6/13/2023 0 Comments Omnipresence radar![]() Rather than relying upon a farfetched notion, we can be much more down-to-earth and consider everyday options that are viable right now. It is looking down upon the driving scene and able to inform you about what lies beyond your earthly-bound view. There you are, sitting in your car at the steering wheel, and simultaneously you magically allow your spirit to soar into the sky. Imagine instead that you could somehow fly above the driving scene. That might work, but it doesn’t seem particularly practical. This oddball contraption could allow you to look down those intersecting streets, giving you a brief heads-up before reaching the point of potentially making a turn. Suppose that you had some kind of extending periscope that was attached to your car. Voila, into this picture comes the proverbial bird’s-eye view. In short, you would have had many more options available and been able to better make those life-or-death decisions if you had a macroscopic picture of the driving scene. ![]() Alternatively, you might have chosen to not make the right turn at all, perhaps waiting to do so when you had driven down another block or two. You might have come to a gradual stop before making the turn, which then presumably would have coaxed the car behind you to also slow down, thus reducing the risk of getting struck from behind. What could you have done differently if you had a better semblance of the roadway situation? Had you somehow been able to see or know that there was a car abruptly parked in the active turn lane, you would have been able to take proactive steps beforehand to avoid the pending crisis. The example of making the right turn highlights especially the dismal conditions of driving when you are only able to see a small part of the overarching puzzle. ![]() It sure would be handy if there were ways to reduce those risks. The startling statistics are that about 40,000 car crash-related fatalities occur in the United States annually, along with approximately 2.3 million related injuries.ĭriving a car is dangerous and yet we generally tend to downplay the risks. Regrettably, there is also the real chance of producing fatalities. There is also the likely chance of injuring the driver of the other car and the passengers in that vehicle. Besides the likely damage to the vehicles, there is a viable chance of you getting injured, plus your passengers getting injured. You will either sideswipe one of those innocent cars or possibly disrupt their steady flow and produce a series of automotive-screeching cascading collisions.Īll it takes is for you to make the wrong decision and you can end up striking other cars (or they could summarily ram into you). The problem there is that other traffic is using that lane, and your attempt to dart into their path could be catastrophic. Another possibility would be to swing wide, going into the lane to the left of the illegally stopped car. You could slam on your brakes, but this might get you violently rear-ended by a car that is closely following you during the turn. Your mind races feverishly as you frantically mull over your options. As such, you now are moving at a quick pace and could ram directly into the back of this reckless driver that has decided they own the roadway. You didn’t see the halted car until engaging into making your turn. For example, as you make the right turn, you might suddenly come upon a car that has opted to unlawfully park in the active lane and this irksome and quite inconsiderate driver doesn’t seem to care that the roadway is now being blocked. ![]()
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