BB_TX wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
^The “most importantly “ part is very well stated.
I’ll sound older than my years here, but all these crutches effectively make a lot of people feel comfortable, at least initially, operating machinery they likely don’t have any business getting behind the wheel in. …….
Same goes for vehicles, if a person is “scared” that they might crash if they have a rear tire blowout while driving, they don’t have the experience or knowledge to be competently doing what they’re doing.
“Don’t have any business”? “Scared”?
Wow! Where did that come from. I use a TPMS because it might save me from being on the side of the road with a shredded tire because I continued driving on a low tire without knowing it. Might save a couple hundred for a new tire plus having to change it on the side of a busy highway.
And I want my vehicles to have air bags, anti lock brakes, seat belts, and all the other safety features. Not because I don’t belong behind the wheel. Or am scared. But because I want myself, family, and friends protected as much as possible. And in the case of TPMS, possibly spared the inconvenience on a destroyed tire on the side of the highway.
What would make you think that my statement is directed at you? I have no issue with TPMS, it’s a nice feature.
I was commenting on the title of the thread which it appears was not created in jest. But out of fear of the unknown. If that freaks a guy out that bad, maybe driving a large vehicle in the mountains is a bit out over the front of that person’s skis.
There’s a balance somewhere between a challenge and getting in over your head.
And many RVers are akin to a meat cutter trying to perform surgery, cause hey it’s just cutting meat, right? Or a forklift operator in a warehouse jumping into a crane and operating it because, levers are levers, right?
Case in point, the feller who rolled his new TT in an intersection, or the plethora of folks you see white knuckling it at 53 mph holding up traffic and when you finally are able to pass you see a new diesel pickup towing a mid size TT that in no way begets the situation at hand.
Don’t even get me started with boating….lol.
I’m talking about fundamental safety, not added protection on top of experience, knowledge or common sense.
In industry, training is required for tasks that can be considered skills or potentially dangerous.
In RVing, anyone who can sign loan paperwork gets the keys and gets to do their apprenticeship unsupervised out in general population!
