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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's fair. My wife's car has adaptive cruise, and I really like it. My car does not. Still, anything made in the last ten years is exponentially safer than the cars I was driving in the late 80s and early 90s. I have to think my perspective is colored by that. We were lucky if there was even a passenger side mirror.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Unfortunately it’s all undone by:

  • Distracted drivers in their cell phones
  • Very large cars. More mass = more damage and less visibility

It’s especially sad when a very large portion of the deaths are kids 0-4 in some residential driveway at a very disproportionate rate:

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/road-users/pedestrians/data-details/

Edit: for cell phone damage specifically, look at the uptick in deaths following the 2010s on many studies when smartphones became commonplace.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You ever drive a Ford T-100? Thing didn't even have a roof!