I have a smartphone....I have known about the memory effect/degradation of life that suddenly increases with excessive discharge for a long time.
Not news.
True, but sadly there's one basic truth that keeps the average, crappy driver behind the wheel...
Their ability to lie about what really happened.
No officer, I wasn't speeding, phoning, texting, emailing, surfing, arguing with my passenger, watching the person behind me to make sure I accelerated as soon as he tried to pass, daydreaming about the lottery, oogling the hottie on the corner, telling off my kid in the back seat, adjusting my radio station, reading a map, reading a newspaper, opening my recently-purchased fast food package, rolling up the rim to win, stressing about work, trying to beat a yellow light, doing up my seatbelt after I was already on the road, or anything like that.....no, I was completely aware of my place in the universe, and the (car, deer, bird, child, stop sign, parked vehicle, biker, jogger, etc) just JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF ME FROM NOWHERE!!!!!!
I do 150km daily commute five days a week, and not only do I see people make stupid mistakes, there are a few cars that I actually recognize due to the common travel times, and specifically avoid passing....ever....
Robot driver, please...
I killed my facebook presence of under 40 people due to its inane reply-all nature.
For an 18 year old these days? I'm sure the two "friends" that reported him have never actually met him except to perhaps buy some Farmville grain.
Maybe the saddest part is that only two of his probable 500+ "friends" thought he should be reported and did so, rather than just liking or ignoring it.
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I have a smartphone....I have known about the memory effect/degradation of life that suddenly increases with excessive discharge for a long time. Not news.
True, but sadly there's one basic truth that keeps the average, crappy driver behind the wheel... Their ability to lie about what really happened. No officer, I wasn't speeding, phoning, texting, emailing, surfing, arguing with my passenger, watching the person behind me to make sure I accelerated as soon as he tried to pass, daydreaming about the lottery, oogling the hottie on the corner, telling off my kid in the back seat, adjusting my radio station, reading a map, reading a newspaper, opening my recently-purchased fast food package, rolling up the rim to win, stressing about work, trying to beat a yellow light, doing up my seatbelt after I was already on the road, or anything like that.....no, I was completely aware of my place in the universe, and the (car, deer, bird, child, stop sign, parked vehicle, biker, jogger, etc) just JUMPED OUT IN FRONT OF ME FROM NOWHERE!!!!!! I do 150km daily commute five days a week, and not only do I see people make stupid mistakes, there are a few cars that I actually recognize due to the common travel times, and specifically avoid passing....ever.... Robot driver, please...
I killed my facebook presence of under 40 people due to its inane reply-all nature. For an 18 year old these days? I'm sure the two "friends" that reported him have never actually met him except to perhaps buy some Farmville grain. Maybe the saddest part is that only two of his probable 500+ "friends" thought he should be reported and did so, rather than just liking or ignoring it.