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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Maate.... I can take that on the chin.
What I found weird was there were virtually no cars "pulled over" due the conditions going south. North, there were dozens. (It's called "group think"..look it up  )
Sure it was heavy rain. But nothing worse than the Sydney burb's get this time of year.
What I can't forgive is a driver virtually stopping in the right lane on a 110km/hr highway. In low visibility, that kills people.
If you are scared driving in such conditions, then get some advanced driver training. In the aviation world it's cut and dry. If you are a VFR pilot and fly in IFR you'll probably die.
The truckies driving behaviour was wreckelss at best, to plain stupid.
Even more so the driver in the right lane. One more link in the chain and several families may not have got home today.
End of rant. |
I agree with you, but you baited your thread with the "pulled over" comment.
That was the only thing I dis-agreed with. Frickin' idiots in the left or right lane going under the speed limit is shocking, couple that with trucks going the speed limit is just an accident waiting to happen.
On a secondary note, although I was abrupt about your thread, I did not resort to childish remarks such as "Look it up". I am aware of the "group think" concept and believe perhaps you should look it up and actually have a think about it before assuming I would need to "look it up". You maybe older than me but i'm not 5 years old.
The example of a "Group think" makes absolutley no sense in a driving situation like this. It was a concept originally illustrated where-in a group responds to external pressures (each other) and react simultaniously to come to an irrelevant conclusion often with dis-regard to routine they have found to be valid.
The drivers were not effected by "Group think", they were responding to a situation. They did not spontainiously pull over because they saw others pulling over, they pulled over because
they felt they needed to and saw a relevant area where others had done the same.
Group think refers to situations where you would not come to that conclusion, unless others stimulated you to do so. You have no idea why they pulled over, you are assuming it was group think mentality.
Many examples of group think have been illustrated in the past, most where-in a group is knowledgable of a situtation and an individual being out of the loop is not prepared to risk themselves not matter how stupid the others are being.
I don't believe you summoning the term "Group think" has any merit what so ever in the example you illustrated, but that's just my opinion perhaps I should "look it up" again.
