On 2015-03-02 10:50, TeMPOraL wrote:
On Mon Mar 02 2015 at 05:09:20 spin@hackerspace.pl wrote:
Oh rly? I thought it should be yay for public transport (especially trams, trains and subway). A (wishfully) cheap, prdictably fast, safe way of going from A to B without having to spend countless zombie hours behind a wheel.
Of course. I'm a huge proponent of public transport and I strongly believe that civilian car traffic should be banned in city centres, with an exception for public services (police, fire brigade, EMTs) and goods delivery companies (to top up shops with ware and to move furniture around).
Dear sir I have not communicated in written english in ages, thank you for doing the honor :)
I agree, under one condition: it's both faster and safer than car transport. For the time being, I don't think anything makes it even close.
You use a car because you want to get somewhere fast, and there is no better alternative. Instead of making the car slower, find a better solution.
You use a car because the society tells you it's a good idea. In dense cities, it's not. Also, as you remarked before, humans behind the wheels tend to turn into idiots. And it's not about just making cars slower, it's about making drivers obey some safety rules *at all*.
Well, I use a car because it gets me to work in under 15 minutes, compared to 1+ hour I would have to drive by bus, and walk on foot. What in turn means that I can sleep more, and arrive to work well-rested. I drive to work at over 100 kilometers per hour median because the circumstances allow me to do so (legally), and the infrastructure to do so exists. I would gladly not have to do so, but no alternative exists.
Humans behind the driving wheel do not turn into idiots, they turn into drivers. Now, the problem with drivers is, that unless it's your main occupation in life, and you're dedicated to doing that, you tend to get distracted, you tend to hurry, and sometimes you tend to not see things in time. This by no means means you are an idiot: it barely uncovers the sore fact that humans were not made to focus on a monotonous task for an extended periods of time. Or simulate random events.
What in case of being a driver can be fatal.
Also, what you really wanna measure is inappropriate behaviour combined with speeding that can cause accidents, and get those particular drivers off the road. And for that, dash cams are much better.
Maybe, but the dash cams don't integrate well. They are distributed and don't communicate with each other or any law enforcement agency. I'd be very happy if all dashcam data was shared (privacy vs. progress again) and people were automatically fined for doing shitty things on the road.
I, in turn, like where this is heading: information surfaces only when the person who recorded it finds it useful to do so.
In a way, information is a resource, and in the same way you don't give away money for free, you should not give out information for free as well if the situation is not clearly beneficial.