Comments on: Modern safety technology: Does it make drivers lazy? https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/blog-home/modern-safety-technology-does-it-make-drivers-lazy/ News and views about cars in Australia Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.5 By: Jacob Harrison https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/blog-home/modern-safety-technology-does-it-make-drivers-lazy/#comment-3943 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:27:58 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=2510#comment-3943 A lot of advanced safety technologies are now available for vehicles that have provided the drivers a lot of options. But sometimes these technologies can fail and cause reverse effects. So this is the responsibility of a driver to be alert even if you have installed some safety technology in your car. they should also have knowledge how to handle the vehicle if those system fails. I think the driver training course will help a lot in this regard.

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By: Simon https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/blog-home/modern-safety-technology-does-it-make-drivers-lazy/#comment-3942 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:04:23 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=2510#comment-3942 Couldn’t agree more. Any additional safety features, passive or active, are hard to argue against if they can save lives… but there should be no substitute for driver training.

Employing technology to overcome human stupidity, to the point that it perpetuates it, is dumb.

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By: Scott https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/blog-home/modern-safety-technology-does-it-make-drivers-lazy/#comment-3941 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:12:13 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=2510#comment-3941 Thanks Adam,
I agree with your sentiment that we are being nursed into a state of disconnectedness with the road. It is quite a shock to think back to the cars I drove as a learner (Mits. Colt 45) and compare to the ‘numbness’ of today’s automobile. Interestingly, I took my kids go-karting on Sunday and despite their relative lack of experience (9 and 11 years) they were quite aware on the track. My son even commented that a lack of rear vision mirrors made it hard to plan for someone passing them from behind. (Although, this didn’t happen much by the end of the session.) No power steering or ESC there! Perhaps that could count for hours for learners’ log books? Just musing.

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By: Darryl https://www.privatefleet.com.au/blog/blog-home/modern-safety-technology-does-it-make-drivers-lazy/#comment-3935 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:17:49 +0000 http://blog.privatefleet.com.au/?p=2510#comment-3935 Re the FCM – Agree with the author. I am constantly amazed by brakes being slammed on at the last possible minute as if the driver has been taken by surprise. It would seem probable that people get “task orientated” – target fixated if you like, or else overly distracted.
Boffins would love to fix everything with technology but that presents issues; as described. Technology is fine as long as it works. Having brakes come on without warning in the wrong situation could well end in disaster.

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