toddcast

Last month my wife and I went on a road trip to Tennessee with my in-laws.   We took their car that was equipped with a newer technology (at least newer to me) called “blind spot detection.”   A light illuminates on the side mirror when there’s a vehicle in that area to your right or left that isn’t covered by the mirrors.   If you put your blinker on to change lanes, a little buzz goes off warning you that there’s a danger you perhaps can’t see. It’s a little annoying but comes in handy.   I suppose the annoyance is worth the potential danger it is intended to prevent. The fact of the matter is that when we’re driving we can’t see all the potential dangers around us simply from our vantage point in the driver’s seat. When we are taught to drive, we are trained to use our rear-view mirror to see what’s behind us.   We use the side mirrors to see what’s to the right or left of us.   Now many cars have a rear-view camera that lets us know what is directly...