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Comment by feverzsj | Hacker News Reader

Maybe don't put your finger there.

Seatbelts and airbags are pointless. Just don't crash. Simple.

No seriously. Someone else crashes into you, but are people coming around slamming your hands in the trunk? Shit analogy.

Remember these rules are meant to protect you from others, not your self...

Companies have an obligation to sell safe products. There are even laws in place for that. Not doing so can even become pretty expensive in the US I am told.

We've become so coddled as a society that we now worry more about safety than progress. What would you prefer: a car that spends all its energy making sure everyone nearby is "safe", or a car that can drive on top of the water like a boat?

Scare quote aside, I prefer the first one. It sounds way more cool and like "progress" than a boat.

Since a car obviously is a car and not a boat, the safer car, obviously.

And regarding process, amphibious cars already existed in the 70s. Not sure if that is still within Musks SF fantasy timeline or not.

Also, Flying Cars!

Some people have become so entitled as individuals that they think they can put their "progress" above the safety of the people around them.

Tell me you're a project manager without telling me you're a project manager.

And then people wonder why stuff like the 737 Max happen. Hint, it is not just MBAs and bean counters...

What is the actual "progress" here, except for the stock prices of a company?

There is no reason the choices are mutually exclusive besides the fact that you want them to be.

So no self caused accidents should ever happen I guess ?

Do you know about kids ?

I'm going to put this next to "you're holding it wrong" and "don't put it in a tight pocket".

If only someone had told my seven year old self to not grab the B-pillar while getting out of the car - though luckily that wasn't a cybertruck, so the person who slammed the door on my fingers did no lasting damage.

Fortunately these kind of accidents never happen, so nothing to see here. /s

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