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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by freehunter on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @08:48PM (#13603944)
I used to be the type of driver who would impatiently zoom around, until one day I noticed several deer beginning to cross the freeway. I slammed on my brakes, but the driver behind me honked and swerved around me and, at over 80mph, took two of the deer with him. He left the scene in an ambulance and his car went to the scrapyard on a flatbed. No one ever told me what happened to the man, but while we were waiting for the ambulance and while he was being loaded, I never saw him even wiggle a toe or blink an eye. He was breathing but completely unresponsive. I don't know if he survived or not.

It's moments like that one that can change your outlook on life in an instant. That was four years ago and I haven't intentionally broken the speed limit since then. Even if it means other impatient drivers are zooming around me. I have, however, been rear-ended twice since then.

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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by masklinn on Thursday February 09, 2017 @09:00AM (#13606912)
> I used to be the type of driver who would impatiently zoom around

I've never been a very aggressive driver, but I've dialed it back even more when I noticed I'd generally meet the people who overtook me in a huff a few miles down the line. Shit's not worth the stress or the fuel burn.

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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by erichocean on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @11:00PM (#13604575)
> Even if it means other impatient drivers are zooming around me. I have, however, been rear-ended twice since then.

Wait, so you already saw someone be seriously injured, and since then, you've caused two other accidents (which are a danger to you too), and you're still going with "I'll drive the speed limit and not drive with the flow of traffic?"

smh

Drive with the flow of traffic: save lives.

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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by bluehawk on Thursday February 09, 2017 @12:39AM (#13604927)
That's a bold assumption about his accidents being his fault. Maybe he was rear ended at a light when fully stopped. And even if he was going slower than traffic, it's still the other driver's job not to hit other cars.
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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by freehunter on Thursday February 09, 2017 @09:37AM (#13607166)
The first time I got rear-ended I was coming to a stop at a red light, the second time I was in the left-turn lane and came to a complete stop at the blinking red light. At no time was there any "flow of traffic" to speak of. The only way I caused those accidents was by not zooming through the light that was changing to red and not driving into the middle of the intersection on a blinking red light.

It's not my fault other drivers don't expect me to follow the law.

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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by Buge on Thursday February 09, 2017 @01:55AM (#13605187)
It's possible to increase accidents and save lives at the same time. If the average speed of accidents is greatly reduced, that could save lives.
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Re:New GM Cruise Self-Driving Video Shows More Mastery of SF... by sctb on Thursday February 09, 2017 @06:27PM (#13612024)
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