Computers don't fall asleep.

[AutobahnSHO]

rape victims dont know their assilants intentions.

agree

[Laconian]

Re: "target fixation" - that makes sense, but I never really thought of that. Yeeeesh

[12,000 RPM]

Favorite motorcyclist past time is Monday night quarterbacking Youtube helmet cam crashes. Target fixation and riding above one's pay grade is almost always the cause of solo crashes.

[Soup DeVille]

Re: "target fixation" - that makes sense, but I never really thought of that. Yeeeesh

It was a term from aviation, if I remember right: had to do with the tendency of dive bombers to actually fly into their targets.

[Raza]

It was a term from aviation, if I remember right: had to do with the tendency of dive bombers to actually fly into their targets.

From Wikipedia:

"The term target fixation was used in World War II fighter-bomber pilot training to describe pilots flying into targets during a strafing or bombing run."

[Soup DeVille]

From Wikipedia:

"The term target fixation was used in World War II fighter-bomber pilot training to describe pilots flying into targets during a strafing or bombing run."

Okay, so was I close enough to get partial credit?

[AutobahnSHO]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/technology/personaltech/google-says-its-not-the-driverless-cars-fault-its-other-drivers.html?_r=0

[12,000 RPM]

It's true... American drivers, for the most part, SUCK, myself included.

[Northlands]

Computers may not fall asleep in the sense that we do, but they can have a whole host of other issues that can interrupt communications to the truck, or even its own onboard systems failure that can cause crashes.

I think drivers on average get pushed too hard and drive too many hours by companies that over promise on delivery times.

[MX793]

Computers may not fall asleep in the sense that we do, but they can have a whole host of other issues that can interrupt communications to the truck, or even its own onboard systems failure that can cause crashes.

I think drivers on average get pushed too hard and drive too many hours by companies that over promise on delivery times.

Sometimes it's the drivers pushing themselves.  Most are paid per the mile, so the more miles they can rack up, the more they make.

[Northlands]

Sometimes it's the drivers pushing themselves.  Most are paid per the mile, so the more miles they can rack up, the more they make.

Absolutely.

[Soup DeVille]

Sometimes it's the drivers pushing themselves.  Most are paid per the mile, so the more miles they can rack up, the more they make.

Its a cooperative arrangement. The companies let the drivers track their own hours, and as long as the driver says he has more hours on his book, they'll happily give him more loads. Yes, the drivers push themselves; but the companies keep giving them loads and they know when a dude hasn't slept.

A lot of the heads of trucking companies are old drivers themselves, who were often the most hard driving sons of bitches in the old days, and they don't think much of the hours of service rules.