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Orienteering at the wheel
9/17/2020
Kristóf Karlovitz
- A survey was conducted in Sweden to find out how safe different groups of people are as drivers. Who would guess which group was in the lead
- Maybe traffic cops who know the rules well, rally drivers who dominate their vehicle with superior skill, or moms who take extra care of their seedlings
- No! The orienteers
- Immediately after finding this, the researchers explained the result. They have come to the conclusion
- that in training and competitions in their sport, orienteers pay close attention to a lot of things at once, and
- they also use this ability gained through plenty of practice with a steering wheel in their hands
Let’s just take in turn everything you need to pay close attention to in an orienteering race if you don’t want to get out of the podium due to some silly mistake, or in the milder case, miss the podium. The runner looks in front of him so that he does not fall on his stomach from a protruding root or punch his head into a branch. Scan the path or unpaved terrain forward, looking for the most economically accessible parts. He looks at the compass in one hand and the map in the other, counting his steps to know the distance from the point he wanted to touch. He looks at the opponents in his sight to see if they have found a better line than him. By taking regular water drinks to keep your body from drying out, you are trying to balance your strength well
When such a sportsman drives a car, he sees the near and far foreground beyond the mechanical tasks of gear changes, steering, direction signs, he knows from the mirror what is happening behind him. He notices the unusual movement of a pedestrian moving on the sidewalk (in case he wants to run over), the ball rolling on the road (usually a child also comes after him). He does not drive out of his routine in his usual environment, he notices a change in the traffic order or an oil slick on the asphalt, he immediately notices if there is something strange in the sound and behavior of the car. He should not be surprised by a gust of wind or a sudden downpour because he was prepared for it inferring the movement of other vehicles
What useful lessons can be learned from this? Obviously, I would suggest in vain that everyone climb up as an orienteer, or even just walk out into the woods for a healthy cross-country run on a regular basis, as few have the ability and opportunity to do so. All anyone can do, however, is to minimize distractions. You don’t have to roar the music so you can hear the siren of the approaching ambulance first. Don't go into an annoying, disturbing conversation with your passenger, and even call in the most urgent case, even if you have a headset and a speakerphone. It is a proven fact that telephoning somehow teleports a person to a different situation: as if he were not sitting in the car, but flew away to his talking partner
In the past, the driver’s seat, which created a “cockpit atmosphere,” was considered cool, with many instruments and switches giving the atmosphere of the cockpit of almost a large aircraft. I’ve also heard of a “very smart” car who always burned the front and rear fog lights, blinding others at night because their traffic lights made the dashboard even more colorful. The opposite is good, which is why the digital driver's cab of modern cars is already designed to show only relevant information, such as the coolant thermometer only when the engine starts to overheat
Fortunately, the quarrel between the head of the family pilot and the confused wife, who is turning a map on his lap, is a thing of the past, because the car's or smartphone's navigation system keeps you on track (unless you're going crazy). But at a highway pace in a vehicle that is twenty meters in one second, it’s dangerous enough to stare too far at your navi screen - it’s much safer if, along with speed, its key information is eye-catching, apparently conjured in front of the windshield by the. You should not regret the price for this extra projected display
We have arrived at one of the most interesting and controversial innovations of our time, the self-driving car. Obviously, designing a car is not for ideal people, but for real people. So virtually one hundred percent of drivers will not be orienteers, but the average person who cares about solving their everyday problems. Getting as much attention off your shoulders can only be good - and the maximum of this is a fully autonomous vehicle. It’s like someone is traveling in a taxi, not in their own car.
Have we reached Canaan? Hardly… People tend to overestimate the capabilities of self-driving cars or to rely entirely on them. Whatever advanced algorithm the factory equips the control computer, we may be left in doubt as to whether the vehicle’s high-resolution camera and radar will feed everything into information. Does it bypass the tilted gutter grid, which can get a nasty puncture and even end in a crash as a result? Do you give a warning signal or slow down automatically when the door of a parked car starts to open
It is hardly debatable that a safeman sitting at the wheel of a self-driving car, still very attentive, would be safest. However, such an optimal human-machine system can exist almost only in our imagination, but everyone must strive for a possible approach. A bloodthirsty driver even looks at the traffic from his taxi seat as if he were driving, and this is all the more necessary if we are to rely on artificial intelligence that is still lagging behind human beings. The computer has no remorse for whatever it has done, but the “driver” of the autonomous car on the Internet while driving can be all the more so. Let's think about it
