(October 25, 2020 at 7:00 am)onlinebiker Wrote: [...]That's not being "tooled up", that's a safety precaution in the case of a crash. Even your analogy fails.
Do you wear a seatbelt because you are afraid to drive in a car?
I remember a road safety & traffic expert in a documentary that, after having analyzed a few drivers, while driving, on how they drove their cars & trucks, had a quite poignant observation and opinion (paraphrasing): If there was a sharp metal spike right in front of and attached to the center of the steering wheel, constantly in the visual field of the driver while in sitting in the driver's seat looking at the road, instead of wearing a seat belt, people would drive with exceeding caution and responsibility and take driving around considerably more seriously than the people he had observed.
His point was that seat belts, unfortunately necessary due to the nature of driving a vehicle, had an adverse effect of people sense of security while driving. Essentially a false impression that they are less likely to crash their vehicle, because of the seat belts, which is untrue and more likely the opposite case. The likelihood of crashing a vehicle, metal steering spike or seat belt, given the conditions of driving, would be different. And the thought processes behind are certainly markedly different, which do affect how seriously people take driving.
Anyways, y'all over the pond, are "driving around" with "metal spikes" on your "steering wheels".
Can we get back to the issues about this dude in the OP article being caught, please?
