle operable.
Though I think the real issue here is the fact that GM knew and didn't do anything for a long time. Though you could argue close to none of those Sr individuals that made that decision are still at GM.
Anyway, I feel that this should be an eye opener for both car manufacturers and drivers.
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