Reversing isn’t any harder if you are familiar with the skill of reversing. That’s what I am saying.
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merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoReversing isn’t any harder than driving forwards
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many people are just unskilled
Why would skill matter if it’s not any harder?
STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
If you’re familiar with the skill of reversing, reversing isn’t any harder. Hmm. Ok. If you’re familiar with landing a plane, then landing a plane isn’t any harder either.
STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Actually landing a plane is a lot harder than reversing a car even if you’re skilled at it. Not sure what you’re trying to prove, this is a dumb argument
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Obviously reversing is harder, and adding the tag “if you’re familiar with the skill” doesn’t change anything. I added “if you’re familiar with landing a plane” to make that point.
Aosih@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Driving forwards and driving backwards are separate skills that both require practice, but one is not harder than the other (only applicable at slow speeds).
merc@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
For one thing, people are practicing driving forward 99.9% of the time they’re driving a car, so even if it were true that they were equally easy, most people would be much better at driving forwards.
But, it’s obviously not true. Cars are designed around going forward. There’s a huge windshield to look out of, the seat faces forwards, etc. Driving backwards is simply a more difficult activity. It requires using mirrors and/or a backup cam. The seat stays oriented forward, and as animals with front-facing eyes, we’re not as comfortable moving backwards as forwards. In addition, the steering wheels are on the wrong side, so instead of aiming the steerable part and letting the unsteerable part follow, you have to orient the steerable part to push the non-steerable part around.