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minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down9·1 year ago Drivers should not have the option to decide for themselves when they think it’s safe I hate this sentiment. They don’t want people to think for themselves.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoThink they mean that most people don’t have the necessary knowledge to determine whether a specific action or inaction is safe. Which is absolutely true.
minus-squareRagingRobot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think that’s true at all and if it was we would have a way bigger problem to solve
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoI disagree. More often than not, people make the safe decision.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t think we live on the same planet.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd yet, less than 50% of car trips result in crashes. Ergo, people make the safe decisions more often than not.
I hate this sentiment. They don’t want people to think for themselves.
Think they mean that most people don’t have the necessary knowledge to determine whether a specific action or inaction is safe. Which is absolutely true.
I don’t think that’s true at all and if it was we would have a way bigger problem to solve
I disagree. More often than not, people make the safe decision.
I don’t think we live on the same planet.
And yet, less than 50% of car trips result in crashes. Ergo, people make the safe decisions more often than not.