Quote Originally Posted by BigTyla View Post
This is a terrible strawman argument. I don't think commercial airline pilots have to worry about bumper-to-bumper traffic and crossing intersections with any of these innovations.

John, I know what you mean. I'm absolutely in love with the new Fusion, but they don't offer a manual with the 2.0T AWD. That really torqued me!

I'm in a similar position that you're in. At the end of the day, I may just keep my current DD since it will fit my twins and any other future kids we decide to have comfortably. That will allow me to buy whatever the hell I want without worrying about how practical it is.
not a strawman argument at all. the basic premise of your position is that the only way to fight waning attention is task-saturation. i think that's a dubious premise. by that rationale, a driver should have more and more tasks to accomplish while driving--for each consecutive hour behind the wheel.

i also don't agree that it doesn't apply to pilots. there IS traffic in the air--and just because it's not 5 feet from your wingtip doesn't mean you collide with it in a matter of seconds (when closing speeds are well over 800 knots between planes). there's also terrain, weather, etc. and that's just airborne. it's a madhouse directing traffic on taxiways at some large airports.

bottom line here, i would sooner see legislation requiring everyone to carry a loaded firearm on them at all times than see legislation cracking down on automatic just because of the idiots behind the wheel.