There has been 12 fatalies in Toronto highways this past weekend, most of which are caused by reckless driving, excessive speed, unsafe lane change etc. I noticed in the past year people are becoming more and more insane in their driving. Cutting off other cars and big rigs and going at close to double the speed limit. On one hand the police are trying hard to send the message that aggressive driving is unacceptable, while auto makers are selling cars using power and speed as the key selling point. The average sport car has more than 250+ horsepower with some high end ones having more than 300 to 400 horsepower. Is this really needed? And people who buy these cars, do you believe they are not going drive fast. The problems comes when egos meet as drivers who spent $ on their cars refuse to be topped by someone else and you have an instant street race. These auto makers are acting like arms dealer who sell machines of death just so they can maximize their profits.
2007-09-05 05:45:10 · 5 answers · asked by Frencesco 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I don't know, but I have always wondered why they don't make safe cars instead of safer cars...
2007-09-05 05:54:01 · answer #1 · answered by realdreamcards 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
People are becoming more and more insane in their driving. You said it right there. It is attitude. I believe this driving habit comes from arcades - where you can drive at excessive speeds and if you hit someone, so what, the program resets itself and you continue. Accident and pain+grief are not in the same sentence. Also, there is no G-forces to contend with, so they have no idea of what happens when they take a corner too sharp. Auto manufacturers at fault for high horsepower machines? Yes and no. Anyone who wants to hop up their car and has some mechanical knowledge, can. Besides I can do twice the speed limit in my little 60hp VW and it will kill me just as effectively as someone in a 300 hp machine. But, I know what the pain feels like, so I don't. I am not there to prove that my machine(or should I say the auto companies car is better than any other --THEY are not paying me to do that, so why should I?). It is the only selling feature that they(the auto manufacturers) have left to entice you to buy their car over the other brands. The cars are all basically the same.
2016-05-17 09:22:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the stuff happening is due to the loose nut behind the wheel, not the car. An inanimate metal and plastic object does not think or do, it needs an idiot operator. Guns and cars and knives do not kill people, PEOPLE DO. As HAL9000, the interactive computer on 2001, A Space Oddesy said, "I'm sorry Dave, it must be a human error".
2007-09-05 05:59:12 · answer #3 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
we don't need cars that go that fast on the highways......
2007-09-05 06:34:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not blame it on irresponsible cell phone use.
2007-09-05 15:45:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋