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minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·edit-24 days agoI feel like when operating a lethal hunk of metal at such speeds, perhaps it should be a requirement to RTFM. For several reasons.
minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoUp until about 15 years ago any person who knew how to drive any random car would have been able to operate about 99% of all cars in existence safely without ever looking at a fucking manual.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 days agoNow, my manual gearbox is a theft deterrent.
minus-squarextr0n@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoSo if I call an Uber and it’s a Tesla, it’s my fault if I can’t escape after a crash cuz I didn’t RTFM?
I feel like when operating a lethal hunk of metal at such speeds, perhaps it should be a requirement to RTFM. For several reasons.
Up until about 15 years ago any person who knew how to drive any random car would have been able to operate about 99% of all cars in existence safely without ever looking at a fucking manual.
Now, my manual gearbox is a theft deterrent.
So if I call an Uber and it’s a Tesla, it’s my fault if I can’t escape after a crash cuz I didn’t RTFM?