Does slow equal safe?

 

I once heard an Asian woman describe herself as a safe driver and justifyed this position by her slow driving behaviour... interestingly her naive evaluation of herself is a beautiful example of how wrong our seemingly logical first conclusions can be. Now, lets ask this same question of a driving instructor, they'll give you a different answer. The instructor will explain that speed has little bearing on the quality of a driver pointing out experience, natural driving talent and the ability to quickly ascertain a situation to take the appropriate action are better determinates of a safe driver.

This same phenomenon has been explored by the award winning author Malcolm Gladwell in his book Blink, where he observed that individuals ONLY in their field of expertise can make very accurate decisions in the blink of an eye.

So what is it that you're constantly expounding about and just how qualified in this field are you to make accurate and valid decisions??

 

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