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I noticed a blind spot in my thinking today. I have a tendency to go along with the mindset of "good and bad drivers" and "there are bad drivers everywhere", probably because that's the point of view I've encountered my whole life, is putting blame on drivers themselves as individuals. But what of the systemic influence? The conditions of roads and the difficulties of driving competently for extended periods? In all the places I've been in or heard about in the US, roads are consistently inconsistent in design. There are repeat patterns, sure, but it's evident they were not thought through well into the future, especially for the number of cars on them. Nor for various businesses shoving their way in as something people may need to turn to get into.
So although I'm sure there's varying levels of skill at driving a car, that doesn't necessarily even correlate to any given boneheaded decision on the road. People are expected to make snap decisions under stressful and dangerous conditions on overcrowded and convoluted road designs that they are sometimes completely unfamiliar with. Of course it's going to be bad sometimes. If anything, it's a wonder it's not worse than it is.
driving is so scaray. this is very good analysis but also driving is so scaray and i cant imagine doing it. so scaray
I get that. I do it when I have to, but I'm also pretty conscious of how dangerous it is and I kind of resent how many people have to do it in the first place. Especially because I live in the US and it could have had robust high speed trains decades ago if not for the iron grip of the fossil fuel industry. Instead, it's an individualist car hell.
This is a very clever but simple idea. Back in my hitchhiking days I would obviously spend lots of time standing beside a road watching cars go past and I noticed that some places had significantly more dents and miscolored fenders etc. (like Tacoma, Washington) I always assumed it as just a town of "bad drivers" (like a fucking liberal dipshit) Its so obvious that it must be the material conditions. I'm sure proximity to an international airport is going to mean more fender benders but instead we've been conditioned to blame the people.
Thanks for this.
That said there are some really bad drivers, like me.