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Originally Posted by Ralgha
EMB-175. Aviation practices would be a huge boon to driving safety. all those recent crashes involving the Teslas wouldn't have happened.
We have anti-skid, auto-brakes, three-axis auto-pilot, auto-thrust, and we don't trust any of it. We're always monitoring what it's doing . We've got sensors everywhere, bells, whistles, and chimes, yet someone still goes outside and walks all the way around it inspecting it for problems before every flight, even when it's -20 degrees in blowing snow. Our engines have failure rates measured in millions of hours, but we still review failure procedures before every takeoff.
My point is, use the automation you have, it'll get you out of tight spots, it'll save your ass on occasion, but don't intentionally put yourself in a place where it's the only thing that will save you, because someday it's going to fail you.
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That's a nice ride you're flying there, modern but not too big.
Yeah, on the licensing requirements, in the states we have a simple driving test around a neighborhood with maybe 15 items on a checklist, a simple written test that's frequently less than a hundred multiple-choice question, then boom, you're on the road with no restrictions. No graduated licensing, no real road tests that measure ability to deal with skids, etc, nothing much else. Commercial licenses are a whole different matter, but just about any person with one eye to drive with and one finger to punch buttons on a multiple-choice testing machine can get a license after a few hours of study.
People who tailgate rely on perfect brakes, perfect road conditions, their own "superior" reflexes, and frankly luck to avoid collisions. maybe that's why there are a couple million rear-end collisions a year here. If driver's licenses were treated like all the other licenses like yours, truckers, doctors, etc, maybe it would be a different story. Maybe nearly 40 thousand mothers, fathers, sons, daughters will still be alive this time next year.
Back to the plane, that yellow and black handle isn't a parking brake, is it?
