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minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up50·7 months agoManual overrides won’t count. It turns out people don’t have time to read manuals and find hidden options in emergencies.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoShould be marked so it’s obvious, but I remember a post about a guy who astonished people by knowing so much. His method? Reading the manual.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoI feel like when operating a lethal hunk of metal at such speeds, perhaps it should be a requirement to RTFM. For several reasons.
minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoUp until about 15 years ago any person who knew how to drive any random car would have been able to operate about 99% of all cars in existence safely without ever looking at a fucking manual.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoNow, my manual gearbox is a theft deterrent.
minus-squarextr0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoSo if I call an Uber and it’s a Tesla, it’s my fault if I can’t escape after a crash cuz I didn’t RTFM?
minus-squaretibi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWhat about the passengers? You can’t expect them to read the manual of every vehicle they go into. In an accident the driver could be incapacitated.
Manual overrides won’t count.
It turns out people don’t have time to read manuals and find hidden options in emergencies.
Should be marked so it’s obvious, but I remember a post about a guy who astonished people by knowing so much. His method? Reading the manual.
I feel like when operating a lethal hunk of metal at such speeds, perhaps it should be a requirement to RTFM. For several reasons.
Up until about 15 years ago any person who knew how to drive any random car would have been able to operate about 99% of all cars in existence safely without ever looking at a fucking manual.
Now, my manual gearbox is a theft deterrent.
So if I call an Uber and it’s a Tesla, it’s my fault if I can’t escape after a crash cuz I didn’t RTFM?
What about the passengers? You can’t expect them to read the manual of every vehicle they go into. In an accident the driver could be incapacitated.