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John S:

--- Quote from: Luke Warmwater on July 21, 2018, 08:27:33 PM --- A far better system would have a sharp spear on the hub of the steering wheel instead of an air-bag!

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I kinda see what your getting at Luke, lots of us though would have heads like colanders or sieves just from reaching to get our parking ticket stub off the dashboard.  |-(  :o :swoon:  :'( if your system is put on sports cars,  :crazy: :fool:  :D 

lkjohnson1950:
 :DD :DD :DD

Warmwater:
My earlier remark about the “spear in the steering wheel hub” was meant to be a little sarcastic.
But the intent was real. I do believe that passengers should be protected, and pedestrians also.... bumpers should be soft and pillow-like so that anything struck by an automobile will not suffer any harm. Passengers should be wrapped in a protective cocoon so that they will be safe no matter what happens. The driver, on the other hand, should be out there front and center, vulnerable to any painful situation that he might cause. Stated more simply, drivers have to take responsibility for their actions.

In the city where I live, there is no such thing as driver training, the only driver's school closed many years ago due to lack of customers, and maybe the impossibility of the task. So there is no awareness of any normal Rules Of The Road, I call it “freestyle driving”. There is no driver's test, written or road test, you can actually legally hire a person to obtain your driver's license, he takes your picture with his cell phone and will hand you your new driver's license (not counterfeit)  the next day for about a hundred US dollars. Our maid has been driving her own unlicensed vehicle for over 15 years that I know of and has never had a driver's license. There is a local story about a totally blind man who was issued a driver's license.
The amazing thing is the almost total lack of traffic accidents. I attribute this to “Driver Attitude”.
 
There are few Stop Signs at intersections, so every intersection becomes a courtesy stop. Most streets are unmarked one-way so you have to pay attention, and speed limits are never enforced, but prolific speed bumps solve this. Strangely, traffic lights are religiously obeyed. I am daily impressed how local drivers are obsessively concentrating on the traffic around them, they are never distracted and usually courteous. This my be because they have no insurance or are in some other way averse to official inspection in the event of an accident, or maybe their brakes don't work. Generally the car with the most dents has the right-of-way.
The lack of strict rules actually works well.

Anyone who likes rules care to comment?

Dare:
We have rules and laws here and the people drive
like maniacs. Yellows means increase speed and red means
warp drive. Many people don't even slow for stop signs. I stopped
using my turn signals because no one pays any attention to them.
In the new world people do what they want.

Scott:
Germans and Swiss tend to drive a bit aggressively, but the Italians are downright rude. 

My philosophy for driving has moved to an intimidation stage.  If I’m waiting to make a turn into or across traffic and nobody appears to want to let me in, I wait 4-5 cars and then just go for the next gap, no matter how small it is.  It’s amazing to see people find their brakes and horns so quickly at the same time.  I use my Dad’s old tactic of waving and smiling like they are long lost friends.  Often they wave back, but with only one finger.

 :crazy: :crazy:

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