Auto Pilot

Cars are supposedly "safer", with air bags, crumple zones, rear-view cameras, ABS brakes, etc etc etc...

But people are still getting into accidents and people are still dying...

Yesterday i saw a commercial for some new car (a minivan of some sort, i think) and one of its new features were these sensors that let you know if you were drifting into someone else's lane.

It is BECAUSE of all of these saftey features that people are still getting into accidents.

Drivers are relying on their cars to drive on their own. "I don't need to think about the road because my car will tell me if i fuck up. AND if I get into an accident, I'll be OK with all of these airbags anyway!"

People eat, put on makeup, talk on the phone, send e-mails from their Blackberrys simutaneously while driving because their cars have ginven them a false sense of security with all of the "safety" advancements available on cars.

I feel safe in my car because i have manual transmission, i don't use cruise control, i read my gauges, i check my mirrors... i have to THINK while driving. i am safe because i rely on ME, not my car to do the driving.