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minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·edit-26 days 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-squaretibi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days 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.
minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·6 days 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-up7·6 days agoNow, my manual gearbox is a theft deterrent.
minus-squarextr0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days 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?
I feel like when operating a lethal hunk of metal at such speeds, perhaps it should be a requirement to RTFM. For several reasons.
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.
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?