Darwinian Selection In Action

[skippydiesel]

Hi all,

 

After 3 years of drought we have received just about three years of rain (460mm & rising) over 5 days.

 

I live in an area with quite a few steep climbs/descents (roads) and some quite interesting bends.

 

As I say it's been 3 years since any decent rain, so I guess if I am feeling at all charitable (not) I might try & excuse the behavior of fellow motorists somehow being presented with a novel (ha!) situation, who seem to believe that when water is "sheeting" down a slope like a river, there is no need slow down (from the posted 100 kph) or take any sort of precautionary action (may be stay in the left lane) - at last count we have had about four vehicle accidents, in the our  immediate area, over 4 days and we are lucky that there have not been very many more - all due to loss of control on grades with a lot of water running down them.

 

I wouldn't mind so much if they were just endangering themselves but what of the "collateral damage"??

 

The rain has just started to fall again.

 

 

[Bruce]

We have a surprising inability to understand the extra risks of bad weather.

 

Remember the story about Keating and the Polish presidente...   smart guys all I guess, but unable to see that bad weather made flying unsafe.

 

 

[facthunter]

We have a limitless ability to demonstrate our stupidity. One could say we are quite clever at it. . Nev