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That is a complicated issue and I am not sure this is the best forum to discuss it. I certainly would not be able to participate from work.
Everyone says they are good drivers. DSM, you have missed all of my drama. I drove trucks for the Army in Germany and Afghanistan and I have had some crazy girlfriends. Somehow that seems like the majority of my life experiences, but this comes up less and less. One girlfriend insisted she was a good driver. The dent in the hatch of my Forester is a strong argument otherwise. Was the truck in her blind spot?
The fact that she fell off her motorcycle is another indication she was not a good driver.
Was.
I tried to date another woman that rear-ended a truck with her car. Was that truck in her blind spot? She insisted she was a good driver, but there is no excuse for hitting a vehicle twice as large as yours in fair weather.
Let's pretend that 90% of drivers are better than average. No! 99%! It is the 1% that do not check their mirrors and blind spots, that maybe do not even look where they are going because dog selfies are more important. Even if 99% of us drove as safely as possible, as long as we are looking out our back window and not through the bumper, something like seven kids a day will go under the back end of a car.
Back-up cameras are one thing. Do any of these automatic braking technologies look backward?
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