I’m hoping dash cams also provide another route to feedback on poor behavior on the road. People can be and are responsive to social cues, but the ability to send them between vehicles is limited and people develop extremely selfish behavior in response.
The only good thing about it is that it does largely cut through other biases that people have. Women are not more vulnerable than men in their cars. Race usually isn’t the first salient thing drivers notice about other cars. But howdy do people like to walk that line of “rude but won’t quite cause a crash” on the road.
I’m hoping dash cams also provide another route to feedback on poor behavior on the road. People can be and are responsive to social cues, but the ability to send them between vehicles is limited and people develop extremely selfish behavior in response.
The only good thing about it is that it does largely cut through other biases that people have. Women are not more vulnerable than men in their cars. Race usually isn’t the first salient thing drivers notice about other cars. But howdy do people like to walk that line of “rude but won’t quite cause a crash” on the road.