Automatic cars ‘driven faster’
Wellington reporter r Cars equipped with auto-j matic transmission may re-1 duce driver fatigue compared with manual transmission but they also tend i to be driven faster, accord-! ing to Italian psychology j professors from Turin and | Milan universities.
In a study sponsored by! General Motors Italia. They! concluded that fatigue was a| significant factor in- .road; safety but said, “Driving! automatics invites faster; driving and this partly in-j volves a more negative atti-; tude both to the pedistrian! and the cyclists ...
“Considerable experience!, in the use of automatic!: gears produces a greater! sense of security and in~ii creased intolerance towards ! i
[the indecision and unpredictability of the pedestrian land toward any intervention )by representatives of the Jaw.” - Research in- Britain has provided a link between catling and motoring acidents. I "An investigation into a • series of otherwise unex-
plained truck accidents I found that they all had a | common factor: none of the ! drivers had eaten for at I least 12 hours before the (crash. ! Several truck drivers who I crashed for no apparent rea!son were found to have extremely low blood-sugar
(levels." Three showed faint s • ness and confusion, which | was promptly cleared by' _ a •meal and an injection of intravenous glucose.
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