Originally Posted By: haertig
I'm glad the family is OK. But I wish news organizations wouldn't glamorize idiots like this. They're at the same IQ level as those folks you see stranded on top of their cars in flooded intersections on the news casts during heavy rains.


Hi,
Have you heard of Decision fatigue?


When the TV news tries being helpful and "warn" about driving conditions, all you get is vague "be careful" , "slow down", and rarely you even hear the the equally vague "increase stopping distance"

Most people don't know what the stopping distance is supposed to be
they are speeding regularly by 5-10 miles , so slowing down by 5-10 miles on wet roads, they're still going too fast.
And in heavy rain? They're still going over 50mph

Its been a while since I took drivers education and read the DMV handbook, but things like "forest roads" aren't mentioned even in passing.

Its not the IQ, its the training/education.