Why are there so many incompetent drivers on the road?
Today when I asked myself this question yet again, I tried to answer it… I was trying to put it in context and came up with this:
I am a naturally skilled driver, it comes naturally to me, and it’s fun. Many others obviously aren’t naturals and it’s not fun for them.
I am a terrible brain surgeon or rocket scientist.
Take, say, a brilliant brain surgeon who just doesn’t have the natural skill to pilot a car deftly through traffic or rain or snow, has no idea what the tyres are doing and no idea what the car next to him is doing or going to do. But he is brilliant at knowing what effect cutting this or that inside someone’s head will do.
Or take, say, a brilliant rocket scientist who is hopeless at how much the people way ahead in front are braking and so hits the brakes too hard for the situation. But he is brilliant at numbers, see’s patterns in numbers and can mix a mean jet fuel cocktail.
I have nothing against these particular professions, they are only an example for the sake of this example. Could use any other profession.
But do I spend half an hour in the operating room doing brain surgery with the other surgeons before I go to work or come home?
No.
Do I spend half an hour calculating rocket fuel ratios and trajectories with the other rocket scientists before going getting to work or getting home every day?
No.
If I did, the brain operations or rockets would be a complete disaster. AND also very annoying for the doctors and scientists who would be yelling at me for getting in their way and making dumb moves, or dangerous moves and generally completely in the way of the competent people trying to do these things. I would mess up the mood of all these competent people and make their live miserable for the time I was there next to them.
BUT, these very same driving idiots ARE on our roads being completely incompetent and dangerous and getting in the way.
It’s not fair.
I am not allowed to enter their areas, why are they allowed to enter mine? There are busses, trams, taxis and trains for them. There are aspirin, bandages and iodine for me.
It’s just not fair. If I had a country, I would insist all drivers take a skid pad test, a rally course, a racing circuit course and a “zen” course to test their ESP about what the other people on the road are about to do before they actually do it. The passing grades would be marked with a colour on their licence plates so other drivers would be aware of the good and poor drivers. And certain colours would not be allowed in the left lane etc…
I would gladly stay away from their operating rooms and rocket labs.
OK, finished.
Today when I asked myself this question yet again, I tried to answer it… I was trying to put it in context and came up with this:
I am a naturally skilled driver, it comes naturally to me, and it’s fun. Many others obviously aren’t naturals and it’s not fun for them.
I am a terrible brain surgeon or rocket scientist.
Take, say, a brilliant brain surgeon who just doesn’t have the natural skill to pilot a car deftly through traffic or rain or snow, has no idea what the tyres are doing and no idea what the car next to him is doing or going to do. But he is brilliant at knowing what effect cutting this or that inside someone’s head will do.
Or take, say, a brilliant rocket scientist who is hopeless at how much the people way ahead in front are braking and so hits the brakes too hard for the situation. But he is brilliant at numbers, see’s patterns in numbers and can mix a mean jet fuel cocktail.
I have nothing against these particular professions, they are only an example for the sake of this example. Could use any other profession.
But do I spend half an hour in the operating room doing brain surgery with the other surgeons before I go to work or come home?
No.
Do I spend half an hour calculating rocket fuel ratios and trajectories with the other rocket scientists before going getting to work or getting home every day?
No.
If I did, the brain operations or rockets would be a complete disaster. AND also very annoying for the doctors and scientists who would be yelling at me for getting in their way and making dumb moves, or dangerous moves and generally completely in the way of the competent people trying to do these things. I would mess up the mood of all these competent people and make their live miserable for the time I was there next to them.
BUT, these very same driving idiots ARE on our roads being completely incompetent and dangerous and getting in the way.
It’s not fair.
I am not allowed to enter their areas, why are they allowed to enter mine? There are busses, trams, taxis and trains for them. There are aspirin, bandages and iodine for me.
It’s just not fair. If I had a country, I would insist all drivers take a skid pad test, a rally course, a racing circuit course and a “zen” course to test their ESP about what the other people on the road are about to do before they actually do it. The passing grades would be marked with a colour on their licence plates so other drivers would be aware of the good and poor drivers. And certain colours would not be allowed in the left lane etc…
I would gladly stay away from their operating rooms and rocket labs.
OK, finished.
if they had taken time to do the above mentioned scenario
