> "fred" <fred@bedrock.rock> wrote in message
> news:Xns9BAEBCB534888fred@127.0.0.1...
>> "Atheist Chaplain" <abused@cia.gov> wrote in
>> news:499209a1@news.x-privat.org:
>>> Your point about cars being ruined by modern tech rings true with me to
>>> some extent, I don't think cars are designed today as well as they could
>>> be when it comes to handling characteristics, I think that modern driver
>>> aids are taken into consideration far to early in the design phase of
>>> most modern cars and are used as a crutch to disguise a cars bad habits.
>>> I would rather see a car designed with good driving habits from the
>>> start and THEN let the geeks tweak things with stability control etc. I
>>> have no argument with air bags and ABS as they are a definite advantage
>>> when the sh.t hits the fan, after all its just a natural progression,
>>> otherwise we would all still be driving around with drum brakes with
>>> leather pads, and then when we failed to stop, we would all be smashing
>>> our faces in on huge steering wheels and steel dashboards.
>>
>> I don't see how. I can't think of where you could be that seatbelt
>> wearing
>> wasn't mandatory. Something that makes airbags superflous.

>> I like a car that gives feedback, that doesn't mean I want a car without
>> any modern safety features, just that those features should be secondary
>> to the driving, not responsible for isolating us from it.
>>
> You mean like traction control, stability control and ABS? eliminate all
> such and accidents go up, insurance rates go up and politicians will
> mandate them in cars. You can't win.